349th Chemical Company Trains With New Equipment

摘要

It was just an ordinary day in August for the Soldiers who were huddled in laughter and chatter-until the news from the reconnaissance patrol crackled through the radio. Soldiers from the 349th Chemical Company had suffered a notional chemical attack just outside the perimeter. Word spread quickly throughout the camp. Those inside leapt to their feet; hastily donned mission-oriented, protective-posture gear; and established a decontamination site. The mission, which capped a three-day training exercise designed to hone the reconnaissance and decontamination skills of 349th Soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, showcased a new piece of decontamination equipment that was first seen by the Soldiers just the previous day.