For those who don't know (I didn't) there is an HS exercise being run out of Muskatatuk right now. I ran into a very talkative Chemical Corps Captain at our AASF yesterday who told me about his unit, which is a composite wmd response company. It is a joint force with Army Guard decon detachment, Air Guard radiological detachment, and an engineer detachment. Their job is primarily evaluation and response to a wmd incident. If you look at the original Military.com article referenced in the original post, it describes, in general terms, these units and their mission. The mission doesn't include rounding up the civilian population - which is what this thread has morphed into.