World Wide Chemical Conference The Chemical Corps Beyond

World Wide Chemical Conference The Chemical Corps… Beyond NBC 15 Oct 04 LTG William S. Wallace Commander Combined Arms Center

Agenda • The Threat – What Saddam had… • The Psychology of Chemical Warfare • V Corps Task Organization • V Corps Battlespace – Sensitive Sites in V Corps Battlespace • Homeland Security • Warrior Ethos Combined Arms Center

The Threat – General Characterization • War is the norm, peace is the exception • Our adversaries seek adaptive advantage through asymmetry • We have peer competitors in niche areas • Conventional Force on Force conflicts are still possible • There is an enormous pool of potential combatants armed with irreconcilable ideas • Our homeland is part of the battlespace • We are adapting to these challenges NOW Combined Arms Center

The Threat – Weapons of Mass Effects Traditional: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear Non-Traditional: Toxic Industrial Chemicals / Materials Sensitive Sites

Did Saddam have WMD? Does it really make a difference? Uranium Oxide “Yellow Cake” We know he had the capacity to weaponize chemical and biological agents and the history of use “Chemical Ali”

Tikrit V Corps Battlespace XX XX Ba’qubah Baghdad XX REDSKINS HM LIONS PL MAINE FOB 3 PEACH PL NEW YORK PL MARYLAND SAINTS XX Al Kut CHARGERS XX XX ME Karbala Cyprus 5 PL PENNSYLVANIA TAA NASHVILLE X Ad Diwaniyah PL VIRGINIA PL UTAH An Najaf XX XX LSA BUSHMASTER As Samawah FOB 11 FOB Adder XXX PL MARYLAND PL CAROLINA An Nasiriyah O FI IL EL DS XXX PL GEORG 51 PL UTAH PL FLORID PL CAROLINA PL GEORGIA PL FLORIDA KUWAIT

SSE SITE = PLANNED SSE EXPLOITATION = PLANNED BYPASSED SSE SITE = OVERWATCH = GRAPHIC ESTIMATE SKETCH 0 D (D+5) ATO CC RGFC C 2 43 BDE/AL NIDA 10 BDE/MED ARTY/HAM CFLCC AI 2 -6 6 -6 ARTY/14, 10 , 2 BDE /MED Supporting Arty/ X MNVR 6 ARTY/HAM 15 BDE/HAM 8 BDE/HAM 10 BDE/MED 15 BDE/HAM ARTY/14, 2 BDE /MED CORPS CAS 11 Supporting Arty/ X MNVR BPT 1 -227 2 MED 2 CAS 10 MED Supporting Arty/ X MNVR 7 MED 101 ABN / 11 AHR XXX IO X XX SEAD C 2 ADA MED/HAM ABDN EQ CIV - Stay Put/Away from MIL OPS O/O RIP WITH TF TARAWA X 1 BPT ATK TO DESTROY 14 BDE/MED II X 3 2 SECURE SHELL XX (-) FEINT Ah Samawah 7 SHELL XXX JSTARS UAV (Hunter) GUARD RAIL U 2 PREDATOR SEIZE FOB 5 BPT 15 X 7 14 SEIZE BASTOGNE OBJ PEACH 16 117 94 X 14 X MED 14 OBJ LIONS MED ATK AND SEIZES QALAT SIKAR HUNTER ESTABLISHED RAMS LIGHT TIME DAY 03 09 15 G+2 O/O FSCL PL NY 21 03 09 15 G+3 21 O/O FSCL PL VERMONT MED LOA PL MARYLAND 1 MARDIV FPOL W/ TF TARAWA O/O RIP TF TARAWA 3/3 ID JALLIBAH 1 MEF SECURE LOCS FROM LSA ADDER TO OBJ RAMS BPT FOLLOW AND ASSUME ME 5 COMMIT 101 TO FOB 5 ATK HELOS SEAD C 2 ADA MED/HAM ABDN EQ CIV - Stay Put/Away from MIL OPS OBJ RAMS Commit 3 ID to Destroy Medina 8 18 3 3 HAM 17 3 ID / 101 ABN / 11 AHR SEAD ADA/14, 2 BDE/MEDINA MED ABDN EQ CIV - Stay Put/Away from MIL OPS VCA 101 0 G (D+8) SSMs Personalities TST III 0 F (D+7) 0 E (D+6) 03 09 3 4 15 G+4 21 03 MEF RIP & Boundary Shift 09 15 G+5 21 O/O FSCL PL Maine

V (US) CORPS OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM Task Organization -- Chemical Units V Corps (1 May 2003) Headquarters & Headquarters Co Battalion (Prov V Corps Special Troops) 450 th Chemical Battalion 59 th Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) (Attached) (-), 10 th Mtn Div 7 th Chemical Co (BIDS) (-) 371 st Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) 3/51 st Chemical Co (Recon) 3/59 th Chemical (Smoke/Decon) 4/59 th Chemical (Smoke/Decon) 6/68 th Chemical Co (Smoke) (Attached), 1 st Cav Div 51 st Chemical Co (Recon) (-) (Attached) 314 th Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) V Corps Rear Detachment (Kuwait) 2 nd Chemical Battalion Rear Detachment 450 th Chemical Battalion Rear Detachment (Camp VIRGINIA)

Task Org -- Chemical Units – Cont’d 3 rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) 92 nd Chemical Co 101 st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 63 rd Chemical Co (Smoke) 82 nd Airborne Division (-) 2/21 st Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) 1/63 rd Chemical Co (Smoke) D/21 st Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) 4 th Infantry Division (Mech) 2 nd Chemical Battalion (Attached) 11 th Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon) 46 th Chemical Co (Mech Smoke) (-) 1/3/44 th Chemical Co (NBC Recon) 44 th Chemical Co (Recon/Decon) (-) 2/G/1 -10 th Cavalry (NBC Recon) 2/46 th Chemical Co (Mech Smoke) 4/46 th Chemical Co (Mech Smoke) 1/G/1 -10 th Cavalry (NBC Recon) 1/46 th Chemical Co (Mech Smoke) 3 rd Armored Cavalry Regiment 89 th Chemical Co (Smoke/Decon/Recon)

The Psychology of Chemical Warfare Chemical protection was the #1 issue on the mind of every soldier First time use of new equipment Concerns about ability to detect Combined Arms Center Fear Loss of identity in MOPP 4 Claustrophobia

Homeland Security • The lead federal agent is probably not the Army… • But, the nation will turn to the military for chemical expertise • Consequence Management • Learn from others in the CBRNE “business” Combined Arms Center

Warrior Ethos A Soldier is a Soldier, regardless of MOS Combined Arms Center