20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Command is the U.S. Army’s specialized unit for countering weapons of mass destruction threats. On Sept. 19, 2017, ground base samples were stored near a simulated detonation site in Santa Fe, New Mexico, during the Prominent Hunt exercise supporting National Technical Nuclear Forensics validation. The archival image documents post-collection handling procedures.

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