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Our Mission Manage the Nation’s stockpile of chemical weapons, assess and destroy chemical warfare materiel, comply with chemical weapons treaty, protect people and the environment.

STORE

​​​​​CMA oversees the secure storage of the United States’ two remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.

Pueblo Chemical Depot
Blue Grass Chemical Activity

STORE

​​​​​CMA oversees the secure storage of the United States’ two remaining chemical weapons stockpiles at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado and Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky.

Pueblo Chemical Depot
Blue Grass Chemical Activity

DESTROY

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate (RCMD) provides centralized management and direction to the Department of Defense for the assessment and destruction of recovered chemical warfare materiel in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

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DESTROY

The U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate (RCMD) provides centralized management and direction to the Department of Defense for the assessment and destruction of recovered chemical warfare materiel in a safe and environmentally sound manner.

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PROTECT

​​​​The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) works closely with communities around the remaining chemical weapons stockpiles. Since the program began in 1988, state and local emergency management officials have teamed with the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency  to improve their ability to protect you.

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PROTECT

​​​​The Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program (CSEPP) works closely with communities around the remaining chemical weapons stockpiles. Since the program began in 1988, state and local emergency management officials have teamed with the Army and the Federal Emergency Management Agency  to improve their ability to protect you.

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COMPLY

​​On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), entered into force. At that time, the United States and 86 other nations became the first countries to sign and ratify the CWC.

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COMPLY

​​On April 29, 1997, the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, known as the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), entered into force. At that time, the United States and 86 other nations became the first countries to sign and ratify the CWC.

Learn More About the CWC Treaty

Leadership

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Kelso C. Horne III

Director, U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
Mr. Kelso C. Horne III became the Director of the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity (CMA) in November 2020 after retiring from the U.S. Army. As CMA’s Dir...

COL Jason A. Lacroix

Commander, Pueblo Chemical Depot
COL Jason A. Lacroix became commander of Pueblo Chemical Depot (PCD), Colorado, on June 24, 2021. His previous assignment was Senior Military Advisor for the De...

LTC Edward Williams

Commander, Blue Grass Chemical Activity
Lt. Col. Edward Williams came to the Blue Grass Chemical Activity from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, where he served as an Intermediate-Level Education Instructor ...

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U.S. Army Chemical Materials Activity
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.