ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Snow will relinquish command of the U.S. Army 20th Support Command CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosives) during a traditional military relinquishment of command ceremony May 7 at 10 a.m. at the McBride Parade Field on the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Snow has served as 20th SUPCOM commander since July 2008.
After relinquishing command of the 20th SUPCOM, Snow will assume new duties as the director, Iraq Training and Advisory Team-Army, U.S. Forces-Iraq.
Brig. Gen. Leslie C. Smith, commandant, U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear School and deputy commanding general, Material and Technology, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., has been selected as the new 20th SUPCOM commander, and will assume command of the 20th SUPCOM at a later date.
Col. Thomas Cartledge, current chief of staff for the 20th SUPCOM, will serve as the interim commander.
The 20th Support Command, also called the CBRNE Command, was activated Oct. 16, 2004, by U.S. Army Forces Command to provide specialized CBRNE response in support of military operations and civil authorities.
The 20th SUPCOM (CBRNE) gives the Army and the nation a flexible response capability to operate in a variety of environments, from urban areas to austere sites across the spectrum of military operations. CBRNE operations detect, identify, assess, render safe, dismantle, transfer, and dispose of unexploded ordnance (UXO), improvised explosive devices (IED) and other CBRNE hazards. These operations also include decontaminating personnel and property exposed to CBRNE materials during response.
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