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December 4, 2015
Partnerships
Scientists set aside lab coats to interact with Soldiers
Story and photos by Gustavo Bahena
Public Affairs Office Scientists from various fields and serving in Department of Defense laboratories visited the
National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Oct. 16. At the 759th Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Scientists from various fields and serving in Department of Defense laboratories visited the Company site they received a tour, where they viewed inert artillery rounds up-close.
National Training Center and Fort Irwin, Oct. 16.
See SCIENTISTS, page 9
The eight scientists arrived to this installation with escort by Lt. Col. Mary Miller, a mi-
crobiologist and surgeon cell chief with 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and
Explosives (CBRNE) Command from Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. The facilities represented
by the experts included the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense,
United States Naval Research Laboratory, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Edgewood Chemi-
cal Biological Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory.
The scientists’ specialties included biochemistry, cellular biology, chemistry, microbiology
and physics.
Miller stated the visit allowed the scientists to interact with Soldiers and provided them an
understanding from a war fighter’s perspective what Soldiers are seeing, what the threat is, and how
they react to the threat. The personal interaction helps in the development of better technologies.
Most of the scientists work with detection systems, Miller said. They are involved with detect-
ing chemical agents and explosive residue. Some deal with spectrophotometry and others are
analytical chemists. One works with understanding counter measures, which involves treating
Soldiers who have been exposed to an agent and protecting Soldiers from getting exposed in
the first place.
The group spent a day with Soldiers of the 759th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company
stationed here. Members of the EOD unit shared information about detection processes and
equipment. Soldiers explained the use of the Manual Transport Robotic System, a Remote
Ordnance Neutralization System and the Joint Chemical Agent Detector alarm. The MTRS
involved the use of a Talon and PackBot robot.
The robots give Soldiers the capability to perform reconnaissance, surveillance, and target
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