JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. James Smith, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency management flight, demonstrates setting up a weather collection device used to get valuable information for the emergency response teams when out in a contaminated environment. Possible threats include chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and environmental. Smith's hometown is Merritt Island, Fla., and he is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Right tools for CBRNE detection

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airman 1st Class Jacob John, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency management flight, sets up a hazardous material ID machine that is used to identify unknown substances during investigations, for possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and environmental threats. John is a Baton Rouge, La., native deployed from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq- Tech. Sgt. James Smith, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron readiness and emergency management flight, lays out an evidence collection kit used to take samples when investigating a possible chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and environmental threat. Smith's hometown is Merritt Island, Fla., and he is deployed from Langley Air Force Base, Va. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Erik Gudmundson)

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Published Sept. 15, 2008