Press Release 001-2021 ABERDEEN PROVING GOUNDS, Md. – The Commanding General of the United States Forces Command, Gen. Michael X. Garrett, called an Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise on April 8 for the 110th Chemical Battalion out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The battalion, along with a small contingent from the 48th Chemical Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas, will deploy to Fort Knox, Ky. for the training exercise from April 17-May 2. During the exercise, the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command will assess the 110th Chemical Battalion’s ability to rapidly execute a no-notice deployment, exercise battle hand-over procedures with Special Operation Forces and maneuver forces, conduct sensitive site exploitation on simulated, state-sponsored storage facilities of chemical weapons, exercise shared understanding of WMD operations in support of unified land operation and conduct fixed site decontamination, and conduct chemical route recon.