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~NNE X    (    (NBC 0 E~~T~"    CHEMIC~L W~RF~RE
                          IONS          N            UC~
BIOLOGIC L ~ND CH         DEFENSEOPER4TIONS                r'iE~TER
EFW OFER~T IONS)                                 `s--'


             )  HOST N~TION MILIT~RY FORCES DO NOT POS3ESS ~
C~R~BILIT    TO EtIPLOY uHEMIC~L ~~UNITIONS IN S'UPFORT OF COM~~T
OPER~TIONS.
      (3(U)( )  HOST N~TION CIYILI~i POPUL~CE DOES tiOT H~VE THE

C~P~B IL IT  TO DEFEND ~G~ I NST NBC ~TT~CKS.
      (4(V))    THE EFFECTS OF HE~T STRESS WHILE WE~RIN(3 NBC

CLOTHING    ILL C~USE SIGNIFIC~NT REDUCTION IN EFFICIENCY ~ND
MOBILITY.    THIS DECRE~SE IN INDIVIDU~L ~ND UNIT EFFECTIVENESS IS
~ M4JOR SECOND~RY CONSEQUENCE OF CW ~TT~CKS.    HE~T STRESS M~Y BE
REDUCED BY COMM~ND DIRECTED FLUID INT~k'E 4ND M4XIMUM USE OF
COLLECTIVE PROTECTION ~ND THROUGH TR~INING IN MOPP-4.
             )  HOST N~TION GOVERNMENT, MEDIC~L, ~ND CIVILI4N

~GENCIES    0 NOT H~VE THE C~P~BILITY TO ~DE~U~TELY COPE WITH THE
MEDIC~L ~ND LOGISTIC~L BURDENS TH~T WILL RESULT FROM NBC
W~RF~RE.    U.S. ~BILITY TO H~NDLE L~RGE NUMBERS OF CONT~MIN~TED
C~SU~LTIES IS ~LSO LIMITED.

                THE MEDIC~L TRE~TMENT SYSTEM FOR OPER~TIONS IN ~N
NBC ENVINMENT RELIES ON UNITS DECONT~MIN~TING C~SU~LTIES PRIOR
TO THEIR ~DMISSION TO ~ MEDIC~L F~CILITY.     IF POSSIBLE,
C~SU~LTIES SHOULD DECON THEMSELVES ~ND CONDUCT MOPP GE~R
EXCH~NGE, WITH OR WITHOUT BUDDY ~ID, ~S F~R FORW~RD ~S POSSIBLE,
IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE (I.E. WOUNDS TOO SEVERE, B~TTLE
CONDITIONS WON'T PERMIT) UNITS WILL H4VE TO EV~CU~TE THESE
C~SU~LTIES TO THEIR B~TT~LION ~ID ST~TION ~ND CONDUCT P~TIENT
DECONNDER MEDIC~L SUPERVISION.
      (VK)      THE NBC THRE~T W~RNING SYSTEM IS ~S FOLLOWS:

      CONDITION         THRE~T             ~CTION

                                           CONTINUE CTT/ SURVIV~L
                                           SKILLS

                                           COLLECTIVE TR~INING
                                           CDE RE~DILY ~V~IL~BLE
                                           RECON DECON SITES

       ~MBER             PROB~~BLE         M4Y INCRE~SE MOPP
                                           SET OUT CHEMIC~L DETECT
                                            DEVICES
                                           PREPOSTION DECON ~SSETS

       RED               IMMINENT          M~Y INCRE~SE MOPP
                                           COVER SUPPLIES/EDUl P
                                           INITI~TE N~PP T~BLETS

                                P~GE 1-3

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