UNIT LEVEL CHEMICAL DOWNWIND MESSAGE

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Subject: UNIT LEVEL CHEMICAL DOWNWIND MESSAGE                            

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000031

Folder Title: DUTY LOG REAR CP G3  30 NOV 90                                                                  

Document Number:         10

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                  INFO: COMUSARCENT   //AFRD-DTO//

                          COMUSARCENT SUPCOM //SPO CHEK//

                          CDRVIICORPS MOHRINGEN GE //G3//

        SUBJECT: UNIT LEVEL CHEMICAL DOWNWIND MESSAGE (CDM) (U)

        1.       CURRENTLY CORPS NBCC, DIVISION NBCEL AND SOME SEPARATE

        BRIGADE LEVEL UNITS PREPARE AND PUBLISH CHEMICAL DOWNWIND MESSAGE

        (CDM) WHICH, TOGETHER, COVER THE ENTIRE CORPS XM OF OPERATIONS.

        BECAUSE OF THE WIDE SPREAD DISPOSITION OF UNITS AND DIFFERENCES

        ASSOCIATE WITH TERRAIN FEATURES, WIND DATA CAN DIFFER DRASTICALLY

        FROM UNIT LOCATION TO UNIT LOCATION. CDM, WHICH ARE BEING
        DISSMINATED NOW, ARE NOT-SUFFICIENT-FOR CHEMICAL DOWNWIND HAZARD

        PREDICTION AND NBC WARNING AND REPORTING. CO       ERS AT BRIGADE

        LEVEL CAN ENHANCE UNIT SURVIVABILITY AGAINST A CW ATTACK BY

        APPOINTING A UNIT LWNL LIMITED WEATHER OBSERVER.

        2.       THE CORPS STAFF WEATHER SECTION (AIR FORCE)      PROVIDE
        TRAINING THROUGH THE FORWARD AREA LIMITED OBSERVATION PROGRAM'
        (FALOP). THIS PROGRAM WILL EN@LE THE OBSERVER TO' COLLECT SURFACE

        WIND DATA AND SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PHENOMENA. UNIT NBC NCO CAN"










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Unit = XVIII CORPS
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Folder Title = DUTY LOG REAR CP G3 30 NOV 90
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Subject = UNIT LEVEL CHEMICAL DOWNWIND MESSAGE
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Declassified = 04-NOV-1996