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Show IFeamtonir .Thursday, August 25, 1983 "J Technical Escort and Disposal celebrates 40 years ot service the M:18 Decontamination apparatus into the Chinook helicopters rather than to The Technical Escort and Disposal Detachment locat-e- d at US Army Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) joins the celebration of our parent them thereby cutin half the response ting time of the response teams. sling-loa- d unit's 40th anniversary. The Technical Escort Unit located at Edgewood Arsenal in Maryland, higher head- en-rou- te quarters for Technical Escort and Disposal Detach-- " ment DPG (Tech Escort), is the oldest active chemical : Tech Escort touch evidenced in its excellent record- of - safety and reliability, the Drill and Transfer (DATS) system. It is the members of Tech Escort who operate unit in the Army. As of Jan. 20, 1983 it was 40 years old. The Technical Escort Unit is . planning a celebration on Aug. 27, 1983 at Edgewood Arsenal, which will correspond with the arrival of the this vital system for the demilitarization of badly deteriorated chemical munitions. Teams from Tech Escort are involved whenever hazardous chemicals must be shipped, or explosives are involved. Other missions that our team has participated in include TNS, the shipment of the chemical stockpile from the North Area to the South area of Tooele Army Depot, SETCON I, and SETCON II, the transfer - of chemical agent identifica-tio- n new commander. Lieutenant Colonel John M. Moerls. The Tech Escort' Detachment has been based at DPG since 1976. In addition to the DPG Detachment, there are also Detachments at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Colorado and Pine Bluff . Arsenal Arkansas. The detachments consist of highly trained professional soldiers how have received considerable training in chemical agents, explo- kits to their ultimate disposal site, and the subse- quent destruction of them. Another mission for the Dugway Detachment is the assistance given to the ongoing range clearance effort here. Tech Escort personnel help identify items found in the desert, and recommend ways to render them safe. In some instances they destroy them in place such as 3 land.Ynines found in the desert a few years ago. In other instances they defuze the munitions and transport them to a holding area for later disposition. The professionals at Tech. sives, decontaihinants and transportation of hazardous material, to include: chemical, biological, etiological, radioactive, flammable, explosive, and corrosive material. In addition to the Unit's mission of tranporting hazardous material, the Detachment also supports DPG with identification of unexploded ordinance, disposal of M-2- chemical and coventional unservicable munitions, clearance range operations, fire fighting and decontamination as requested. The Detachment also supports the Air Force with down loading: . Escort have often demonstrated their willingness to aid other agencies with their ordinance and hung types, v pLaircraftrr The dedicated profession als of the Technical Escort Detachment are highly trained not only in their primary occupational specialChemiordi-nancejrom- all "chemical or explosive problems as well They assisted the Provo Fire Department by providing training in chemical containment procedures during operation RMT (The Weteye move) and they .I . . ties, primarily in the cal and Explosive Ordinance Disposal fields, they also re- have assisted the Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge in creating habitats for the many species that - ceive specialized mission Estraining at the Technical. Arcort School at Redstone . ' . call the refuge home. Because of the exceptional safety record for the Technical Escort Unit was awarded senal, Ala. This expertise has been . Another program devel-- . oped at Dugway went into with operation Army-wid- e the meticulous care. of the called upon during a variety of sensitive missions to help two Meritorious Unit Citations for safely transporting materials during WWII and Vietnam: Happy Birthday Tech Escort for your 40 years of plan the safest possible movements of the Armys most sensitive items. One example of this was the recent movement of the Weteye Bombs from Denver ; to Tooele. Tech Escort personnel found a way to load , excellence leadership and ' in your field. . v,-- j x hot-col- d lines is another main DPG. Here workers are sprayed chore for Tech Escort here at with decontamination solution after coming out of a simulated hot area during an exercise at Dugway. SETTING UP AND operating IT V ' . . RENDER SAFE PROCEDURE (RCP) testing and EOD verification testing of new munitions is also a part of Tech Escorts mission. Here XM 825 White Phosphorous Smoke Rounds "Cook Off in a spectacular explosion. 'm t . . , !$r if - . f'- , ' .IS:. . - b, s SP5 ARLAND PIERCE AND Capt. Gary Wallace, Detachment CwnnuuMlar, load boxes containing obsolete 81mm High Exa truck prior to taking it to its desplosive ammunition aboard ' truction site. - . - - - ' K. ' . ' 0 - - , s t - - A :;fv3U jt , ' ii- ' - x. . 4 ! hvit?; v. I V1 V - W a v . '"V ; '2 - . 'V V jC T ' '- ' i a ' J' V i; ;.V . - j, ; "v. u DISPOSAL is nothing for the around with, tol. feow to tte riterttoMte mascot of those who deal with explosives every day. - ;v THE RESULTS OF their efforts, another safe explosion out in the desert. The professionals of Tech Escort sometimes have to blow an unsafe munition on the spot when it proves too unstable, to move. 'X. v, vr - ' i l I-- V' fc : . I1. - jk - "T ! -- , ' I i . 11 ." ' f A ' ! ' : ; t yS " t v tWWairrr a, A 4- - v i v .. ' 4 . 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