Schofield Barracks

Schofield Barracks, Hawaii CWM live-fire range Likely to contain dud-fired CWM (potentially shock sensitive) 1. Detect subsurface geophysical anomalies 2. Hand excavate anomalies in a containment structure 3. Dispose of CWM in EDS (volume unknown)... 

Upon completion of the Porton Down tests and closure of the site, the TDC system was prepared for shipment to Crescent City, Illinois, for storage. In December 2007 and January 2008, the system was prepared for shipment to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. Several flexible connections were replaced. The flow control valves on the 3-in. and 10-in. pipes between the expansion tank and the air pollution control system were rebuilt. Tests were run using simulated equipment test hardware for 155-mm projectiles and 4.2-in. mortars in preparation for operations at Schofield Barracks. Planning was done for destruction of 155-mm projectiles in Hawaii the TDC had not previously destroyed... 

Operations were carried out during April and May of 2008, with the system set up in an open field at Schofield Barracks. The 71 munitions to be destroyed had been removed Ifom a Schofield Barracks training range in 2006. The munitions dated Ifom World War I and World War II and were thought to include the following ... 

It was also necessary to obtain a DDESB site safety approval for the Schofield Barracks event. An event-specific approval was obtained. The TDC s DDESB site safety approval allows detonation of no more than 40 pounds of TNT-equivalent NEW. ... 

David Hoffman, CMA, Transportable detonation chamber (TDC) at Schofield Barracks, presentation to the committee. May 29,2008. 

The TDC also has received DDESB approval for its application at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Because the system does not have systemwide approval, DDESB would have to approve its application at Pueblo or Blue Grass. 

Several versions of the TDC have been used extensively for the destruction of chemical weapons. A TC-10 system and a TC-60 system were used at Poelkapelle in Belgium to destroy 3,200 recovered chemical munitions. A TC-25 system was tested at Porton Down in the United Kingdom in 2003. A TC-60 was extensively tested at Porton Down from 2004 to 2006. As described in Chapter 3, this same system was permitted and operated at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii to destroy 71 munitions containing phosgene and chloropicrin. CH2M HILL claims that the Army owns this TC-60 system, and it might be made available for Requirement BG-2.Of special interest is the upgrading of the system at Porton Down between 2004 and 2006 and... 

Reliability is a concern for the TC-60. As described in Chapter 3, operational problems were observed during the Schofield Barracks operations. Problems were encountered with the detonator initiation system. The lime feed system appeared to not be operating properly and was subsequently found to be feeding lime too slowly. At the end of the campaign, approximately 50 gallons of aqueous fluid with a pH of 1 was unexpectedly found in the expansion tank. As noted... 

Nonstockpile Experience at Pine Bluff and Schofield Barracks Allan Caplan, Project Engineer, Non-Stockpile Program, Chemical Materials Agency... 

Objective Richard J. Ayen, Committee Chair, travels to Schofield Barracks to witness the final control detonation chamber (CDC) operations. 

Chairman s Observations on the Schofield Barracks Process Richard Ayen, Committee Chair... 

US Army Corps of Engineers (2006) Chemictd munitions encountered during Schofield Barracks Military Reservation range clearance. Presentation at the 9th intemationed chemical... 

The 43d Chemical Laboratory Company, activated at Edgewood Arsenal on 26 August 1942, was ordered to Hawaii in December of 1943. Upon its arrival it was assigned to theater headquarters (Central Pacific Area) and stationed at Schofield Barracks, where the theater chemical officer, Colonel Unmacht, had laboratory facilities (manned by 8th Chemical Depot Company personnel) already in operation. The 43d took over the existing laboratory functions, added its own equipment, and set to work. The immediate tasks were predominantly within the intelligence portion of the mission—the study and descrip-... 

Lt. Gen. Wilhelm D. Styer standing in front of a flame thrower mounted on a medium tank chassis at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. To the right of General Styer is Col, Jay C. Whitehair, Howard C. Peterson, and Col. George P. Unmacht. 

We are also developing a program to assist students and families to prepare and handle the myriad stresses associated with military deployment. At Schofield Barracks, a large contingent of soldiers are going to be deployed to Bosnia in the... 

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