1ABCT Deploying Equipment Agricultural Sanitization

1ABCT is scheduled to deploy to EUCOM in July 2025 via several Seaports of Debarkation (SPODs). There are
56 pieces of equipment belonging to 1ABCT that will be shipped to EUCOM which require sanitization prior to
loading onto surface vessels in the US. Current agreements between the US Government and the European
Union require all units entering EUCOM through European ports to conduct agricultural sanitization using the
disinfectant Virkon-S via wet-spray application. 1ID Soldiers can be training to Ag Sanitize deploying
equipment but units lack special environmental protection equipment (i.e. catchment basins for run-off and
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