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Subject: M17 LIGHTWEIGHT DECON SYSTEM FIELDING                           

Box ID: BX000019

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Folder Title: DUTY LOG G3 REAR 12 JAN 91                                                                      

Folder Seq #:         32

Document Number:          9

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 27-MAR-1996











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      1.        PURPOSE OF THIS MESSAGE IS TO VOICE XVIII ABN CORPS

      CONCERN OVER M17 LDS DISTRIBUTION PRIORITIES AND TO REQUEST


      INCREASED DECON SUPPORT.


      2. (@     REF A PROVIDED AN ASSESSMENT OF XVIII ABN CORPS' DECON

      CAPABILITY, IDENTIFIED A THREE DECON COMPANY SHORTFALL,

      ESTABLISHED THE CRITICAL LINK BETWEEN THE M17 LDS AND UNIT DECON

      SELF SUFFICIENCY, AND PROVIDED INITIAL XVIrl ABN CORPS M17

      REDUIREMENTS. REF P PROVIDED AN UPDATED LIST OF XVIII ABN CORPS

      M17 REQUIREMENTS AND THE NUMBER OF LDS FIELDED IN CONUS AT THE

      START OF DESERT SHIELD. REF C IDENTIFIED THAT 299 M17 LDS WERE

      AVAILABLE IN CONUS AND OUTLINED THE ARCENT PROPOSED

      DISTRIBUTION. REF D STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 56 M17 LDS WOULD

      ARRIVE BY ALOC IN THE NEARTERM. ARCENT HAS EARMARKED THESE M17

      POR !ST CAV DIV.


                THE XV!II ABN CORPS DECON SHORTFALL IDENTIFIED IN REF A

      AND SUBSEQUENT TPFDL REQUESTS IN FOLLOW-ON MESSAGES WERE NOT


      VIGOROL)SLY SLjF'r-'ORTED BY ARCENT AND CONSEQUENTLY NOT RESO)JRCED BY

      FORSCOM. THE ARCENT PROPOSED M17 DISTRIBUTION, PARTICULARLY

      THOSE COMING BY ALOC, CONTINUES TO FURTHER UNDERCUT OUR MARGINAL









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Document 4 f:/Week-09/BX000019/DUTY LOG G3 REAR 12 JAN 91/m17 lightweight decon system fielding:04179616012010
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File Room = mar96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-09
Box ID = BX000019
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 REAR 12 JAN 91
Folder Seq # = 32
Subject = M17 LIGHTWEIGHT DECON SYSTEM FIELDING
Document Seq # = 9
Document Date = 01-JAN-1980
Scan Date = 27-MAR-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-APR-1996