FORCES CAPABILITIES IN A CHEMICAL ENVIROMENT

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Subject = FORCES CAPABILITIES IN A CHEMICAL ENVIROMENT                    

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title = DAILY STAFF JOURNALS WITH MESSAGES 21-31 DEC 90                                                 

Document Number =         30

Box ID = BX000093



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        CLOTHING. UNITS HAVE TAKEN THESE, AND THE NUMEROUS OTHER LESSONS

        LEARNED FROM NTC, J-RTC AND COUNTLESS EDRES AND INCORPORATED THEM

        INTO TOUGH AND REALISTIC TRAINING UNDER NBC CONDITIONS. THIS

        TRAINING WILL SPELL SUCCESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
        3.(U$V4 SINCE THE ONSET OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD, DIVI@IONAL AND
        NONDIVISIONAL CHEMICAL UNITS HAVE SUPPORTED, REFINED AND REINFORCED

        HASTY AND DELIBERATE DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURES WITH COPPS UNITS.

        THIS TRAINING HAS SIGNIF'RCANTLY IMPROVED OUR READINESS AND PROVIDED

        A TRUE PLUS IN UP SUSTAINMEh@r AND COMBAT CAPABILITY. SIMILARLY, WE

        HAVE LEARNED HOW TO USE THE FOX NBC RECON SYSTEM TO IMPLEMENT OUR

        STRATEGY OF CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE.
        4@U)qtQ OUR NBC EQUIPMENT IS AMONG THE WORLD'S BEST. MASKS. ARE OUR
        PRIMARY MEANS OF PROTECTION AGAINST  ALL IRAQI CHEMICAL AGENTS. THEY

        WORK WELL AND SOLDIERS ARE DOING A  GOOD JOB OF CONDUCTING WEEKLY

        PMCS TO ENSURE THEIR SERVICEABILITY. OVERGARMENTS PROVIDE

        EXCEPTIONAL PROTECTION AGAINST THREAT AGENTS AND THE CORPS RAS ITS

        REQUIRED QUANTITY OF TWO SETS PER SOLDIER. STATE OF THE ART

        DETECTION CAPABILITIES ARE CIUUZACTERIZED BY THE M93 FOX RECON

        VEHICLE. WITH ITS ON-BOARD COMPUTER, THE FOX PROVIDES









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