Chemical Corps Training School Anniston Alabama US Army 1955

Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama became the permanent home for the Army Chemical Corps training center in 1951. In 1962, the name was changed from the Chemical Corps School to the U.S. Army Chemical Center and School, until it was disestablished in 1973. Another activity, the U.S. Army Combat Developments Command Chemical Biological-Radiological Agency, moved to Fort McClellan in 1962. It was later disestablished along with the Chemical School in 1973. The U.S. Army Chemical School continued to make important advances in chemical warfare, camouflage tactics, chemical detection, decontamination, and protection. Fort McClellan became home to the Chemical Decontamination Training Facility (CDTF), where chemical soldiers worked with live nerve agents under controlled conditions. This facility, being the only one of it's kind in the free world, provided confidence training to chemical soldiers in proper chemical decontamination techniques. The CDTF operated for almost a decade, training thousands of U. S. soldiers, and hundreds of chemical soldiers from various allied countries, with a flawless safety record. The Department of Justice Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) has taken possession of Sibert Hall (building 1081, formerly occupied by the U.S. Army Chemical School), the Chemical Decontamination Training facility (CDTF), and much of the on-post billeting. The CDP provides disaster and terrorist response training to military and civilian personnel. This clip is from the 1950s episode, the Unseen Weapon, from the The Big Picture documentary television program which ran on the American Broadcasting Company from 1953 to 1959. The program consisted of documentary films produced by the United States Army Signal Corps Army Pictorial Service.

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[001francotirador]

its now 74D and the training school was moved to fort leonardwood, smoke is no longer part of the chem corp.

[vampyre4208]

@weedislegal4me2 Ft. McClellan did shut down. I believe parts are still open in some capacity but not as an Army Training facility. They moved Chem school to Leonardwood I believe. MOS changed to 74L or something like that....but that was after I ETS'd.

[dcrim1972]

@vampyre4208 Class of 92 here...Black Knight...Hooah. 

[weedislegal4me2]

What? Ft. McClellan shut down, or the chemical school? I went through chem school in 1988. F-Co 82nd Chemical Bn. Drill Sgt White changed my name to DICKWEED for the entire time i was there. lol What is the MOS now? Back in my day it was 54B. .

[icthus2010]

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[vampyre4208]

@caddop22 Mar 96

[caddop22]

@vampyre4208

When did you go through CDTF?

[vampyre4208]

Ohh the CDTF. The nerves were definitely on edge when we went through there.

[vampyre4208]

B-82nd Chemical BN 3rd Platoon Black Knights Mar 96. Dragon Soldiers!

[iTzzEuphoriaaaaaa]

I'm from anniston alabama haha i remember when they did demolitions training you could hear those 105s all the way at my house