2nd Brigade Combat Team’s CBRN R&S Platoon Completes Sensitive Site Assessment during Collective Validation

Video by Sgt. Jaidon Novinska

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June 11, 2025 | 1:40

Soldiers with the CBRN Reconnaissance and Surveillance Platoon, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division complete a sensitive site assessment during their collective validation June 11, 2025, at Fort Drum, New York. CBRN R&S Platoons are equipped with advanced sensors and analytical tools to detect, identify, and characterize CBRN agents, including chemical warfare agents, biological agents, radiological materials, and nuclear weapons. This validation, the first in the XVIII Airborne Corps, assessed the R&S Platoon on multiple CBRN-related tasks: Locate and Survey, CBRN Sensitive Site Assessment, Technical Decontamination, and a Radiological Survey. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jaidon Novinska)

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2nd Brigade Combat Team’s CBRN R&S Platoon Completes Sensitive Site Assessment during Collective Validation

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189th IN BDE (CATB) observes, coaches, and trains our ARNG and USAR partners to provide trained and ready units to support combatant commander requirements around the world. O/O, conduct Mobilization and Large Scale Mobilization Operations (LSMO) in support of our ARNG and USAR partners to meet combatant commander OPLAN requirements.
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