CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS 13 DEC 90

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Subject: CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS  13 DEC 90                 

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               PRIORITY            RHIVBAS CDR XVIII ABN CORPS//DCG//


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               3.     WHILE SMALL QUANTITIES OF SELECTED CDE HAVE ARRIVED
               CORPS, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT FALLS FAR SHORT OF OUR TOTAL GO-TO-WAR
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               ROMTS. THIS CONDITION PERSISTS DESPITE AGGRESSIVE FOLLOW UP 13Y OUR
               SUPPLY MGRS AND THE HELP OF LOCAL LOGISTIC ASSISTANCE
               REPRESENTATIVES (LAR). THE ADDITION THIS WEEK OF A DEDICATED
               AMCCOM CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIVE IS A WELCOME SIGHT.
               4.    THE CONTINUING SHORTFALL OF PROTECTIVE MASK FILTER ELEMENTS
               AND CANISTERS DIRECTLY IMPACTS INDIVIDUAL SURVIVAL, READINESS AND
               SOLDIER CONFIDENCE. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ROMT FOR PERIODIC FILTER
               CHANGES WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED TO AMCCOM AND HODA IN AUG. WHEN THE
               SIX MONTH CHANGE CRITERIA WAS FINALIZED BY HODAs REOUISTIONS    WERE
               SUBMITTED FOR MASK FILTERS/CANISTERS. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE
               REQUIRED QUANTITIES OF FILTERS. CHANGE OUT IS DUE TO BEGIN NLT THE
               FIRST WEEK IN FEB.
               5.    SIMILAR SHORTFALLS EXIST IN VIRTUALLY EVERY CATEGORY OF
               INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (IPE) EXCEPT FOR THE 2D SET OF
               CHEMICAL OVERGARMENTS. WHILE THIS ROMT HAS ONLY   BEEN RECENTLY
               SATISFIED, THE -@D SET OF SDO IS NOT IN THEATER. ADDITIONALLY, OUR
               REQUEST FOR 45K OF EXPIRED BDO TO SUPPORT TRAINING, A KEY TO
               -MAINTAININ(3 SOLDIER PROFICIENCY AND CONFIDENCE, HAS NOT BEEN
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               FILLED. REQUISTIONS FOR 10,000 BAZ517 BATTERIES ALSO REMAIN
               UNFILLED AND IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF AN ITEM THAT MUST BE IN PLACE TO
               SUPPORT EARLY WARNING, MISSION SUSTAINMNET, AND FORCE PROTECTION.
               6.  ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR HELP IS
               MASk' CARRIERS. WHILE A DESCOM PROTECTIVE MAS@/-APRIER REPAIR
               FAC'I.ITY CAME ON LINE 11 DEC, THIS FACILITY DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE
               NEED FOR A L)TOCK CF SERVICEABLE CARRIERS IN COUNTRY TO SUPPORT DX AT
               UN17 -EVEL AND TO ALLOW QUICK TURN-IN OF UNSERVICEABLE ITEMS.
                   THE IRAQI CHEMICAL THREAT HAS NOT DIMINISHED SINCE THE
               I-JNSET --F DESERT SHIELD NOR HAVE OUR ROMTS FOR MEETING THIS THREAT
               AND [.,RiJTE@@@vP4G THE FORCE. I NEED YOUR HELP TO ENSURE WE HAVE THE
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