Adopting the Chemical,Biological,Radiological, and Nuclear Reconnaissance Platoon Into the Brigade Engineer Battalion

摘要

Training year 2015 brought the new brigade engineer battalion (BEB) force structure, and with it came the chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance platoon into the headquarters and headquarters company (HHC). Training, integrating, and employing this platoon is a new concept for the Engineer Regiment, but its task and purpose are familiar. Army Techniques Publication (ATP) 3-11.37, MultiService Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Reconnaissance and Surveillance, describes CBRN reconnaissance as operations undertaken to obtain information on the potential or actual CBRN hazards and threats in an area of operations by visual observation or other detection methods. Furthermore, surveillance is the systematic observation of aerospace, surface, or subsurface locations, places, persons, or things by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means to confirm or deny the presence of CBRN hazards.