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Col. Dubray Kinney, Sr., the commander of the 1st Area Medical Laboratory, said
the bilateral training was designed to improve interoperability during mobile
laboratory operations.

“The training also included Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN)
sampling, exploitation, decontamination and technical transport,” said Kinney, a
native of Washington, D.C., and graduate of the University of Maryland at Eastern
Shore who has deployed to Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq and Afghanistan.

“The workshop allowed a focused venue for the CARA and 1st AML laboratories
to work on technical details important to sampling and escort that a field training
exercise doesn’t permit due to time limitations,” said Kinney. “This was a great
opportunity to train together with our partners in CARA and with one of our
nation’s strongest allies.”

The workshop helped to prepare the 1st Area Medical Laboratory to support the
U.S. Army Europe and Africa Surgeon Cell during the upcoming NATO Exercise
Clean Care 2024 in Hungary. The NATO Center of Excellence for Military Medicine
said Clean Care is a biennial medical exercise conducted in a simulated CBRN
environment that provides a collective training opportunity for medical CBRN
defense entities and medical personnel.

(Photo Credit: U.S. Army photo by Maj. Steven M. Modugno)
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