NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY

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Subject: NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY                  

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Box ID: BX600036

Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE FILES VARIOUS SOURCES DT 216                                                     

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            area. Most Marines are bigger and bulkier then these sizes. Also
            gave us small gloves for the second set of gloves. So in reality
            we didn't have a second set of gloves.       If we had to go through
            decon we would have been out of luck.
            * There were not another pair of booties for the. Booties they
            had were the only booties they held throughout the whole operation.
            * We did get a brand new M12, and we had no problem with that.
            Very little MPS shipping was really worth our benefit. I had all
            the gear back in the states and I didn't understand it.. the
            concept of MPS is to get us over here and get us supplies as
            quickly as possible. Some of the stuff it was there so I didn't
            have to bring mine. Which was fine. But the tab aprons, DS2, STPS,
            Mlls, radiac instruments, where I see it gear-wise all the new
            instruments that we have out, we never saw any of them. We did
            receive four MS alarms 2 days prior to us going in breach. And when
            they gave it to us they had no batteries so they are actually
            useless. You would think the item would have cane with batteries.
            We received 2 (surnaders) which I looked over backwards for bc it
            was the best piece of gear we've got because it's lightweight. I
            can bloat it and reduce it in my space and I just like that piece
            of gear better and I think we should do away with the M12 totally.
            Just don't like it -- too much, too big, bulky and its a pain.
                I would have liked to have seen the ICAD come out.               And
            especially for this operation because we were so spread out, we had
            so much ground to cover that I think we could have gotten a better
            early morning, right down at a lower unit level, so I think that
         piece of gear is going to be very beneficial to (hamstring) Bns.
            * RSCAAL I would have liked to have seen placed. I heard it was
            going to be in place but I dont know    if it ever was. To cover the
            mine fields as we went through it or    as we came up through -- at a
            Bn level I could have employed it.        To cover up 'my f ront for
            handling all the EPWs that we had we were in an area for a long pd
            of time, really subject to incoming                  which would have
            been a perfect time for them to throw chemical weapons at us and if
            I had this, if there was any chemical which we did receive
            sometimes, then I could depend on it right away.
            * I think 256SKID is a good piece of gear should be able to detect
            AMTRAX the new one is supposed to, I dont know I havent seen that.
            We have no way of detecting AMTHRAX or any thing else.
            * CAM came in very handy. I used that almost like my MS alarm.
            But bad part of that is that I only received one. I kept that in
            the C Tractor with the                 which were portable .... FSC the
            main players of the Bn. I had it going all the time, bc we were
            right up behind 2 line companies. Didnt pick up any false rdings,
            I did my test on it, it always checked out really well.              The
            batteries extended for what they said it would, they said it would
            go for 8 hrs, i ran mine for 14 before i actually changed my
            batteries.   Ran it continuously.     Didn't flip modes on it alot,
            figured that would reduce my battery power. But I think that is a
            really handy piece of gear and I would like to see quite a few more
            in Bns. We need a couple in Chemical Casuality, a couple in decon,
            possibly one around each (line) company. When you're mechanized
e outside if you would have got hit I had
            one, I could have gone through and checked all the gear, their


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Folder Title = FOLDER MESSAGE FILES VARIOUS SOURCES DT 216
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Subject = NUCLEAR BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL DEFENSE SURVEY
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 04-NOV-1996