HEALTH HAZARDS TO TROOPS AT UNIT LEVEL 13 NOV 90

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Subject: HEALTH HAZARDS TO TROOPS AT UNIT LEVEL  13 NOV 90               

Unit: 1 MARDIV    

Parent Organization: 1 MEF       

Box  ID: BX600051

Folder Title: COMMAND JOURNAL 2402-2674 NOV 90  2 OF 3                                                        

Document Number:        127

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               SubJ:   AREAS OF CONCERN REGARDING THE HEALTH HAZARDS TO TROOPS AT UNIT LEVEL

                          (6) Return utensils to the food prep area as requested, they are
                          necessary to sanitation there.        If the food gets contaminated at
                          preparation, yo,-,r utensils will no'. help you.         It other units get
                          sick. being the oily healthy unil. out. there will be airall comfort when
                          hostilities began. It is lo                                      all of our"
                                                             everyones advantage that
                          Marines are healthy.
               2.-  li' ha.S'f6oz-.e to' 'my attention that  some "lihifs do -n-o@' @aiie complete NBC gear.'
               One  unit. I am told, is n!ssi.Pt      50 boods -and   several           Rks.   Other units
               are  very well supplied.


                          a
                              BecorLoend:

                          (1) EacS.and'every    Marine   have his   full NBC 'outfit.'    'An' ill'equipoed'
                          @rine is n  -6t much  better    off than  those Kurdish civilians,' no matter
                          how healthy 'and well trained he was.

               3.   Troops In some very robile'u-i'its,       are 'sleeping 'on tbd    ground witlout cots.
               j'big may be necessary logistically but cor,,..nanders need to          be aware that this
               decision has a price that must be paid.            As the %feather 'C"'O'O'ls: the ground
               crawling.erqat@rp@, snakes and scorpions, will be attracted.to.the beat of men
               aleeping.on the ground.        It'. ls'r6aionabl4i"Co e@pedt the n,-;mber-of bites and
               sti@gi,t6-in'creage',,;           L L.-.:
            4 - i : r
                          a.  Ree6m-nend-
                          ii) be decision to:s@leep'on"thi        ti6und  in'cooli@.iq6atber     take into
               account the effect of increasing snake and scorpion bites:               to  Include    thein
               ef feet' on. morale..



                                                                 Very   respectlu3ly,


                                  7                              R. T. DUFORT"














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File Room = oct96_declassified
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Box ID = BX600051
Unit = 1 MARDIV
Parent Organization = 1 MEF
Folder Title = COMMAND JOURNAL 2402-2674 NOV 90 2 OF 3
Folder Seq # = 16
Subject = HEALTH HAZARDS TO TROOPS AT UNIT LEVEL 13 NOV 9
Document Seq # = 127
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-DEC-1996