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| colors = {{nowrap|{{Color box|#0047AB|border=silver}}{{Color box|#FFDF00|border=silver}} Cobalt blue and golden yellow}} | | colors = {{nowrap|{{Color box|#0047AB|border=silver}}{{Color box|#FFDF00|border=silver}} Cobalt blue and golden yellow}} | ||
| anniversaries = 28 June (Organization Day) | | anniversaries = 28 June (Organization Day) | ||
| battles = {{hlist|World War I|[[World War II]]| | | battles = {{hlist|World War I|[[World War II]]|Korean War|[[Vietnam War|Vietnam]]|[[Gulf War|Southwest Asia]]|[[Kosovo War|Kosovo]]|[[War on terror|War on Terrorism]]}} | ||
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| website = {{URL|https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/units-tenants/USACBRNS|U.S. Army CBRN School}} | | website = {{URL|https://home.army.mil/wood/index.php/units-tenants/USACBRNS|U.S. Army CBRN School}} | ||
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In 1946, the Chemical Warfare Service was re-designated as the "U.S. Army Chemical Corps", a name the branch still uses.<ref name=pike /> With the change came the added mission of defending against [[nuclear warfare]], in addition, the corps continued to refine its offensive and defensive chemical capabilities.<ref name=pike /> Immediately following World War II, production of U.S. [[biological warfare]] (BW) agents went from "factory-level to laboratory-level".<ref name=croddyhart /> Meanwhile, work on BW delivery systems increased.<ref name=croddyhart /> Live testing in Panama was carried out during the [[San Jose Project]]. | In 1946, the Chemical Warfare Service was re-designated as the "U.S. Army Chemical Corps", a name the branch still uses.<ref name=pike /> With the change came the added mission of defending against [[nuclear warfare]], in addition, the corps continued to refine its offensive and defensive chemical capabilities.<ref name=pike /> Immediately following World War II, production of U.S. [[biological warfare]] (BW) agents went from "factory-level to laboratory-level".<ref name=croddyhart /> Meanwhile, work on BW delivery systems increased.<ref name=croddyhart /> Live testing in Panama was carried out during the [[San Jose Project]]. | ||
From the end of World War II through the | From the end of World War II through the Korean War, the U.S. Army, the Chemical Corps and the [[U.S. Air Force]] made great strides in their biological warfare programs, especially concerning delivery systems.<ref name=croddyhart>Croddy, Eric C. and Hart, C. Perez-Armendariz J., ''Chemical and Biological Warfare'', ([https://books.google.com/books?id=fGp53P6ijqsC&dq=chemical+corps+korean+war&pg=PA31 Google Books]), Springer, 2002, pp. 30–31, ({{ISBN|0387950761}}), accessed 24 October 2008.</ref> During the Korean War (1950–53) chemical soldiers had to again man the 4.2 inch chemical mortar for smoke and high explosive munitions delivery.<ref name=pike /> During the war, the [[Pine Bluff Arsenal]] was opened and used for BW production, and research facilities were expanded at [[Fort Detrick]].<ref name=croddyhart /> North Korea, the Soviet Union and China leveled accusations at the United States [[Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War|claiming the U.S. used biological agents during the Korean War]]; an assertion the U.S. government denied.<ref name=croddyhart /> | ||
After the end of the Korean War, the Army decided to strip the Chemical Corps of the 4.2 inch mortar system and made that an infantry weapon, given its utility against Chinese mortars.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} | After the end of the Korean War, the Army decided to strip the Chemical Corps of the 4.2 inch mortar system and made that an infantry weapon, given its utility against Chinese mortars.{{citation needed|date=June 2017}} | ||