FINAL REPORT 18JAN93

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Subject: FINAL REPORT   18JAN93                                          

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                      PFMFEh"rIVE Y@IC@ AUGHENTATION TEAM AFTER ACTION REPORT

                      Arabian Gulf during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
                      This contribution would :focus on E?Wls and displaced civilian
                      (DC's) In the US Marine Co,-ps a.-a& of responsibility.          The team
                      would attQ.-@pt to mitigate the impact of communicable disease II
                      these groups, on nearby Marinas and on USIAC almargp-ncy medical
                      capabilities    t@ugb the Prompt Initiation of public health
                      measures.

                      4. ACTIO)IS:

                           a. In the days prior to t-A" deployment every, effort was made
                      to obtain as much information as possible on public health irruas
                      and general demographic and topographic information on -Saudi
                      Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, BaLhrain, Oman, United Arab Emirates,
                      y@. Qatar: an7d Iran.           ArAL's were inspected, inventoried,
                      updated, and stor-ked as necessary to meet the projected mission.
                      @.-itact was established on a routine basis with the Preventive
                      Medicine Officer -'or HAVCEKT and Y@@ to obtain current
                      information a-id status cl@ pablic bea2th issues.          5               )(6)
                           b. Advance ?@@y mamberrw,                      m
                      twp@ed Pearl Harbor on 31 December 1990'azd ware
  5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(6)            of' Ne-ples, Italy in Bahrain. On reporting to the P,@=st
                      @ine Expedition@ @F"--L- (@F), Jubail, Sa@4 Arabia, on 3
                      Zanua@_, the tea= was assined to Group Su=_eo,-A, Ist FSSG.

                           c. On direction by @ G.-cup &=geon, the Preveitiva Medicine
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                      !@es, establishing contact with USY4C organic Preventive Medicine
                      Personal ist I.MEF, 2st FSSG, @t XMZV, 2nd FSSG. and -2nd               IV.
                      !.dditional liallson was made' with ..USv-C 3=,d Civil 1L',:!aLirs Group
                      (CAG). Inte=atl=al C-@,.' .@.es of R@ Cress (ICRC), the Kuwait Red
                      Crescent Society, the -League        of Red C=ss and Red Crescent
                      So=ieties, ARCEXT C5 and ARCENT Preventive %Iedicize parsn"nal.

                                                                                    -coo-     -ad
                         ;.,d.  W7iila parking its.-tasklags. the team also              dinal
                      activities with =a NA         . Preventive Medicine O:!:ticar su@:iting-
                      the I PEF -to ensure that   e-11 needs of Marine units operating in the
                      Ruwait neater of Operat,!-ons (XTO) were

                        Z a. As   the t@t      o@ a,-=Gd r-=flict in=aazed and     the uped:for
                      personnel to address         and DC public-heal-.h issues    was evident,'
                      the rec_ues@@ for deploym@. of @inizg t@@- members was sent.' L-i
                      !-ediate request was placed :for the deployment r,:! an =-o and p@.
                      to accompany -,,,le 4@@h VZB CAG 3)etrck=an@, as described below end LT
                      -race end @.1 Laca=-.      were -deployed !.-om COI%US- Thoss-ranni--in;
                      -@rs from EPMU&7, K@les arrived Saudi Arabia on 15 .@anua--y
                      '-991. All other team mp@ez's repo='@e@, to Is@ FSSC-, C=p 'Pe-,2dleton
                      @or s@eging and                              ar=4@@d       co=t--y r,,i 22
                      :anua-@.

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