CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS

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Subject: CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS                            

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

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        CHANGES WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED TO AMCCOM AND HODA IN AUG. WHEN THE

        SIX MONTH CHANGE CRITERIA WAS FINALIZED BY HODA, REQUISITIONS WERE

        SUBMITTED FOR MASK FILTERS/CANISTERS. WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE


        REQUIRED QUANTITIES OF FILTERS. CHANGE OUT IS DUE TO BEGIN NLT THE


        FIRST WEEK IN FEB.


        5.       SIMILAR SHORTFALLS EXIST IN VIRTUALLY EVERY CATEGORY OF


        INDIVIDUAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (IPE) EXCEPT FOR THE 2D SET OF


        CHEMICAL OVERGARMENTS. WHILE THIS ROMT HAS ONLY BEEN RECENTLY


        SATISFIED, THE 3D SET OF BDO IS NOT IN THEATER. ADDITIONALLY, OUR

        REQUEST FOR 45K OF EXPIRED BDO TO SUPPORT TRAINING, A KEY TO

        MAINTAINING SOLDIER PROFICIENCY AND CONFIDENCE, HAS NOT BEEN

        FILLED. REQUISITIONS FOR 10,000 BA3517 BATTERIES ALSO REMAIN

        UNFILLED AND IS ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF AN ITEM THAT MUST BE IN PLACE TO


        SUPPORT EARLY WARNING, MISSION SUSTAINMENT, AND FORCE PROTECTION.

        6.       ANOTHER AREA WHERE WE HAVE REPEATEDLY ASKED FOR HELP IS


        MASK CARRIERS. WHILE A DESCOM PROTECTIVE MASK/CARRIER REPAIR


        FACILITY CAME ON LINE 11 DEC, THIS FACILITY DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE

        NEED FOR A STOCK OF SERVICEABLE CARRIERS IN COUNTRY TO SUPPORT DX AT


        UNIT LEVEL AND TO ALLOW QUICK TURN-IN OF UNSERVICEABLE ITEMS.

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Subject = CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT READINESS
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Declassified = 19-JUL-1996