COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM

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Subject: COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM                           

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  803D MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT                                              

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              b. Sufficient quantities should have been in place earlier
              and released to soldiers in need.
              EPW Camp Brooklyn presented many logistical problems that
           were not planned for:
              a . EPif Uniforms
              b.  Lindane
              c.  Levels of medical supply
              d.  Evacuation assets
              e.  Power generation
              f.  Class VIII
              Host Nation Facility concept should be built with the
           following areas of concern.
              a. Deploy unit with vehicles, communication and tool kits
              b. Class VIII should come from MEDSOM only or a better
              communication system developed so that unit can know
              what is available from Host Nation medical supply.


         Vacoin    n  rogram. Difficulties were encountered with optimal
         3LMP lera:li:Ei:n of the different vaccination programs. Anthrax and
         Botulism vaccinations were started too late to effectively immunize
         many at risk personnel with 2 doses (Anthrax) and 3 doses
         (Botulism). Also, sufficient vaccine was not made available to
         immunize all personnel at risk. Additional problems were
         encountered in requisitioning !Lll types of vaccines and anti-sera
         for our subordinate medical un3,ts, our evacuation hospitals were
         short on hepatitis B vaccine, immune globulin, rabies vaccine,
         rabies immune globulin, snake and scorpion anti-venom until after
         hostilities had ceased. Unsuccessful attempts were made to secure
         needed quantities at MEDSONS at KKMC, Riyadh and Dhahran.

         EPW C m iomtd!cal Support. Although the 300th Field Hospital was
         assigns      E East Camp, the West Camp had no medical support
         except for its insufficient organic assets. The 803d had to task
         organize medical care for this camp by assigning a clearing
g platoon
         out of hospital assets to provide for the 24,000 EPW's held there.
         It also required ground ambulance assets, repeated medical resupply
         and administrative management.
             Both camps should have had preplanned medical support.


         Hospital  p Support. 22 February - 8 March 1991 - An almost daily
                  K-
         struggle With EPW,s for the following reasons:
             (1)  Lack of guards for the number of patient prisoners being
             treated at EAC hospitals.
             (2) Overwhelming number of prisoners (see Figure B) exceeding
             capabilities of the identified EPW Hospital, 114th Evacuation
             Hospital.
             (3) Insufficient Guards to cover two hospitals once a second
             hospital was used for EPW'S.
             (4) Military Police guards were unfamiliar with mission
             requirements to support hospitals. Parent unit (Booth MP

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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000481
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 803D MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT
Folder Seq # = 20
Subject = COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 33
Document Date =
Scan Date = 14-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 13-SEP-1996