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United States and Republic of Korea marines have conducted a bilateral weapons of mass destruction (WMD) response training as part of the Korean Marine Exchange Program 26.1 at Pohang, South Korea. A gallery of photos published by the US Defense Visual Information Distribution Service showed personnel from the CBRN
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Srinagar Airport in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has successfully conducted a three-day CBRN training programme from 12–14 March 2026 in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management and National Disaster Management Authority. The programme witnessed active participation from multiple stakeholders, featuring expert-led sessions
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CBRNE specialists from the Kenya Defence Forces and the Tanzania People's Defence Force have trained alongside US Army soldiers during the Justified Accord 2026 exercise, attending a number of CBRNE academics sessions at the Humanitarian Peace Support School in Nairobi in March 2026. Products from at least five
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Bosnia and Herzegovina have conducted their first national CBRN emergency medicine training in Sarajevo, from 11-13 March 2026. The training was delivered under the EU CBRN Centres of Excellence's project 88 by the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine in collaboration with the Institute for Emergency Medicine
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The California Air National Guard’s 163rd Attack Wing conducted a nine-day combat readiness inspection to test and validate their ability to perform in contingency and CBRN-contested environments. The exercise took place at March Air Reserve Base near Riverside, California, through 20 March. "Exercise Grizzly Talon is
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Approximately 630 emergency responders and 65 extras from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium took part in a large-scale emergency response exercise in Gangelt, Germany, on Saturday 21 March, near the border with the Netherlands. Called EMREX, the exercise was organised by the Heinsberg district in Germany and the Meuse-
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India's Central Industrial Security Force led a multi-agency mock CBRN exercise on Friday 20 March. The exercise centred around a spillage of radioactive material at Vadodara Airport's Cargo Complex. Announcing the exercise on X, the Central Industrial Security Force said that the exercise "aimed
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The Joint CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence in Vyškov, Czech Republic, hosted an international radiological and nuclear training for emergency response on 16-20 March, during which FLIR radionuclide identification devices were spotted being used. Twenty-three participants from seven countries across all services took part in the week-long
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Airmen from the US Air Force's public affairs agency conducted medical and CBRN training during the Scorpion Lens 26 exercise at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on 17 March. According to information from the US Department of War's Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), Scorpion Lens
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Soldiers and airmen from the Virginia National Guard (VNG) conducted a CBRN defence exchange with Finnish forces from 23 February - 7 March in Finland, taking part in two training exercises in as many weeks. According to information published by the Virginia National Guard, the exchange was conducted in support of
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The EU CBRN Risk Mitigation Centres of Excellence Initiative successfully organised a sub-regional training focused on operational chemical risk management in Cotonou, Benin, from 23-27 February 2026. Organised by the African Atlantic Façade Regional Secretariat, the training brought together a number of first responders from Benin, Cameroon, Gabon
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Seventy-eight participants took part in a specialised CBRN training for West Bengal National Volunteer Force personnel at the Central Civil Defence Training Institute in Kolkata on Monday, 16 March. A post on X from the 2nd Battalion of India's National Disaster Response Force said that the training