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7.10.3.1 US Army Chemical Material Agency
e US Army Chemical Material Agency (CMA) was one of the organizations
derived from the former US Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command
(SBCCOM) in October 2003. SBCCOM was remodeled into ve organiza-
tions: CMA; US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
(RDECOM); Guardian Brigade; US Army Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
Defense (PM NBC); and Soldiers System Center (SSC) to have a better focus and
to enhance defense capabilities. Hence, CMA safely stores and destroys the United
States’ aging chemical weapons and eectively recovers chemical warfare material
and treats it and enhances national security (CMA 2012). e activity also ...