NARRATIVE BRIEF OPN ASPECTS BIO DEFENSE ODS

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Subject = NARRATIVE BRIEF OPN ASPECTS BIO DEFENSE ODS                     

Box ID = BX002326

Folder Title = BRIEFING-OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE OPERATIONS                                   

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          SOLUBLE FILTER PAPER IN THE SAMPLE SOLUTION, ELIMINATED THE FALSE

          POSITIVE INDICATIONS CAUSED BY THE FIBERS OF THE DISSOLVED FILTER


          PAPER. IN CONCLUSION, WE ARE NO FURTHER ALONG THAT WHEN WE

          DEPLOYED TO SAUDI ARABIA IN AUGUST 1990. THE THREAT OF


          BIOLOGICAL PROLIFERATION IS PREDICTED TO REACH FIVE COUNTRIES IN


          THE CENTCOM AOR OR AOI. THE 9TIf CHEMICAL COMPANY HAS REVERTED TO

          A CHEMICAL DEFENSE COMPANY, THE VACCINATION SERUM DOSES HAVE NOT

          BEEN REPLACED, NOR IS THERE ENOUGH TO VACCINATE THE PROPOSED

          DEPLOYABLE FORCE. WE NEED A FORWARD MOVING R&D PROGRAM WITH THE


          CAPABILITY OF GETTING SOMETHING TO THE FIELD IN THE NEAR TERM.


          WE STILL NEED A REAL-TIME DETECTION AND WARNING SYSTEM FOR

          BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE. THIS INCLUDES MOBILE AND FIXED-SITE STAND-

          OFF, AS WELL AS ON-SITE, DETECTORS. WE ALSO NEED A CLEARLY

          DEFINED VACCINATION POLICY. WE NEED REVISED DOCTRINE FOR

          DECONTAMINATION AND MEDICAL TREATMENT. FM 3-19-1 SPECIAL NBC

          RECONNAISSANCE (LB) TACTICS, TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES OUTLINES

          WHAT THE LB TEAM IS TO DO REGARDING SAMPLES, BUT IT IS NOT

          APPLICABLE TO OTHER POTENTIAL SAMPLE COLLECTORS ON THE

          BATTLEFIELD. IT ESTABLISHES CRDEC AS THE CB SAMPLING CONTROL

          CENTER WHICH HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO DEPLOY A CB SAMPLING CONTROL

          ELEMENT TO THE THEATER, BUT THERE IS NO STATED COMMAND LINKAGE TO

          THE THEATER CINC. THESE AGENCIES WILL DECIDE WHERE THE SAMPLE IS

          TO BE SENT, BUT NO CHAIN OF CUSTODY REQUIREMENTS ARE ESTABLISHED.

          THIS FM SAYS THAT SAMPLES SHOULD BE TURNED OVER TO TECHNICAL

          ESCORT, BUT THERE IS NO TECHNICAL ESCORT APPORTIONED TO CENTCOM'S

          AOR BY THE JSCP. WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THEM EVERYTIME WE HAVE A

          SAMPLE. WE NEED S014ETHING THAT WORKS ON A DAILY BASIS.


                                       -6o@FWYD-



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