CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS

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Subject: CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS                            

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000052

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        STIMULATING THE LOGISTICS SYSTEM TO EXPEDITE DELIVERY OF CRITICALLY

        NEEDED CDE ITEMS, MANY OF WHICH ARE ABOUT TO BECOME WAR STOPPERS.

        2.        IN EARLY SEP WE IDENTIFIED PULL PACKAGE RQMTS FOR CDE AND

        DROPPED SUPPORTING REQUISITIONS. SUBSEQUENT FOLLOW UP SHOWED MOST

        OF THESE REQUISITIONS HAD BEEN CANCELLED BY THE NICP. THE PROWSS

        WAS REPEATED AND QUANTITIES ADJUSTED UPWARD TO MORE ACCURATELY

        REFLECT XVIII ABN CORPS MATURE THEATER ROMTS. HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT

        THIS PERIOD IT HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DETERMINE ITEM


        VISIBILITY AND STATUS.

        3.       WHILE SMALL QUANTITIES OF SELECTED CDE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE

        CORPS, THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT FALLS FAR SHORT OF OUR TOTAL 60-TO-WAR

        RQMTS. THIS CONDITION PERSISTS DESPITE AGGRESSIVE FOLLOW UP BY OUR


        SUPPLY MORS AND THE HELP OF LOCAL LOGISTIC ASSISTANCE

        REPRESENTATIVES (LAR).         THE ADDITION THIS WEEK OF A DEDICATED

        AMCCOM CHEMICAL REPRESENTATIVE IS A WELCOME SIGHT

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        4.        THE CONTINUING SHORTFALL OF PROTECTIVE MASK FILTER ELEMENTS

        AND CANISTERS DIRECTLY IMPACTS INDIVIDUAL SURVIVAL, READINESS AND

        SOLDIER CONFIDENCE. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RQMT FOR PERIODIC FILTER

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File Room = apr96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000052
Unit = XVIII CORPS
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Folder Title = DUTY LOG G3 1-15 DEC 90 CONT
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Subject = CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS
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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 = 19-JUL-1996