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(U) o To identify NB(: equipment related issues.

(U) o To collect data in support of follow-on studies and current information
needs such as;. POM-94, OSD inquiries, and development of the Marine Co,-Ps
Technology Plan.

(U) C. Methodology

(U) Key NBC defense issue areas were identified and a collection matrix was
developed. The collection matrix, Appendix D-2, was used to focus collection efforts to
insure a systematic approach to insure coverage of specific NBC assessment areas:
doctrine; training; organization; equipment; readiness; individual protection; warning
and reporting; recon, detection, and identification of agents; decontan-Lination; collective
protection; and medical support, across a broad range of NBC defense missions. Data
was primarily collected through taped interviews, NBC defense surveys, and collection
of message traffic, SOP's and operations orders.

(U) Interviews were conducted with focus on collection plan assessment areas.
Interviews were ar-rang@d to cover a majority of the "key" NBC Specialists and related
personnel throughout the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) Headquarters, First
and Second Marine Divisions (I st and 2d MARDIV), the Third Marine Air Wing (3d
MAW), and the First Force Service Support Group (Ist FSSG). In general, interviews
were developed using a free flow technique guided by an outline and basic questions to
prompt thoughts in the key assessment areas. Interviews were conducted with NBC
Specialists from ove- fifty percent of the battalions and higher level headquarters
elements under Marine Corps Forces, Central Command (N4ARCENT). Around eighty'
percent of the estimated total number of Primary MOS, 5702, NBC Defciise Officcrs in
SWA were interviewed. This equated to approximately thirty percent of the Primary
MOS, 5702, NBC Defense Officers in the Marine Corps. A total of seventy three
cassette rapes containing the interviews were cataloged into the Marine Corps Lessons
Learned System (MCLLS), a listing is presented in Appendix A.

(U) Surveys were conducted at units in conjunction with interview of unit NBC
defense specialists. The goal of the NBC defense survey was to provide visibility and
insight on NBC defense assessment areas down to the lowest possible level in a given
urdc, the individual Marine.

(U) The three page, NBC survey questionnaire, Appendix E-2, was developed in
SWA, drawing from previously validated Marine Corps survey forrnats. Questions were
developed by a group of NBC Non-comn-dssioned Officers (NCO's) and selected to focus
on the areas of training, doctrine, intelligence, individual NBC equipment, operational
readiness, and major lessons learned.
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