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Ms. Catherine L. Satow

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Ms. Catherine L. Satow

Acting Director
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity-West

Ms. Catherine L. Satow assumed the position of Acting Director of CMA-West, Pueblo, Colorado, May 15, 2025, where she has been serving as the Director of Base Operations since November 2021.

Ms. Satow is responsible for managing the demilitarization support to Program Executive Office, Assembled Chemical Weapons Alternatives (PEO ACWA) at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant as the plant undergoes decontamination, decommissioning and demolition.

She will also oversee the handover of property to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and eventually the Local Redevelopment Authority (PuebloPlex) and will ensure the successful transition of the workforce upon the end of the CMA-West mission.

Ms. Satow will continue to provide oversight of personnel performing professional, technical, administrative, clerical, and trades and craft work performed by key staff personnel and by a Public Works Division, a Logistics Division, a Security and Law Enforcement Division, and a Fire and Emergency Services Division.

A native of Pennsylvania, Satow holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology/Psychology from Colorado State University-Pueblo and a Master of Science in the Administration of Justice and Security from University of Phoenix. Satow is also a graduate of the U.S. Army First Sergeant’s Course at the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Her civilian awards include the Department of the Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service, Department of the Army Achievement Award for Civilian Service (3rd Award) and the Department of the Army Special Act or Service Award (6th Award). Satow is also a proud recipient of the Honorary Order of the Samuel Sharpe from the Ordnance Corps Regimental Association.

Prior to this assignment, Satow served in various leadership positions within the Pueblo Chemical Depot Security and Law Enforcement Division including Division Chief and Physical Security Chief. Her military career spanned 21 years in the Engineer and Ordnance Corps. Satow’s assignments at Nuremberg, Germany; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Baumholder, Germany; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; and Fort Carson, Colorado, gave her a diverse perspective and prepared her for a successful transition to a civilian leadership role. Her military career culminated as a Company First Sergeant and then Battalion Maintenance NCO in an Area Support Brigade.

Ms. Sheila D. Johnson

Ms. Catherine L. Satow

Acting Director,
U.S. Army CMA-West

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Mountain

The mountain has been an element that has graced many of the past depot emblems, representing Pike’s Peak.

Missile

The Pershing Missile in the center represents one of the most prominent missions of the depot in the 1980s.

Hawk

The hawk represents native depot wildlife, the present and future mission of the environmental programs, and was also the name of one of the missile systems supplied by the depot during its missile mission in the 1950s and 60s.

Insignias

The branch insignia of both the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and Ordnance Corps represent the depot’s command structure through its history as both an ordnance and a chemical depot.

Colors & Text

The colors cobalt blue and yellow gold are representative of the U.S. Army Chemical Corps. “Pueblo Depot” is representative of the installation throughout its history. “1942” is the date of establishment. “Safety” and “Service” capture the continued and historical depot missions.

Motto

The motto translates to “A Common Good.”

Sun

The rising sun denotes the dawning of a new day without chemical weapons and the organization’s mission to safely destroy chemical weapons stockpile, thus changing the future of modern warfare.

Wheat

The three stalks of wheat symbolize the harvest of hope that has been secured through industry, cultivation and abundance. It also refers to the unit’s chemical/biological, smoke/obscurant and support to Homeland security industrial base missions at Pine Bluff Arsenal.

Eagle

The double-headed eagle suggests the two CMA methods for stockpile chemical weapons disposal, incineration and neutralization. These methods’ roots are traced back to Project Eagle I (incinerating of mustard agents) and Eagle II (neutralizing nerve agents).

Olive Branch

The olive branch signifies peace and the Activity’s commitment to abide by the stipulations of the Chemical Weapons Convention Treaty and assisting other nations.

Octagon

The octagon alludes to the eight original chemical weapons stockpile storage sites in the United States.