CANADIAN FORCES BASE SUFFIELD, Alberta, Canada – Highly trained troops are honing their skills during live agent chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) training at Exercise Precise Response on Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta, Canada, July 10 – 28.
American Soldiers from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command are training with CBRN troops from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom during the annual exercise.
From the 20th CBRNE Command, the 68th CBRNE Company (Technical Escort) and the 1st Area Medical Laboratory are participating in the multinational exercise.
The Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland-based 1st Area Medical Laboratory “Mad Scientists” deploy worldwide to perform surveillance, analytical laboratory testing, and health hazards assessments of environmental, occupational, endemic disease, and CBRN threats to protect U.S. and allied troops and support weapons of mass destruction missions.