AOR BIOLOGICAL WAREFARE LAB RPT REQUIREMENT FOR OPER DS

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Subject: AOR BIOLOGICAL WAREFARE LAB RPT REQUIREMENT FOR OPER DS         

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003201

Folder Title: CONFIRMATION OF ATTACK WITH BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS                                                  

Document Number:          6

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                                                    UNCLASSIFIED


                               DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                               OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
                                   5109 LEESBURG PIKE
                                FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041-3258
              REPLY TO
              ATTENTION OF


         SGPS-CP-L (50k)


         MEMORANDUM FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND
                          DEVELOPMENT COMMAND, ATTN: SGRD-ZA, FORT DETRICK,
                          FREDERICK, MD 21704-5004

         SUBJECT: Area of Responsibility (AOR) Biological Warfare (BW)
         Laboratory Support Requirement for operation Desert Shield (U)


         1. (U) Reference meeting, Army, Navy, and Air Force OTSG and
         USAMRDC representatives, 3 Jan 91, subject: BW Laboratory
         Capability for the AOR.

         2.  @ Reference meeting concluded that it was neither feasible
         nor operationally desirable to place irrefutable confirmatory BW
         lab capabilities in the AOR. A system is already in place to
         provide such data and should be optimized and used.

         3.  @ It was the concensus of the group that additional BW lab
         capabilities should be placed in the AOR at the Navy Forward Lab
         (NFL) and the 996th Lab VA immediately. Request U.S. Army Medical
         Research and Development Command provide support for placement of
         the following BW lab capabilities in the AOR with a target date of
         NLT 15 Jan 91:

             a. @ Assemble an identical BW identification package as the
         ones developed by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of
         Infectious Disease (USAMRIID) And already sent to the NFL and 10th
         Medical Lab. This package will need to be forwarded to the 996th
        'Lab VA as soon as possible because of critical mission requirement.

             b. @ Designate an Army microbiologist who has experience in
anthrax and can perform antibiotic
         sensitivity testing. This individual should be POR qualified and
         be prepared to deploy to the 996th Lab VA on TDY status. Assemble
         two packages of required reagents and supplies required to perform
         stated tasks. one package will be immediately sent to the NFL and
         the other to the 996th Lab VA.

             c. @ U.S. Navy will be requesting one of their personnel
         currently at USAMRIID be trained on anthrax task performance in
         para 3b before deployment to the NFL.

             d. @ Reagents for,identifying    tularemia, plague, and
         clostridium perfringens is requested for the NFL, the 996th Lab VA,
         and Naval Medical Research Unit 3 in Cairo.
                                                  DECLASSIFIED
         CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES          ON: 06 DEC 96
         DECLASSIFY ON: OADR
                                                  BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH)
              UNCLASSIFIED                        UNDER SEC 3.4 EO 12958

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Declassified = 17-DEC-1996