WMD / CBRN Operations
“Combating weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) and their means of delivery is one of the greatest challenges the United States faces. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have the potential to severely disrupt and damage the United States, its forces, allies, multinational partners, and other friendly nations. Adversaries may use WMD as a tool to inflict casualties on civilian populations, degrade the instruments of our national power, or to counter US military superiority. CWMD requires a continuous campaign conducted and supported by the entire United States Government” (Joint Publication 3-40, 10June2009). Training is the key to success when CWMD is the mission and Zero Point can help.
Zero Point instructors have years of operational experience at the national level combating WMD and are uniquely qualified to provide this training. The WMD Operations course is structured to provide practical and classroom training over a 5 day period. The course will better prepare EOD Operators for WMD operations when Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (CBRN) materials are present.
Training Topics
- Threat Assessment in a WMD environment
- EOD planning considerations for CWMD
- Detection, Identification, and sampling techniques
- CBRN Hazards, Avoidance and Contamination Control
- EOD Emergency Decontamination
- Packaging techniques and movement of material
- Immediate action techniques and disablement logic
- WMD Device Electronics
- Equipment considerations for CWMD
- X-ray and Dynamic precision disruption
- Operational search techniques for radioactive materials
- Radiation search and identification equipment technology
Course Deliverables
- Four instructors and 5 days of instruction
- Student guides and CD-ROM (electronic handout of reference material and student guide)
- Zero Point CBRN REF (Rapid EOD facts) Sheet
- E-Kit (Electronics Tool Kit)
- All required representative training devices
- Electronic components and circuit boards
- All required dynamic tool containers and disruptor rounds
