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COUNTERING WMD

Conclusion
The U.S. Army will face the challenges associated
with preparing for and executing CWMD operations
for some time to come. Dealing with CWMD operations will likely include conventional forces. To this
end, the 2nd Infantry Division has been preparing
for such missions in close coordination with its ROK
Army partners for several years, developing a number
of tactics, techniques, and procedures to enable tactical
CWMD operations. Moreover, the wider CWMD

community continues to work to support soldier and
unit preparation in anticipation of such missions.
Nonetheless, success in the event of a crisis will ultimately depend on unity of effort at the operational
and strategic levels.
Using an expanded medium modeled after initiatives such as the Eighth Army CWMD Warfighting
Forum could help synchronize the whole-of-government effort to prepare for dealing with CWMD
events.

Lt. Col. Scott Daulton, U.S. Army, is the CBRN planner at Special Operations Command, Pacific. He h olds a B.A.
in English from the University of Kentucky, an M.A.in strategic intelligence from American Military University, and
an M.M.A.S. from the Command and General Staff College. Daulton served as the 2nd Infantry Division chemical
officer from June 2013 to June 2014.
Lt. Col. Bill Shavce, U.S. Army, is the chief of future operations for the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense
Command at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He holds a B.S. in computer engineering from the U.S. Military Academy, an M.S. in
space studies from American Military University, and an M.M.A.S. from the School of Advanced Military Studies.
His most recent assignment was the Deputy G-3 for the 2nd Infantry Division.

Notes
1. Department of Defense, Department of Defense Strategy
for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (Washington, DC:
Department of Defense, June 2014), http://www.defense.gov/
pubs/DoD_Strategy_for_Countering_Weapons_of_Mass_Destruction_dated_June_2014.pdf.
2. Field Manual (FM) 7-15, The Army Universal Task List,
(Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office [GPO],29 June
2012). Note that FM 7-15 quotes FM 3-11, Multi-Service Doctrine
for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations
(Washington, DC: U.S. GPO, July 2011).
3. Office of the Secretary of Defense, Sustaining U.S. Global
Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, January 2012: 3,
http://www.defense.gov/news/defense_strategic_guidance.pdf.
4. DOD Strategy to Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction, v.
5. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Capstone Concept for
Joint Operations: Joint Force 2020, 10 September 2012, http://www.
dtic.mil/doctrine/concepts/ccjo_jointforce2020.
pdf.
6. A JRTC rotation in October of 2013
contained a CWMD mission that looked at
small-scale facilities. The recently completed NTC rotation 14-03, in January 2014
expanded this training to include multiple
CBRNE facilities and EOD events, as well as
the creation of a new Observer/Controller
team, Team Desert Fox, specifically for the
CBRN Task Force that consisted of maneuver

elements and specialty CBRN and EOD technical enablers. NTC
rotation 14-08 in June of 2014 expanded this training even
further to include CWMD operations in industrial-sized facilities
and incorporate ROK maneuver and technical forces.
7. Maj. Gen. Vandal, video teleconference during the Naval
Post-Graduate School CWMD Seminar, 17 January 2014.
8. STP 21-1, Soldier’s Manual of Common Tasks: Warrior
Skills Level 1 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office
[GPO], April 2014). The 11 individual CBRN defensive tasks are
Maintain Your Assigned Protective Mask, Protect Yourself from
Chemical and Biological Contamination (CB) Using Your Assigned
Protective Mask, React to Chemical or Biological (CB)Hazard/Attack, Protect Yourself from CBRN Injury/Contamination with the
JSLIST Chemical-Protective Ensemble, Mark CBRN-Contaminated
Areas, Decontaminate Yourself and Individual Equipment Using
Chemical Decontaminating Kits, Detect Chemical Agents Using
M8/M9 Detector Paper, Respond to Depleted Uranium DU, React to Nuclear Hazard/
Attack, Protect Yourself from CBRN Injury/
Contamination When Changing MOPP Using
the JLIST Chemical-Protective Ensemble, and
Perform First Aid for Nerve Agent Injury.
9. See FM 7-15. The small-unit collective
task, “Conduct CBRN Decontamination,”
specifically refers to “Conduct Operational Decontamination Using Unit MTOE
Equipment.”

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