Chemical Corps

<p>The Chemical Corps is the branch of the <a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a> tasked with defending against and using <a href="/facts/Chemical_weapon/AwXDDhAR">chemical</a>, <a href="/facts/Biological_agent/4YnbS6Em">biological</a>, <a href="/facts/Radiological_weapon/gYvMI4rg">radiological</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nuclear_weapon/QVdBcMdm">nuclear</a> (<a href="/facts/Chemical%2c_biological%2c_radiological%2c_and_nuclear/fKyUBaY0">CBRN</a>) <a href="/facts/Weapons/fV9QfoBh">weapons</a>. The Chemical Warfare Service was established on 28 June 1918, combining activities that until then had been dispersed among five separate agencies of the <a href="/facts/Federal_government_of_the_United_States/VJCxUaf7">United States federal government</a>. It was made a permanent branch of the <a href="/facts/Regular_Army_(United_States)/GuQQvmX4">Regular Army</a> by the <a href="/facts/National_Defense_Act_of_1920/z4w6H138">National Defense Act of 1920</a>. In 1945, it was redesignated the Chemical Corps.
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Chemical Corps