FORT STEWART, Ga. - Soldiers with 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division conducted chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive, or CBRNE, dismounted reconnaissance field training at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 23.
During CBRNE dismounted reconnaissance, Soldiers gather detailed information that provides commanders the unique physical and chemical characteristics of suspected CBRNE hazards in an identified area.
"Today, we are assuring that our Soldiers are proficient with CBRNE dismounted reconnaissance and treatment of contaminated personnel operations," said 1st Lt. Clifford Manani, platoon leader and officer in charge of the range with 9th BEB. "We are focusing on surveillance, initial entry, site assessment, recovery and characterization."
"This is part of our ongoing training," said Sgt.1st Class Fredrica Smith, a CBRNE specialist and noncommissioned officer in charge of the range with 9th BEB. "Today, Soldiers will have the chance to train in an urban environment using their equipment to detect and locate simulated CBRNE threats."
Soldiers' capabilities to perform these tasks are an important asset on the battlefield.
"With the internet, it has become easy for our enemies to learn how to build these chemical agents," Manani said. "It is important that as a platoon we are prepared to perform these task to support the brigade."
Soldiers worked together in teams to perform 360-degree sweeps to locate possible sources of chemical agent threats and contaminated personnel.
"We have an initial entry team, backup team and decontamination team," Manani said. "They have to work together to synchronize their operations and effectively communicate back to command headquarters."
Soldiers documented all recovered intelligence in a CBRNE 4 report, which is part of a series of reports used to communicate information gathered from the dismounted reconnaissance mission, according to Manani.
In preparation for the field training, Soldiers conducted classroom training, learned each task individually in detail and rehearsed the different roles of the operation.
"There are several [mission essential] tasks that we have been training on leading to this training," Manani said. "We are now training on execution of all the tasks collectively."
The training was successful according to Manani and some of its participants.
"Today, training was a great success," Manani said. "Soldiers were prepared for this event and able to adapt to the conditions of the environment."
"We spent a lot of time preparing for this training event," said Spc. Dantaya Mckee, a CBRNE specialist with 9th BEB. "I feel we were ready for this. We worked together well and were able to accomplish the mission."
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