Mississippi National Guard Forms WMD Response Unit

The Mississippi National Guard is forming a WMD detection and response unit, the Associated Press reported Friday (see GSN, Dec. 6, 2004).

The 47th Civil Support Team/Weapons of Mass Destruction unit, composed of 22 members of the Mississippi National Guard’s army and air branches, is scheduled to be certified by October, said unit communications chief Sgt. Peter Eargle (Associated Press/Picayune Item, June 24).

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