History
The army combined elements from the former United States Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command and the former Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization to consolidate the Army's chemical agent and munitions storage and demilitarization functions under a single organization. CMA managed the U.S. chemical weapons stockpile at nine installations across the U.S. and had responsibility for chemical weapons disposal at seven of them. They were closed out in the following order:
- 2000: Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System (JACADS), South Pacific
- 2005: Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ABCDF), Maryland
- 2008: Newport Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (NECDF), Indiana
- 2010: Pine Bluff Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (PBCDF), Arkansas
- 2011: Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (ANCDF), Alabama
- 2011: Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (UMCDF), Oregon
- 2012: Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility (TOCDF), Utah located at Deseret Chemical Depot (DCD)
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