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File: aaame_01.txtSUBJECT: USE OF CWU-77/P CHEMICAL DEFENSE COVERALLS Ol 02 051500Z FEB 91 PP RR UUUU 051800 USCENTAF//DO/LG/ 1 AIG 8081//DW/LGS// INFO: 9AF SHAW AFB SC//HO// - HQ TAC LANGLEY ARS VA//DOS/LGS~DRP// UNCLAS SUBJECT: USE OF CWU-77/P CHEMICAL DEFENSE COVERALLS 1. SOME UNITS HAVE RECEIVED CWU-77/P CHEMICAL DEFENSE COVERALLS THROUGH THEIR SUPPLY SYSTEM. THESE ARE NOT REPLACEMENTS FOR THE PRESENT CHEMICAL GROUNDCREW ENSEMBLE (GCE). SET THESE COVERALLS ASIDE AND DO NOT ISSUE THEM TO PERSONNEL UNLESS STANDARD GCE'S ARE NOT AVAILABLE. 2. THE CWU-77/P MAY BE A VALUABLE ADDITION TO OUR CHEMICAL WARFARE DEFENSE INVENTORY IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE NOT READY TO FIELD IT AT THE PRESENT TIME FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. A. THE COVERALL HAS NOT UNDERGONE COMPLETE TESTING AND OPERATIONAL CONTAMINATION CONTROL AREA (CCA) PROCESSING PROCEDURES HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED. IT IS OUR POSITION NOT TO FIELD EQUIPMENT THAT HAS NOT COMPLETED THE FULL TESTING CYCLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SPECIFIC SUPPORT PROCEDURES HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED OR TESTED. B. THE CWU-77/P'S RECOMMENDED USE, SPECIFIED BY HSD/YAG, IS IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AREAS WHERE THERE IS A REDUCED THREAT OF LIQUID CONTAMINATION. OUR AIR BASE CHEMICAL THREAT CONSISTS OF LIQUID CONTAMINATION AND THE VAPOR HAZARD RESULTING FROM THOSE DROPLETS. IT IS IMPRACTICAL AT THIS TIME TO ATTEMPT DISTRIBUTING COVERALLS TO THE BASE POPULATION BY GUESSING WHO WILL BE WORKING OR TRANSITING OUTSIDE AT THE TIME OF ATTACK.
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