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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         AND MINIMIZE FORCE DEGRADATION. ANY DELIVERY MEANS WHICH SURVIVE

         OUR AIR CAMPAIGN WILL BE RAPIDLY DETECTED, TARGETED, AND DESTROYED

         BY THE CORPS-WIDE NETWORK OF COUNTERBATTERY RADARS AND INDIRECT FIRE

         MEANS. PASSIVE MEASURES INCLUDE OPSEC, CAMOUFLAGE, CONTAMINATION

         AVOIDANCE, AND INCREASED NBC AWARENESS THROUGH TRAINING.

         7.(UIKQ MEDICAL SUPPORT TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS CONTINUES TO BE THE

         FINEST AND MOST REPONSIVE IN THE WORLD. THE CAPABILITIES OF OUR


         DEDICATED AND CARING MEDICAL OFFICERS, NURSES AND MEDICS HAS BEEN

         FURTHER ENHANCED SINCE THE START OF DESERT SHIELD THROUGH

         'COMPREHENSIVE CW SPECIALTY TRAINING. ADDITIONALLY, SOLDIERS

         THROUGHOUT THE CORPS ARE EQUIPPED AND TRAINED TO INITIATE SELF AND

         BUDDY AID. ISSUE OF NERVE AGENT PRETREATMENTS AND ANTIDOTES AND


         SKIN DECON KITS TO EVERY SOLDIER MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN INDIVIDUAL


         SURVIVAL AND MISSION ACCOMPLISHMENT.

         8 - (LT@" THEATER STOCKAGES CONTINUE TO ARRIVE DAILY, BOLSTERING THE

         SUPPLY OF ALL KEY ITEMS OF CHEMICAL DEFENSE EQUIPMENT (CDE). THIS

         EQUIPMENT PROVIDES THE FOUNDATION OF THE CORPS CW FORCE PROTECTION.

         PACKAGE. FIRST-RATE TRAINING, CARING LEADERS, STRONG LOGISTICAL AND

         MEDICAL SUPPORT, AND NEAR-REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE ON OUR ENEMY










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