JULLS LONG REPORT

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Subject: JULLS LONG REPORT                                               

Unit: 82D AB      

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Box ID: BX001511

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Document Number:         11


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                                                                       05/23/91
                                     JULLS LONG REPORT

            1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 509b5-73219 (00005), submitted by IST BRIBADE.

            2. (U) No type conducted by on     / / .

            3. (U) KEYWORDS: NBC, SURVIVABILITY.

            4. (U) TITLE: DESERT STORM AAR

            S. (U) OBSERVATION: Soldiers were not confident with the
            effectiveness of Pyreclostigmine Bromide (PB) tablets for nerve
            agent pretreatment.

            6. (U) DISCUSSION: Although PB had been in use with other NATO
            countries as a pretreatment for nerve agent toxicosis, U.S.
            soldiers were not introduced to it until Operation Desert Storm.
             Some soldiers lost confidence in their ability to survive a
            nerve agent attack because of several things. First, they did
            not understand the link between PB and the strophine
            sulfate/2-PAMCL auto injectors. Second, they feared taking ihe
            pills because of newspaper reports that the pills wore not FDA
            approved. Because of these concerns less than half the soldiers
            in the Brigade Task Force took PB as a pretreatment.

            7. (U) LESSON LEARNED: Always train as you plan to fight in
            war. If PB is going to be a standard pretreatment for nerve
            agents then planning for its use needs to be intergrated into
            NBC training. Soldiers need to fully understand how the PB
            enhances the Mark I Nerve Agent Antidote Kit (NAAK). Only when
            soldiers regularly train with an item, will soldiers comfortably
            use it in combat.

            S. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the Brigade, Divisions and U.S.
            Army fully integrate PB treatment into training and doctrine.

            9. (U) COMMENTS: Although CANA (Diazepam) was issued to the
 the operation it did not have the same problems
            as the PB. Soldiers recognized the auto injector and were quick
            to learn when to use it.


                (U) SUBJECT: NONE

                (U) INTEROPERABILITY: NONE


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