Seventy-five soldiers from Company C of the 1st “Centurion” Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st “Ironhorse” Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conducted chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training at the Black Gap Small Arms Complex here Aug. 21.

When Company C soldiers arrived at the CBRN range, there were three stations they were required to attend for training before entering the CS, or gas chamber.

Soldiers spent approximately 20 to 30 minutes at each station, where they were instructed on the M256 Chemical Agent Detector Kit, the Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology and how to properly don their protective gas masks.

Some of the younger soldiers haven’t participated in a gas chamber exercise since they graduated their basic combat training, including Spc. Nathan Menard, a New Iberia native and combat engineer assigned to Company C.

“We have practiced putting on our masks a few times this year,” Menard said. “I haven’t done the gas chamber since basic training, about two years ago, so it was a good refresher.”

This will not be the last time Centurion soldiers will conduct CBRN training. They have an upcoming gunnery in which one test is a CBRN engagement, involving the use of their gas masks and hatches closed.