How well does your unit conduct CBRN training?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:18:05 -0400

Within your respective units; do you feel a commander puts any effort into training CBRN/NBC CATS? If so how is it brought into his METL and how do NCO's train it? If not when is the last time you've checked out your mask and serviced it?

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2014 11:29 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:29:44 -0400

Since I work in TRADOC, we do not have masks, but as far as all the non-TRADOC units I have been a part of, we did regular CBRN training. Sometimes it would be as simple as PCCs/PCIs, other times we would have to wear the mask for a designated period of time, like for a few miles of a ruck march. I think it is important to keep up with being familiar with all of our equipment, because you never know when you will need to use it down range, regardless of how unlikely it may seem.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 12 at 2014 4:19 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:19:45 -0400

In Korea, we focused on the JSLIST and M40/M50. When I was the CBRN NCOIC in my first unit, we did training a few times a year.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 4 at 2015 3:29 PM

SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 15:29:33 -0500

SFC Private RallyPoint Member SGT Private RallyPoint Member SFC Private RallyPoint Member Good evening, could somebody tell me how long is the CBRN Training at Fort Bliss? I may be taking it in the next few months.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 12 at 2015 10:00 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:00:57 -0500

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!

Seriously, CRBN training is the first to go by the way side when the commanders are crunched for time.

Response by CPT Aaron Kletzing made Feb 28 at 2015 5:53 PM

CPT Aaron Kletzing — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:53:27 -0500

My unit did the MINIMAL amounts of CBRN training. We only did it when the task was forced downwards on us from higher. I am not suggesting that this is right...just answering the question. Most units I got to know in the Army were this way.

Response by SPC(P) Jay Heenan made Feb 28 at 2015 6:11 PM

SPC(P) Jay Heenan — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:11:55 -0500

We don't, unless you count the online training we are required to do...

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Mar 31 at 2015 4:55 AM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 04:55:45 -0400

Most CBRN training is:

a) a years worth of training crammed into a morning.
b) minimal participation.
c) hand-jammed.
d) CS Chamber, and nothing else.

I understand that NBC (No Body Cares), or now CBRN (Can't Be Really Necessary) gets ignored because in the theatre we are in today, it is not a relevant threat. However, with the increase of ISIS and the rumors of their using Chemical Weapons, the fact that not 1 year ago we were sending ships to the Mediterranean to neutralize the Syrian chemical weapon cache... the threat is real, and the CBRN training should be taken as seriously as anything else.