Drills

Soldiers seize simulated WMD site during exercise

During Exercise Gryphon Longsword, the 110th Chemical Battalion (Technical Escort) trained with the 4-23rd Infantry and 502nd Military Intelligence Battalion at the Satsop Nuclear Power Plant, an unfinished nuclear power plant near Elma, Washington.

After fighting through an underground maze where mock enemy ambushes and improvised explosive devices awaited them, the troops secured a VX laboratory.

The 110th Chemical Battalion is part of the 48th Chemical Brigade, 20th CBRNE Command (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives), the U.S. Department of Defense's only multifunctional formation that combats CBRNE threats.

Based on 19 posts in 16 states, 20th CBRNE Command Soldiers and civilians counter Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), eliminate CBRNE threats and defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around the world.