- CBDC
The
United States Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command, known better by its acronym CBDC, was a part of the US Army.Fiction versus reality
The CBDC plays a huge role in the
videogame Syphon Filter , and following the games rumours concerning whether or not the unit actually existed began to surface. Despite claims to the contrary, the CBDC did exist in real life but it was disbanded the late 1990s to become a new organization called Soldier and Biological Command or SBCCOM. [http://www.chem-bio.com/resource/1999/cbdcom98.pdf] [http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg15721260.200-nowhere-to-hide--america-is-waking-up-to-the-threat-of-bioterrorism-but-is-there-any-realdefence.html] [ [http://www.ndia.org/Template.cfm?Section=NDIA_Divisions_Page&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=3&ContentID=415 NDIA | NDIA Divisions Page ] ] . In2003 , it was reorganized to become several organizations called RDECOM (Research, Development and Engineering Command); United States Army Chemical Materials Agency (CMA); GUARDIAN BRIGADE; PM NBC(PM Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defense); and SSC (Soldiers System Center) [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/sbccom.htm U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command (SBCCOM) ] ] .Role in Syphon Filter series
As stated above, the CBDC has a major role in the videogame series Syphon Filter.
Syphon Filter
They are first seen in the very first level of the game, as allies of Gabriel Logan. They are wearing yellow NBC protective gear, and equipped with M-16 and .45 pistols. They are seen through out the game (especially during the first few levels), mentioned in passing, and seen in the ending cutscenes.
Syphon Filter 2
In the second game of the series, the CBDC are featured more prominently than before. In this game, we meet
Jason Chance , a Lieutenant in in the CBDC who had led their operations in the first game, as well asJohn Ramirez , who is one of the few soldiers to survive a major firefight in the Colorado Rockies that takes up the first half of the game.Syphon Filter 3
By the time of the third game, the CBDC organization is nowhere to be found.
Syphon Filter: Omega Strain
Again, the CBDC does not feature in this game, and their duties are taken up by smaller organizations such as the
CHA , etc.References
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