Chemical Corps. The Road Travelled The Civil Support Team
Asymmetric Engagements aren’t a new topic for the United States. Since the early part of the 1960’s America has had to deal with this threat in some form or fashion. Civil disturbances of the 1960’s, the frequency of terrorist acts in the 1970’s, illegal drug use in the 1980’s. The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City, no one will ever forget the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City on 9-11. Now in 2015 we face Cyber Terrorism, the threats looming in the near future are more sinister and sophisticated. The most perilous now is the advancement of weapons of mass obliteration. …show more content…
By June of 1995, Presidential Directive 39 absolutely sketched out the obligations of Federal offices in reacting and battling terrorism on a national and neighborhood level. Presidential Directive 62, issued in May of 1998 further portrayed the obligations of particular offices. Both Directives called for creating a streamlined, rapidly deployable team from within the agency. It was important for the new team to conduct well- coordinated and highly specialized operations in response to a terror attack and a plan to prioritize the aftermath. Consequence Management would play a huge role in the way business would be conducted.
In 1998, the Department of Defense (DOD) authorized a Tiger Team to make vital arrangement because of occurrences including WMD. (FM 3-11.22 , 2009) The plan was to outline and define operational capabilities based on an enhanced Reserve …show more content…
The Chemical Corps has a heredity that goes back to World War I (WWI). The Germans readiness to utilize concoction weapons brought about General John J. Pershing pushing for the creation of a gas unit. (CCRA, 2012) This specialized unit would give the forward U.S. forces the same capabilities as the enemies on the battlefield. A Gas Service was created by The War Department June 2, 1918. The name was promptly changed to the Chemical Warfare Service to better exemplify what this unit really did. The Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) went to work immediately. The first Gas Regiment was formed and fought in its’ first campaign Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel. In the early 1920’s the U.S. Army was within a heartbeat away from totally eliminating the CWS, but realized that the corps was very important to the stability of the Army and shortly thereafter became permanent. The CWS was quickly adapting to the Army’s needs. Colonel McBride engineered a 4.2 mortar shell which assisted the Chemical Mortar Battalions to better provide protection for critical offensive, strategic positions and cities from enemy air attacks. The Chemical Corps has continued to be an essential part of each and every war or conflict since its inception. In the Korean War CWS units continued to conceal operations with smoke generation. In Vietnam, the CWS used Herbicides to take away enemy cover in the vast jungles. Flame devices were also used to clear large foliaged areas of booby traps and anti-personnel
Asymmetric Engagements aren’t a new topic for the United States. Since the early part of the 1960’s America has had to deal with this threat in some form or fashion. Civil disturbances of the 1960’s, the frequency of terrorist acts in the 1970’s, illegal drug use in the 1980’s. The 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City, no one will ever forget the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City on 9-11. Now in 2015 we face Cyber Terrorism, the threats looming in the near future are more sinister and sophisticated. The most perilous now is the advancement of weapons of mass obliteration. …show more content…
By June of 1995, Presidential Directive 39 absolutely sketched out the obligations of Federal offices in reacting and battling terrorism on a national and neighborhood level. Presidential Directive 62, issued in May of 1998 further portrayed the obligations of particular offices. Both Directives called for creating a streamlined, rapidly deployable team from within the agency. It was important for the new team to conduct well- coordinated and highly specialized operations in response to a terror attack and a plan to prioritize the aftermath. Consequence Management would play a huge role in the way business would be conducted.
In 1998, the Department of Defense (DOD) authorized a Tiger Team to make vital arrangement because of occurrences including WMD. (FM 3-11.22 , 2009) The plan was to outline and define operational capabilities based on an enhanced Reserve …show more content…
The Chemical Corps has a heredity that goes back to World War I (WWI). The Germans readiness to utilize concoction weapons brought about General John J. Pershing pushing for the creation of a gas unit. (CCRA, 2012) This specialized unit would give the forward U.S. forces the same capabilities as the enemies on the battlefield. A Gas Service was created by The War Department June 2, 1918. The name was promptly changed to the Chemical Warfare Service to better exemplify what this unit really did. The Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) went to work immediately. The first Gas Regiment was formed and fought in its’ first campaign Meuse-Argonne and St. Mihiel. In the early 1920’s the U.S. Army was within a heartbeat away from totally eliminating the CWS, but realized that the corps was very important to the stability of the Army and shortly thereafter became permanent. The CWS was quickly adapting to the Army’s needs. Colonel McBride engineered a 4.2 mortar shell which assisted the Chemical Mortar Battalions to better provide protection for critical offensive, strategic positions and cities from enemy air attacks. The Chemical Corps has continued to be an essential part of each and every war or conflict since its inception. In the Korean War CWS units continued to conceal operations with smoke generation. In Vietnam, the CWS used Herbicides to take away enemy cover in the vast jungles. Flame devices were also used to clear large foliaged areas of booby traps and anti-personnel