04 April 2013 (23:25 UTC-07 Tango 03 April 2013)/23 Jumada l-Ula 1434/15 Farvardin 1391/24 Yi-Mao (2nd month) 4711

The U.S. Army’s 23rd Chemical battalion has been re-deployed to South Korea.

The unit fought in World War 2 and the First Korean War.  They were based in Korea from 1988 until 2004.  They’ve been based in Washington since then.

In October 2012 it was announced that the NBC unit was re-deploying to South Korea. Even then U.S. officials were concerned about a Second Korean War: “In Korea, like no other place on the globe, the potential for large-scale, full-spectrum conflict against the U.S. and its allies exists on a daily basis.”-U.S. 2nd Infantry Division statement

The mission of the battalion is to counter Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) threats.