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Home Recovered Chemical Materiel Directorate Packaging

After suspect recovered chemical warfare materiel (RCWM) is discovered, the Recovered Chemical Materiel
Directorate (RCMD) deploys equipment to determine if the items are explosively configured and contain a liquid fill. The recovered item is overpacked in a multiple round container (MRC). This allows for safe assessment, storage and transport.

MRCs were specifically designed, tested and fielded for the transport of chemical warfare materiel and are the only containers approved by the Department of Transportation for this purpose. MRCs exceed international packaging requirements. Each MRC contains one munition, but there are multiple sizes in the MRC family to accommodate a variety of munitions.

Considered “overpack” containers, MRCs are designed to prevent any accidental exposure to the environment
in the unlikely event the overpacked items were to leak. Fragile items, such as chemical agent identification sets (CAIS) – glass bottles containing small amounts of chemical agent once used to train Soldiers in the identification and decontamination of chemical agent – may also be transported in MRCs.

View the MRC Fact Sheet
Multiple Round Container (MRC)
Multiple Round Containers are a family of overpack containers designed to allow the safe storage and transport of recovered chemical warfare materiel.

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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.