Army Unit Growing To Combat WMD-- Defense Talk
WASHINGTON: An Army unit originally formed to counter weapons of mass destruction in the United States now has more than 6,000 members and will continue to grow, said Brig. Gen. Jeffrey J. Snow.
Snow's 20th Support Command responds to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive threats both in the homeland and overseas. He assumed command of the unique organization about three months ago.
"We started this organization because the Army recognized we had a gap in capability with regard to combating the most lethal threat facing the United States and that is some type of weapon of mass destruction," Snow told an audience at the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting earlier this month.
Formed in 2004, the 20th out of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., began expanding its capabilities in 2006 to enable it to serve as a joint task force capable of rapid deployment to command and control WMD elimination and site-exploitation missions.
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My comment: 6,000 members in this unit .... this is not a small unit. The budget for this group must be enormous, but considering what they handle .... I am sure that it is money being well spent.