From left: Col. Adam Hilburgh, 3rd Chemical Brigade commander; Pfc. Amiya Johnson, the brigade’s youngest Soldier; Staff Sgt. Richard Freeman, the brigade’s oldest Soldier; and Command Sgt. Maj. Jorge Arzabala cut the cake at the brigade’s 21st birthday celebration Oct. 1 at Baker Theater. Originally constituted Jan. 1, 1942, as the 3rd Separate Chemical Battalion at Fort Benning, Georgia, the unit was inactivated in 1958 and disbanded in 1989. Reconstituted Oct. 1, 1999, and activated as part of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, the brigade annually trains more than 25,000 service members here. (Photo by Brian Hill)
