New York Based CBRN Unit Trains with ROK Military Personnel Near the DMZ
If war was to break out on the peninsula being able to deal with chemical, biological, and nuclear threats will be important skills for Soldiers to master:
The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has released photos of a U.S. Army chemical corps company conducting joint drills with South Korean forces near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) amid heightened tension along the border with North Korea.
American soldiers from the 59th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Company have been training together with U.S. Forces Korea and South Korean troops near the DMZ to bolster the combined defense posture, the command said in a post Wednesday (local time), without specifying the schedule.
The New York-based company has been on a nine-month rotational deployment in Camp Casey in Dongducheon, 41 km north of Seoul, since July in support of the 2nd Infantry Division and Eighth Army stationed in South Korea. The company attended the Ulchi Freedom Shield, an annual joint military exercise held by South Korea and U.S. forces in August.
The training focused on reconnaissance and decontamination missions as well as countering weapons of mass destruction, and chemical, biological and nuclear hazards, according to the command.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but by the way has anyone ever seen MOPP suits like the ones shown in the picture? They must be a new model becasue I have never seen ones like that before.
Specialized mission suit, not for standard line units.
The mask and goggles look pretty cool. Maybe augmented reality that ties in to deployed sensors? Ability to combine gps, vision, and something like Google Maps?
(Just spit-balling. I have no direct knowledge of anything newer than August 1980.)
In 1972 I had to go to the 833rd ordinance battlion at Camp Ames to train to become the radiation specialist for Camp Colbern. A guy from Camp Page (both camps had nuk missiles) and myself had to train in case there was a nuk accident at the camps. When we were done with the training they gave us a dosimeter to pin on our shirts and put us in a room “to wait”. After about 15 or 20 minutes they came and got us. Then they told us to look at our dosimeters. They exposed us to radiation to show us how the dosimeters worked! I sure hope they train these guys better than they did to us.
“They exposed us to radiation to show us how the dosimeters worked!”
Good job, government.
Kinda like…
Government: “Well, little boy, never let an adult touch you like… this.”
Fortunately, government has become more trustworthy since the 70s.
You: “M-m-mister, I’m scared.”
Government: “Shuddup, kid. I’m the one who has walk out of here alone.”
How many New Yorkers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Ain’t none of your fuckin’ business
Q: How many FBI agents does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: “Silence!”⁴ [Sounds of torture intensify] “We ask the questions here!”
Q: How many people from Portland, Oregon does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: “We don’t know, man. Those Antifa dudes keep stealing them…”