Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

The Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) is a unit in the United States Marine Corps responsible for countering the effects of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident. They were activated in April 1996 by General Charles C. Krulak, then Commandant of the Marine Corps. The unit is based at Naval Support Facility Indian Head in Indian Head, Maryland and falls under the command of the II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Mission
When directed, a CBIRF unit will forward-deploy and/or respond to a credible threat of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) incident in order to assist local, state, or federal agencies and Unified Combat Commanders in the conduct of consequence management operations.

CBIRF accomplishes this mission by providing capabilities for agent detection and identification, casualty search and extraction, technical rescue, personnel decontamination, and emergency medical care and stabilization of contaminated victims.

History
Since its inception CBIRF has trained many local agencies. It has also had a presence at the following:

1996 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 1996 Summer Olympic Games 1997 Presidential State of the Union Address 1997 Denver Summit of the Eight 1998 Presidential State of the Union Address 1999 Pope Visit to St Louis, MO 1999 Nato Summit 1999 Presidential State of the Union Address 2000 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 2000 Presidential State of the Union Address 2001 Presidential State of the Union Address 2001 Cleaned Anthrax out of the Longworth House Office Bldg in Washington, DC 2002 Presidential State of the Union Address 2003 Presidential State of the Union Address 2004 Presidential State of the Union Address 2004 Ricin Incident Attack on Dirksen Senate Building 2004 Dedication of World War II Memorial 2004 Laying In State of President Ronald W. Reagan 2005 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 2005 Presidential State of the Union Address 2006 Presidential State of the Union Address 2007 Presidential State of the Union Address 2008 Presidential State of the Union Address 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN 2009 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony 2009 Presidential State of the Union Address 2010 Presidential State of the Union Address 2011 Presidential State of the Union Address 2011 Operation Tomodachi 2012 NATO Summit 2012 2013 Presidential Inaugural Ceremony

Awards
MERITORIOUS UNIT COMMENDATION STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR 2001 - 2002 2001 - 2004 NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE STREAMER WITH ONE BRONZE STAR 2001 - Present

GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM SERVICE STREAMER 2001 - Present