DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center established the Advanced Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Training Branch to provide an educational connection between our subject matter experts (SMEs) and the customer. This unique relationship allows scientists and engineers to share knowledge, experience, and expertise through classroom instruction, hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, field training exercises, and reachback programs.
Our primary focus as the Advanced CBRNE Training Branch is to design mission-specific training and support to encompass the full spectrum of CBRNE battle space. A critical cornerstone of the program includes the flexibility to rapidly integrate new discoveries and emerging technology into our training programs with assistance from the most experienced chemists and biologists in the nation’s CBRNE operational environment.
Courses
The courses listed below are explicitly designed for training purposes only. They are intended for field training on tactical deployments on the battlefield for United States Government personnel. Courses are offered by request for groups, teams, and units and are not intended for individual instruction. Students can recommend and customize courses by contacting us to discuss course objectives and mission requirements.
Custom Courses
This is a lecture style module that will allow students to describe basic chemistry to better understand chemical agents. Students will describe the concept of matter as elements and chemical bonding. Students will compare ionic/polar, non-polar, and polar covalent compounds and define acids, bases and salts. Students will also evaluate the concept of solubility.
Students will be able to compare and describe individual compounds without prior knowledge. This will be accomplished by placing compounds into larger categories such as:
• organic vs. inorganic
• ionic vs. covalent vs. polar covalent
• acids and bases
• salts
• oxidizers vs. reducers
• solvents
• fuels
• organophosphates
This is a lecture style module that will allow students to describe the compounds that can be produced utilizing lower technology methods. Students will also analyze the impact of these compounds as agents of terrorism and evaluate methods of dissemination for these compounds.
This is a lecture and demonstration style module that will allow students to define the inherent hazards found during exploitation of clandestine laboratories. Students will also be able to describe the generic footprint of clandestine laboratories.
This is a lecture style module that will allow students to describe the modern history of chemical warfare agents. Students will be able to describe chemical agents (namely blister and nerve) by structure, physical properties, and characteristics. Students will also describe the hazards associated with each chemical agent.
This is a hands-on laboratory module that will allow students to evaluate the role of the components and materials used to construct small-scale chemical clandestine laboratory production and /or dispersal processes. Students will determine appropriate personal protective and detection equipment and identify sampling points.
This is a table-top exercise that will allow students to analyze intelligence documents and categorize clandestine CB agent production and/or dispersal processes. Students will describe the materials that make up various small-scale production and/or dispersal process. Students will also determine appropriate personal protective and detection equipment and identify sampling points.
This is a table-top exercise that will allow students to analyze intelligence documents. Students will be able to categorize clandestine CB production and/or dispersion processes through analysis of environmental conditions and information provided by field detection equipment. Students will also identify sampling points and rank them in order of importance.