FIELDING OF CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR 2 OCT 90

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Subject: FIELDING OF CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR 2 OCT 90                     

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Document Number:          6

Folder Title: TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS  - ARCENT MSG LOGS  2 OCT 90                                    

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        PRIORITY           RHIVHBB CDRXVIIIABNCORPS //G3//

        SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO INITIATE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. THE CORPS
        STRATEGY FOR OPNS IN A CW ENVIRONMENT IS BASED ON EARLY WARNING,
        CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE, ASENT WEATHERING, MINIMAL TIME IN MOPP, AND
        HASTY DECON ONLY WHEN ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED. RISK TAKING IS AN
        INHERENT PART OF THIS STRATEGY TO MINIMIZE INDIVIDUAL DEGRADATION
        AND MAXIMIZE UNIT COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS.
        4.      CAM IS AN INTEGRAL AND VITAL PART OF THIS STRATEGY. NBCRS
        DOES NO OBVIATE THE NEED FOR CAM. GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE CORPS AD
        AND DISTANCES BETWEEN UNITS, CAM IS A MUST AT UNIT LEVEL TO SUPPORT
        DECISION MAKING FOR MOPP REDUCTION, AND CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE.
        5.  @ THE AUSTERE MEDICAL STRUCTURE WILL BE SEVERELY TESTED IF
        REQUIRED TO PROCESS CW CASUALTIES. WITHOUT CAMAND USE OF
        COLLECTIVE PROTECTION (XM28), HANDLING OF CONTAMINATED CASUALTIES
        AND PATIENT MANAGEMENT WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED. SIMILARLY,
        EFFECTIVE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLLECTIVE PROTECTION (M20
        SCPE) IS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH
        THE CAM. IN SHORT, CAM PROVIDES THE MEANS TO IMPLEMENT
        INHERENT PARTS OF OUR CW DEFENSE STRATEGY.
        6.       NFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF CAM FIELDING CONTINUES TO BE
        SKETCHY. REQUEST NFO ON THE NUMBER OF CAM THAT WILL BE FIELDED TO
        XVIII ABN CORPS AND ASSOCIATED MILESTONES FOR PRODUCTION AND
        FIELDING. WHAT OTHER ALTERNATIVES, IF ANY, ARE BEING CONSIDERED TO
        SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT? FOR EXAMPLE, ARE CMS BEING
        WITHDRAWN/TRANSFERRED FROM USAREUR TO XVIII ABN CORPS? IS
        CONSIDERATION BEING GIVEN TO NEGOTIATING A LOAN WITH THE UK FOR THE
        CAM?
      7. (U) POINT OF CONTACT IS COL BARBEAU, DSN 300-7650-124.
        DECLAS: OADR
        BT
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-29
Box ID = BX000423
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS - ARCENT MSG LOGS 2 OCT 90
Folder Seq # = 2
Subject = FIELDING OF CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR 2 OCT 90
Document Seq # = 87
Document Date =
Scan Date = 30-JUL-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