NBC EQUIPMENT

File: 970725_sep96_decls25_0002.txt
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Subject = NBC EQUIPMENT                                                   

Parent Organization = CENTCOM     

Unit = ARCENT      

Folder Title = OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-STORM CHRONOLOGIES-REPORTS VOL 1 TAB L                                  

Document Number =         13

Box ID = BX000538


                       U.S. ARMY INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMAND
                            FT. HUACHUCA, AZ 85613-5000



                                   LESSONS LEARNED



    KEYWORD; SUPPLY                                 EXERCISE: ODS

    SUBJECT: EOU REQUIREMENT VALIDATION FOR 653RD SIGNAL CO (NO).

    POC: SFC JOSEPHINE OLSON

    DSN: 879-6925                                         COMMERCIAL: 602-538-6925


    OBSERVATION: ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL UNIT (ECU) REQUIREMENT FOR 653RD SIGNAL
    COMPANY DISAPPROVED BY HQDA.






    DISCUSSION: PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT OF THE 653RD SIGNAL COMPANY, WE LEARNED THAT
    THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ECUS FOR THEIR VANS AS THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED
    ITEMS OF EQUIPMENT. ECUS WERE LOCATED, BUT ON-HAND GENERATORS WERE NOT LARGE
    ENOUGH TO HANDLE BOTH THE VAN EQUIPMENT AND THE AIR CONDITIONERS THE 653RD
    ATTEMPTED TO GET LARGER GENERATORS (30XW) UNITS ISSUED FROM THE FLORIDA NGB,
    BUT THE REQUEST WAS DISAPPROVED BY HQDA. THE REASON WAS THERE WAS NOT A VALID
    REQUIREMENT FOR THE UNIT TO HAVE THE LARGER GENERATORS. LACK OF ECUS OR
     ADEQUATE ECUS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY THE 11TH SIGNAL
  WRIGADE IN SWA DURING THE AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 90 TIME FRAME. THUS.-THE NEED
    HAD ALREADY BEEN VALIDATED BASED ON FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE BY UNITS IN THE AOR.



    LESSON LEARNED: THE NEED FOR ECUS AND PROPER POWER GENERATING EQUIPMENT IN
    VAN MOUNTED SIGNAL EQUIPMENT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED BY IITH SIGNAL BDE
    UNITS DURING THE EARLY PART OF THIS OPERATION. REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS THESE
    SHOULD BE GENERATED FROM THE BOTTOM UP. ECUS AND POWER TO OPERATE
    THEM IN A SIUATION AS THIS IS NOT A LUXURY, BUT A NECESSITY DUE TO THE HARSH
    WEATHER CONDITIONS.


    RECOMMENDED ACTION; ENSURE THAT UNITS HAVE PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL EQUIPMENT AND
    APPROPRIATE POWER SUPPLIES DICTATED BY WEATHER CONDITIONS WHERE THEY WILL
    OPERATE.






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