ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION CAPABILITY

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Subject: ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION CAPABILITY               

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Document Number:         18

Folder Title: DUTY LOG  G-3  21-22 OCT 90                                                                     

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Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     





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        SUBJECT: ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION CAPABILITY (U)
        A. SECRET FAX, COMUSARCRNT, AFRD-DTO, 16 OCT 90, SAB. (NOTAL)
        1.      XVIII ABN CORPS HAS A SHORTFALL OF THREE DECONTAMINATION
        COMPANIES AGAINST A REQUIRED FORCE OF 14 COMPANY-SIZED CHEMICAL
        UNITS. THIS DEFICIT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE FORSCOM DECREMENT TO
        THE DESERT SHIELD CHEMICAL FORCE STRUCTURE. THE CORPS DECON
        STRATEGY DISCUSSED IN SUCCEEDING PARAGRAPHS SEEKS TO OFFSET THIS
        SHORTFALL. HOWEVER, THESE ACTIONS DO NOT REPLACE OR TOTALLY OFFSET
        THE DECON CAPABILITY REPRESENTED BY THE LOSS OF THESE THREE
        COMPANEIS.
                 CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE DRIVES AND SUPPORTS THE CORPS DECON
        STRATEGY. THE THREE PLATOONS OF FOX RECON VEHICLES CURRENTLY ON THE
        GROUND PROVIDE THE MEANS TO IMPLEMENT THE FIRST PART OF THIS
UE TO ARRIVE IN EARLY NOV, WILL PUT
        THE FIRST PIECE OF THIS CRITICALLY NEEDED CAPABILITY IN THE CORPS
        REAR.   FIELDING OF ADDITIONAL FOX PLATOONS, SCHEDULED FOR DEC-JAN,
        MUST CONTINUE UNABATED. ANY DELAY IN COMPLETELY FIELDING THIS
        CAPABILITY (E.(3.,

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