DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT 13 JAN 91

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Subject = DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT  13 JAN 91           

Folder Title = DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT                              

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       AMPN/SUBJECT: DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL
       SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP)//
       RMKS/1. TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT, A NEW CHEMICAL DEFENSE
       ADJUNCT, WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE THEATER SHORTLY AND BE
       D'ISTRIBUTED TO ALL COMPOTENTS. FIRST ISSUE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FO
       FRONTLINE TROO@S.
       2. DOCTRINE FOR USE OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT TOPICAL SKIN
       PROTECTANT IS AS FOLLOWS:
           A. GENERAL.
               1. THE TOPICAL SKIN PROTECTANT (TSP) IS FOR USE IN
       PROTECTING THE SKIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE BLISTE
       (VESICANT) AGENTS. THE TSP PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL SKIN PROTECTIO




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    ----BY-.DELAYING THE PENETRATION OF MUSTARD AGENTS.- THE-USE OF.TSP
       ENHANCES THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FIELD SKIN DECONTAMINATION SYSTEMS.
               2. THE TSP CREATES A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THE SKIN
       AND THE AGENT; ONLV THOSE AREAS OF SKIN HAVING AN EFFECTIVE LAVER I
       TSP WILL BE PROTECTED.
               3. THE TSP PROBABLY IS NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST THICKENED
       SOMAN NOR VX.
               4. INDIVIDUALS SHOULD USE TSP AS AN ADJUNCT TO MISSION-
       ORIENTED PROTECTION POSTURE (MOPP). NOT AS A SUBSTITUTE.
       ESTABLISHED DOCTRINE FOR MOPP IS FOLLOWED IF AGENT CONTAMINATION
       IS ANTICIPATED OR SUSPECRED. EVEN IF THE INDIVIDUAL IS WEARING
       TSP.
               5. ALL SOLDIERS AT RISK IN A POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATED
       CHEMICAL WARFARE ENVIRONMENT SHOULD USE TSP.
               6. EACH SOLDIER SHOULD BE ISSUED 2 BOTTLES OF TSP FOR
       EACH DAY OF USE.





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