MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE MOPP

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Subject: MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE MOPP                        

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Folder Title: DUTY LOG  G3 REAR CP  5 JAN 91                                                                  

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Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organzation: ARCENT      



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         TIME DECREASES, NBC     TCON AND MOPP LEVELS ARE INCREASED TO

         PROTECT THE FORCE. MOPP ZERO PRODUCES GREATER FORCE READINESS THAN

         MASK CARRIED AND MOPP GEAR READILY AVAILABLE SINCE BY DEFINITION

         MOPP GEAR MUST BE WITHIN ARMS LENGTH OR CARRIED.

         5  W    THE FOLLOWING EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN

         NBC THREATCON, THE READY AVAILABILITY OF MOPP GEAR, AND MOPP ZERO.

         AT NBC THREATCON GREENT THE MASK IS CARRIED AND COMPLETE MOPP GEAR

         (CPOG/BDO, GLOVES, HELMET COVER AND PRELACED FOOTWEAR COVERS) MUST

         BE READILY AVAILABLE. READILY AVAILABLE IMPLIES QUICK ACCESS TO

         MOPP GEAR AND IS MISSION DEPENDENT. FOR EXAMPLE, TRUCK DRIVERS

         CONDUCTING LINE HAUL OPERATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN MOPP GEAR

         IN THEIR VEHICLE WHILE ON THE ROAD. SOLDIERS WORKING AT A LOCATION


         OTHER THAN THEIR LIVING COMPOUND MUST TRANSPORT THEIR MOPP GEAR TO


         AND FROM THEIR WORK AND LIVING AREAS. THESE EXAMPLES OF READILY


         AVAILABLE MOPP GEAR DO NOT EQUATE TO MOPP ZERO.

         6       CO     ERS HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO INCREASE THE LOCAL NBC

         THREATCON OR MOPP ABOVE THE MINIMUM, CORPS-WIDE LEVEL. SIMILARLY,

         THE RISK TO VARIOUS CORPS AREAS ARE NOT EQUAL. THE CORPS REAR AREA

         (CRA) AND AIR BASES ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO SSM ATTACK THAN UNITS












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Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 REAR CP 5 JAN 91
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Subject = MISSION ORIENTED PROTECTIVE POSTURE MOPP
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Scan Date = 04-APR-1996
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