The Technical Escort Mission: A Historical Look at How It Came to Be In the years leading up to World War II, the United States had a strong concern that the Axis forces would probably used toxic gases just as they had done during World War I. This fear prompted CWS to begin analyzing and adjusting chemical supplies in their facilities. They realized they would need an aggressive plan to produce enough chemical weapons to initiate significant retaliation if the time came. As the timeline progressed, the CWS would reorganize its resources to meet growing needs in chemical weapons production and distribution. Before World War II The use of debilitating and deadly gases in World War I weighed heavily on the CWS in subsequent years. The lessons learned from the war forced CWS into awareness and the likelihood of history repeating itself. Over the next 20 years, the CWS would fight its own battle for funding and existence due to the War Department's issuing of General Order 26 of 1922. The order limited research and development, as well as funding to the CWS (Brophy & Fisher, 1959) . During this period, CWS evaluated its aging inventory. They knew that another war would require rapid production of chemicals to respond to an attack on Americans. CWS applied for funding to carry out research and start production, but the government deemed it unnecessary. In fact, officials have questioned the existence of CWS. Everything would change in the late 1930s, when the essence of a Second World War loomed. The CWS received funding to initiate the chemical weapons stockpiling plan. In 1940, the CWS received a substantial increase in funding after Germany's victory... halfway through... organizing the war. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.Miltner, A.L. (2012). Technical stockpile: counter weapons of mass destruction for 70 years. Army Chemical Review, 41-44. Retrieved from http://chemical.epubxp.com/i/98296/45Smart, J., & Kropp, C. (2005, Winter). Waves of change: The Army's transformation in Aberdeen has reached the Technical Escort Unit. Chemical and Biological Defense Information Analysis Center, 6(1), pp. Cover, 12-14. Retrieved from http://www.hdiac.org/islandora/object/hdjournal%3A38/datastream/OBJ/viewTechnical Escort Course. (n.d.). Retrieved from the U.S. Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear School: http://www.wood.army.mil/3chembde/irtd%20web%20page/Tech_Escort.htmWright III, B. (1998, November). The Chemical Warfare Service prepares for World War II. Retrieved from http://www.almc.army.mil/alog/issues/NovDec98/MS274.htm