Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

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Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
CBIRF insignia
Active	April 1, 1996 – present
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Role	CBRN incident response
Part of	II Marine Expeditionary Force
Garrison/HQ	Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center
Motto	Certo Occultus Hostis

The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps responsible for countering a chemical/biological terrorist threat. They were activated in April of 1996 by General Charles C. Krulak thenCommandant of the Marine Corps. The unit is based at Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland and fall under the command of the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

[edit] Mission

When directed, forward-deploy and /or respond to a credible threat of a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, or High Yield explosive (CBRNE) incident in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and Unified Combat Commanders in the conduct of consequence management operations. CBIRF accomplishes this mission by providing capabilities for agent detection and identification; casualty search, rescue, and personnel decontamination; and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated personnel.

[edit] See also

• 2001 anthrax attacks
• History of the United States Marine Corps
• Organization of the United States Marine Corps

[edit] References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the United States Marine Corps.

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