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CBRN units exist because chemical and biological weapons remain treaty-banned but operationally possible. The DoD trains 1,400 specialists per year to detect what it hopes never to encounter.
CBRN detection equipment (JCAD) costs $23,000 per unit — more expensive than many soldiers' annual base pay. The training that goes with it takes 14 weeks.
- ·JCAD Chemical Detector ($23K)
- ·M256A2 Detection Kit
- ·JSLIST Suit
- ·M40 Protective Mask
- ·Decontamination Equipment
Cost estimates derived from DoD Comptroller per-soldier analysis, RAND Corporation military personnel studies, CBO military compensation reports, service-specific training cost testimony, and published equipment unit costs. Error margin ±15%. Individual costs vary by duty station, assignment, and deployment tempo. This is Phase 3 of the Honest MOS DoD Budget Intelligence Roadmap.