DOCTRINE FOR USE CHEM WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT

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Subject: DOCTRINE FOR USE CHEM WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT     

Box  ID: BX000420

Document Number:         51

Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 4  OF 4                                       

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Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     





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                    DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL
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     SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP)//
     RMKS/I. TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT, A NEW CHEMICAL DEFENSE
     ADJUNCTO WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE THEATER SHORTLY AND BE           Ire
     DISTRIBUTED TO ALL COTOPOTENTS. FIRST ISSUE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR
     FRONTLINE TROOPS.                                                          Sv,@-
     2. DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN
     PROTECTANT IS AS FOLLOWS:
        A. GENERAL.
             I. THE TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP) IS FOR USE IN
     PROTECTING THE SKIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE BLISTER
     (VESICANT) AGENTS. THE TSP PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL SKIN PROTECTION


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     BY DELAYING THE PENETRATION OF MUSTARD AGENTS, THE USE OF TSP
     ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIELD SKIN DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS.
           2. THE TSP CREATES A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE SKIN
     AND THE AGENTI ONLY THOSE AREAS OF SKIN HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LAYER OF
     TSP WILL BE PROTECTED.
            3. THE TSP PROBABLY IS NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THICKENED
     SOMAN NOR VX.
            4. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE TSP AS AN ADJUNCT TO MISSION-
     ORIENTED PROTECTION POSTURE (MOPP), NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE.
     ESTABLISHED DOCTRINE FOR MOPP IS FOLLOWED IF AGENT CONTAMINATION
     IS ANTICIPATED OR SUSPECTEDs EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING
     TSP.
            5. ALL SOLDIERS AT RISK IN A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED
     CHEMICAL WARFARE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD USE TSP.
            6. EACH SOLDIER SHOULD BE ISSUED 2 BOTTLES OF TSP FOR
     EACH DAY OF USE.


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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000420
Unit = ARCENT
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Folder Title = HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - G3 NBC MIS 4 OF 4
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Subject = DOCTRINE FOR USE CHEM WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN
Document Seq # = 55
Document Date =
Scan Date = 30-JUL-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 = 16-AUG-1996