National Capital Region Joint CBRNE Forum (Ball)

Brigadier General Daryl O. Hood assumed command of the 20th CBRNE Command on September 7, 2022, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. He is the ninth commander of the Army and Defense Department’s only integrated command with CBRN, EOD, and lab capabilities. BG Hood is responsible for manning, equipping, and training a highly-technical, special purpose formation of approximately 3,500 soldiers and 225 civilians located in 16 states on 19 different installations. The command includes the 52nd and 71st Ordnance Groups (EOD), the 48th Chemical Brigade, a CBRNE Analytical and Remediation Activity, and the 1st Area Medical Laboratory.

Lieutenant General Erik C. Peterson received his Army commission in 1986 as a Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Idaho’s Chrisman Battalion, Army Reserve Officer Training Corps program. He was assigned to the Aviation Branch and completed flight school in 1987. LTG Peterson’s key command and leadership assignments include: four tours with the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Director, Flight Concepts Division, Fort Eustis, VA; Brigade Commander, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade and the Chief of Staff, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, NY; Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Cadet Command, Fort Knox, KY; Commanding General of U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC; Director of Army Aviation on the Army staff at the Pentagon; Division West of First U.S. Army Commander, consisting of five brigades and two mobilization sites arrayed across the country; and the Director, Force Development, in G-8, where he served as the principal advisor to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8; the Vice Chief of Staff, Army; and the Chief of Staff, Army on all Army-wide equipping programs and resources. LTG Peterson became the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, on June 2, 2021.