The 20th CBRNE Command Transformation – Regionally Aligned CBRNE Task Forces

Abstract

As the U.S. transitions from com-bat operations in Afghanistan and publishes new strategic defense priorities, the overarching theme is balancing capabilities, capacity, and readiness, while operating with fewer resources. 1,2, This drives a need for solutions to maintaining and increasing capacity to the greatest extent possible, with little to no growth, and in some cases, with a reduction in organizational structures. The global landscape has fundamentally changed with increasingly hostile, fragile, or failed states posing a continued threat of transnational, non-state organizations, and alliances seeking to expand their influence...