NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY

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Subject: NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY                  

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Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE FILES VARIOUS SOURCES DT 216                                                     

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            a little bit harder bc if you dont have the luxury for sitting down
            in a chair and moving after you sweated and got durt or mud down
            inside boot before you put it on it will make it harder to come
            off. I dont know if thats a good solution to that problem. Mayber
            another method for tying them down or strapping them. The rubber
            is not durable enough f or what they had to do as an inf antry. Alot
            of punctures, not enough grip, sand it wasn't that bad but if get
            in a wet slick area, like in Lejeune, tendency to fall when theyre
            running. Short distance or whatever they have a tendency to lose
            theyre footing.
            * Hoods we have were I nt that good. Like them beter then any other
            countries but if come out with a lighter weight suit and goes along
            with say a new M40 Mask put on there. Hood has tendency to dry
            rot.   Alot of manufacurer chemicals.      Infantry when they use it
            they are alot harder on their gear, not bc they want to be but bc
            that is the nature of their job.
            * Carriers have presented a problem for us the straps have been
            ripping out, wear and tear out here with the sun beating down on
            them. Weakening the straps the whole caseing. Have had alot of
            them go bad on us. Brought 100 extra with me and out of that 100
            I probalby have 30 left.     And I saved those just for combat.        I
            oculd have given out alot more -- at least another 200 or 300.
            * Medicants that we had. Pleased received them. Displeased on
            the way they were issued out.      It was a NBC nightmare to start
            having control over a control substance. The (canna), Marine felt
            comfortable after they recieved the (intrapeen), (toopan), the
 problem on the medicants they
            come in separate and if it wasnt for the way MC's MOPP
            type ... become kind of separate and kind of confused everybody at
            f irst bc you preach it about the MOPP1 Kit and when you receive
            these two separate adn they get confused because the toopan looks
            so much like the canna that at night it could easily be mistaken
            for teh canna adn inadvertently injected. I dont know if I should
            be the one me, myself or any other NBC guy be responsible for a
            controlled substance. Teh way it came through the channels was it
            started off as medicla issued. And i picked it up from the medical
            officer and just issued it out to the line companies. Then it came
            down through the supply system. Personnaly I think it should be
            kept through BAS. Too mcuh going on for me to be the key point to
            worry about that.    I want to make sure we have all the gear and
            resupply of NBC gear so should go through BAS or company corps men
            and work along in conjunction with the doctors.
            * Another item that has happened to me numerous times even through
            training is the inserts (glass). Even a couple times in training
            I would put the mask on and they would pop out and puncture me in
            the eye and I think it is a bigger hazard then it is beneficial.
            I have heard alot of other Marines complain about the same thing
            and its not bc the insulation is two pronged Ive done that to mine
            and it still pops out.      They could come back to the old system
            where they had the granney-looking glasses with the wire where its
            put in there, that would help out and I also feel that your vision
            that the wind itself should be alot .... it should have.... I was
            thinking about like here in SWA there should be a tent a lighter
r the lens protectors or to your glasses.         Maybe even a


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Folder Title = FOLDER MESSAGE FILES VARIOUS SOURCES DT 216
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Subject = NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY
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Declassified = 04-NOV-1996