CHEMICAL TASK ORGANIZATION AND COMMAND AND CONTROL

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Subject = CHEMICAL TASK ORGANIZATION AND COMMAND AND CONTROL              

Parent Organization = TRADOC      

Unit = TRADOC      

Folder Title = CHEMICAL DEFENSE ISSUES OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS                                        

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                 11. Issue: Marking of Contaminated Areas.

                 Discussion: There is a need for easy identification and visual
                 highlighting of NBC contaminated areas during darkness. The lack of
                 road networks In the KTO allows vanicles to inadvertently enter a
                 contaminated area Without realizing it. FOX or other vehicles cannot
                 carry enough NBC markers to surround a contaminated area with NBC
                 markers.


                 Recommendation: Design marking signs with reflective tape. Mount a
                 chemlight onto the marking flag or stake to provide nighttime
                 illumination.,

                 12. Issue: Wartime Fielding of New Equipment.

                 Discussion: I'D was issued the M17 SANATOR only days before its
                 deployment from home station. There was a very brief NET visit. ASL
                 was supplied. After 110 arrived in-country, we were issued the CAM.
                 There was no NET Visit, no ASL. Most CAM5 had no batteries. About 10
                 days later we received the -10 manuals. The CAMs would have been of
                 no use had we needed them.  In the CLASS VIII NBC area, CIPRO and CANA
                 Caused much consternation. No information, other than what was
                 printed on the pill box or injector, was available. This is a medical
                 problem, but commanders expected the NBC Staff to be on top of it
                 since it related to NBC Defense.


                 Recommendation: Information needs to be sent from material developers
                 to the field in order that the fielding and distribution of new items
                 go smoother, especially in wartime or other crisis situation.

                 13. Issue: NBC information Flow.


                 Discussion: VII CORPS NBC Section  task organized into a novel
                 organization As can beat be determined, they had NBC sections at CORPS
                 MAIN, CORPS REAR, CORPS TAC, CORPS TAG (FORWARD), and the CORPS "NBC
                 SYNERGY CENTER." It Was never clear which element Was expecting what
                 new Corps NBC Status Report; neither was it ever made clear why Corps
                 was tracking the maintenance status of individual NBC vehicles. Due
                 to the large distance and the speed in which they were covered,
                 communications to any (much less all) of these NBC cells was not
                 8IWaYS Possible. Additionally, the cells were not willing to take a
                 Message and Pass It to another cell, nor did the day and night shifts
                 seen to talk to one another.


                 Recommendation: Leave mlcro-management to the Chemical Company
                 Commander. Reduce the overhead, increase information flow within
                 existing organizations.

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Scan Date = 31-JUL-1997
Queued for Declassification = 01-AUG-1997
SAGWI Request = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 22-SEP-1997