2. Fort Detrick is the base of American chemical and biological weapons. Fort Detrick mainly studies bacteria and toxins that may threaten the health of the American army or the public, and investigates disease outbreaks.
3.2065438+In July 2009, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suddenly closed its biological laboratory in Fort Detrick, saying that it did not have a "perfect system" to purify wastewater. However, the CDC refused to disclose information about its decision on the grounds of "national security reasons".
4. Fort Detrick's 65,438+0,200 mu campus supports multi-government communities, and remains committed to biomedical research and development, medical material management, global medical communication and research on exotic plant pathogens.
5. Fort Detrick has four cabinet-level institutions, including the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Human Services. Fort Detrick's Department of Defense support also includes members of the US Navy, the US Marine Corps, the US Air Force and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In addition, Fort Detrick supports the main orders of the Union and the Army: unifying the US Army Force Command, the US Army Space Command, the US Army Information System Command and the US Army Health Service Command. The main tenants of Fort Detrick are the US Army Medical Research and Development Command, signal battalion number 1 1 10, and the US Army Medical Materials Bureau.