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Project Lead Began Demilitarization Career as Intern

Published: August 13, 2018 | Category: BGCAPP News, People
  • (Inset) Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) as an intern with the Program Manager for Chemical Destruction around 1988. Brubaker explains the Munitions Washout System to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell at BGCAPP in 2013.

    (Inset) Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) as an intern with the Program Manager for Chemical Destruction around 1988. Brubaker explains the Munitions Washout System to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell at BGCAPP in 2013.

  • Summer interns learn about the function of the Control Room at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant July 12. (Note: Areas in this image have been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense directives.)

    Summer interns learn about the function of the Control Room at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant July 12. (Note: Areas in this image have been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense directives.)

The head of the Blue Grass plant began his 30-year career in chemical weapons demilitarization as an intern at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.

“My internship definitely advanced my career,” said Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. “It helped me with fully understanding the basis of a problem and working to a solution.”

Brubaker started as an engineering intern on the Aberdeen binary chemical agent project. From there, he learned of an opportunity with the Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, where he verified the reliability of automated equipment that would take chemical weapons apart. He then supported the start of the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System and continued moving up in the chemical demilitarization field.

“What I liked best about my internship was the challenge of it,” Brubaker said. “I enjoyed accepting the increased levels of opportunity and learning more and more as I went. It was a great opportunity to learn and grow.”

The Blue Grass plant is hosting 14 interns this summer, in areas such as engineering, project controls, quality and environmental. The interns are engaged as members of their teams and assist in producing quality products. This experience may lead to being hired with the project, Brubaker said, and at least provides a good learning experience for their careers.

“My advice to our interns is for them to look at where they are with their knowledge and skills and try to define how that can best be utilized going forward with more and more responsibility,” Brubaker said.

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  • Kingston Reif, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, second from left, listens as program and project officials explain the Static Detonation Chamber 2000 at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant Dec. 14.

    Key Defense Official Tours Blue Grass Plant

    Published: December 21, 2021
  • Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs Deborah G. Rosenblum (center) observes the M55 rocket destruction process on screens in the Control Room at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on Oct. 12. (A portion of this photograph has been blurred in accordance with Department of Defense guidelines.)

    Pentagon Official Visits Blue Grass Plant

    Published: October 14, 2021
  • Col. Stephen D. Dorris, left, assumed command of the Blue Grass Army Depot July 9. Lt. Col. Edward E. Williams, right, assumed command of the Blue Grass Chemical Activity July 1

    Blue Grass Welcomes New Commanders

    Published: July 27, 2020
  • Karl Slaughenhaupt was named the first principal deputy at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in November.

    Project’s First Principal Deputy Named

    Published: December 20, 2019
  • Recycling facility workers remove brass rotating bands from scrap 155mm projectiles previously processed at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant and delivered to the recycling facility for smelting. This material is considered clean of chemical agent per U.S. Army standards and is acceptable for recycling.

    Processed Munitions Bodies Delivered for Recycling

    Published: November 21, 2019
  • Three members of the Environmental Action Group Led by Employees, or EAGLE, team pose with team shirts at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant. The EAGLE team was created when employees saw an opportunity to focus on potential environmental issues.

    Sharp Eyes Assist Environmental Efforts

    Published: September 24, 2019
  • Dr. Candace Coyle

    Program Head Introduces New Site Project Manager

    Published: June 26, 2019
  • (Inset) Jeff Brubaker, site project manager, Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) as an intern with the Program Manager for Chemical Destruction around 1988. Brubaker explains the Munitions Washout System to U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell at BGCAPP in 2013.

    Project Lead Began Demilitarization Career as Intern

    Published: August 13, 2018
  • Col. Joseph R. Kurz, left, assumed command of the Blue Grass Army Depot July 10. Lt. Col. Rodney D. McCutcheon, right, assumed command of the Blue Grass Chemical Activity June 14.

    New Commanders Welcomed at Blue Grass

    Published: July 23, 2018
  • A safety team member hands an employee a pin reflecting a safety-culture belief at the first Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant safety fair.

    Blue Grass Embraces Workplace Values

    Published: April 24, 2018
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