AOR BW LAB SUPPORT REQUIREMENT FOR OPER DESERT SHIELD

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Subject: AOR BW LAB SUPPORT REQUIREMENT FOR OPER DESERT SHIELD           

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box  ID: BX003201

Folder Title: CONFIRMATION OF ATTACK WITH BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS                                                  

Document Number:         13

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                                   UNCLASSIFIED



                                DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                                OFFICE OF THE SURGEON GENERAL
                                    6109 LEESBURG PIKE
                                 FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041-3258
               RULY TO
               A@ENTION OF


          SGPS-CP-L (50k)


          MEMORANDUM FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND
                           DEVELOPMENT CO    D, 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
fication of 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
                                                         ON: 04 DEC 96
          CLASSIFIED BY: MULTIPLE SOURCES                BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDE
          DECLASSIFY ON: OADR              SSIFIED       SEC 3.4 EO 12958

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Subject = AOR BW LAB SUPPORT REQUIREMENT FOR OPER DESERT S
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996