BATTALION DECONTAMINATION AND TREATMENT 5 JAN 91

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Subject = BATTALION DECONTAMINATION AND TREATMENT  5 JAN 91               

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = BATTALION LEVEL DECONTAMINATION AND CASUALTY TREATMENT                                          

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Box ID = BX000288




                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                         HEADQUARTERS 3D BATTALION 227TH AVIATION
                                    APO NEW YORK 09849



        AETV-TFJ-A-A                                           5 Janauary 1991


        MEMORANDUM'THRU Commander, 12th Aviation Brigade, APO New York 09849

        FOR Chief  of Staff, 101st Airborne Division, APO New York 09309
        Subject: battalion Decontamination and Treatment




        1. Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) training has taken on added
        importance since our alert and deployment to Saudi Arabia. Iraqi
        capabilities and experiences in chemical warfare are reason enough to hone
        individual and unit skills in decontamination and operations in a NBC
        environment.

        '2. I am proud of the efforts our unit has demonstrated with this mission
        essential training. I am forwarding this memorandum and information
        packet to share this work with commanders and staff throughout the
        division.

        3. The attached packet outlines equipment and personnel requirements for
        decontamination operations at battalion level. While it is tailored to an
        attack helicopter battalion, the information can easily be adopted for use
        by any battalion. Step by step procedures are also written +or the
        decontamination of NBC casualties, an area our current doctrine and
        manuals fail to address. We have also produced a video tape (VHS) of
        these procedures. This should be especially helpful to commanders to
        implement measures to raise the confidence level of our soldiers against
        the Iraqi threat. The tape will be forwarded after a -F.inal filming is
        completed on 14 January 91.

        4. My POC's are CW3 Kuwamoto and ILT Reynolds, 3820.

        SEEK, STRIKE & DESTROY




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