CHRONOLOGY OF 3AD NBC ACTIVITIES FOR DESERT 10 JUN 91

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Subject = CHRONOLOGY OF 3AD NBC ACTIVITIES FOR DESERT 10 JUN 91           

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 3 AD CHAP 8 OTHER STAFF SEC XII ASSISTANT DIV CHEM OFFICER                                      

Document Number =          3

Box ID = BX000306














            AETV-TF-CC
            SUBJECT: Continuation Chronology of 3AD NBC Activities For Desert
            Shield/Storm


            ACTIVITY: Task organization of chemical units within 3AD.
            DATE/TIMEz 24-28 Feb
            DESCRIPTION: Chemical units were task organized in support of the
            mission of the 3AD as follows:

                Ist Bde:
                Plt/22d Chemical Company (smoke)
                Recon Sec/22d Chemical Company (Fox)

                2d Bde:
                Recon Sec/22d Chemical Company (Fox)

                3d Bde:
                Plt/172d Chemical Company (smoke)
                Recon Sec/22d Chemical Company (Fox)

                Division Support Command (DISCOM)
                2eLa Plt/323d Chemical Company (Decon)
                lea Plt/22d Chemical Company (Decon)

                Division Troops
                HQ/22d Chemical Company

                On G+3, the Division received: 2d Chemical Battalion, 323d
            Chemical      Company (-)(Decon), 46th Chemical Company (SG), and
            84th Chemical Company (SG)


            ACTIVITY: Report of possible contact with blister agent from 2d
            BDE 3AD.
            DATE/TIME:011830L Mar
            DESCRIPTION: A Cavalry Scout (.19D) while on a search and destroy
            mission was exposed to an H-series agent. Confirmation 6f the
            chemical agent was established by the NBC RECON vehicle Fox. It
            gave a positive mass spectrum for HD, HT and HQ chemical agents.
            Clinical confirmation came from inspection of the scout, review of
            the clinical history and positive urine test for the presence of
            thiol diglycol, a breakdown byproduct of mustard (blister) agent.
            (See Fact Sheet attached)



            Enclosure 3e