Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers from the 145th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team, don protective masks during a simulated gas attack June 05, 2019 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. The 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team is training at the National Training Center May 24 - June 20 to prepare for its wartime mission. The rotation builds unit and Soldier proficiency to provide combatant commanders with a trained and ready force capable of fighting and winning our nation's wars. The Chemical Corps was established on this date in 1918 and made a permanent branch of the Regular Army in 1920, and in 1945, was redesignated as the Chemical Corps. #idahonationalguard #idahoarmynationalguard #idarng #chemicalcorp #gas #gasmask #armylife #nationalguard #armynationalguard #usarmy #ntc #nationaltrainingcenter #116cbct