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CBRNE CBRNE EOD EOD EOD Ø CRT Key Ø LAB EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal Counter Improvised Explosive Device Mission Package CBRNE EOD CBRN Ø CRT Ø LAB Ø LAB Ø NDT Field Deployable Laboratory Weapons of Mass Destruction Elimination Mission Package CBRNE EOD CBRN Ø LAB Ø LAB Ø LAB Ø CRT Ø LAB Endemic Disease Mission Package CBRNE EOD CBRN CBRN CBRN CBRN Consequence Management Mission Package CBRNE Response Team CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense Ø LAB Ø NDT Nuclear Disablement Team The Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Battalion Task Force is TAILORABLE and SCALABLE, providing integrated CBRNE capability with a mission command element to the supported commander. (Graphic by Col. F. John Burpo, U.S. Army) Figure 4. Potential Integrated CBRNE Mission Packages alignment of forces concept (see figures 2 and 3).13 TF 71 (CBRNE), positioned in the western United States, would align in general support of I Corps with a focus on the U.S. Pacific Command area of responsibility (AOR). TF 48 (CBRNE), positioned in the central United States in general support of III Corps, would focus on the U.S. Central Command, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. European Command AORs. TF 52 (CBRNE), located in the eastern United States, would align in general support of XVIII Airborne Corps and their global response force mission. Task-organizing and regionally aligning the 20th CBRNE Command’s subordinate formations would markedly improve readiness through unity of command, unity of effort, and increased “train as you intend to fight” familiarity between 20th CBRNE and supported force s. By focusing efforts regionally and aligning in support of the Army service component commands through the three CONUS-based corps, the command would be better prepared to fulfill its expeditionary mission requirements without relying on traditional ad hoc solutions. Through task organization, the leaders, soldiers, and civilians of the 20th CBRNE Command would become MILITARY REVIEW  July-August 2016 better informed about their potential primary operational environment and better able to train habitually with their supported maneuver formations. This, in turn, would increase interoperability and enhance examination of specific regional threats, from current combat operations to the entire range of threats found across the combatant commands. CBRNE Task Forces at the Combat Training Centers To test the CBRNE TF concept, the 20th CBRNE Command organized and employed different configurations of CBRNE battalion-task-force formations in support of brigade combat teams during nine CTC rotations in fiscal years 14 and 15. Additional rotations are planned for fiscal years 16 and 17. Both CBRN and EOD battalions have served as the integrating headquarters under which CBRN, EOD, and CBRNE response teams; nuclear disablement teams; and expeditionary laboratories have been assembled. CBRNE TFs can be scaled and tailored across a range of possible contingency operations as shown in 69