TEMPORARY DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PAINT HQMC

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Subject = TEMPORARY DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PAINT  HQMC                         

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = HQMC LRCC LOGISTICS UPDATE MESSAGES                     SWA  030                                

Document Number =         32

Box ID = BX600165


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         MESSAGE NUMBER      128     1 IIICUS&
         CONFERENCE   MC OPS LOG                     AT NMCC
         FROM:- HQMC//LRCCI-LPP//

         TO:      COMOSMAkt-tNf-/id--i@-/-/

         SUBJ:   REQUIREMENTS FdR-7EMP-ORARY DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PAINI.,@.e

         CLASS:                                //NO4750//


         1. THE FOLLOWING IS A RETRANSMISSION OF MSG DTG 280106Z AUG 90 FM
         CMC WASHINGTON DC//LACC//.
         2. YOUR RESPONSE IS NEEDED ASAP IN ORDER TO COORDINATE SHIPMENTS.


                                          QUOTE


         REF/A/TM4750-15/1//
         AMPN/REF A PROMULGATES USMC PAINTING POLICY.//
         1. *Ie@ THIS HEADQUARTERS IS IN THE PROCESS OF FUNDING FOR AND
         PROCURING TEMPORARY DESERT CAMOUFAGE PAINT FOR OPERATION DESERT
         SHIELD. TEMPORARY PAINT HAS SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGES OVER OTHER
         EXPEDIENT METHODS OR CHEMI                                            ) WHILE
         STILL PROVIDING PROTECTION FROM VISUAL OBSERVATION. SIGNIFICANT
         QUANTITIES OF BRUSHES AND AMMONIA GEL (FOR PAINT REMOVAL) ARE ALSO
         BEING PURCHASED.
         2. ,foer IDENTIFIED AS DESERT TAN 686TC, THE TEMPORARY PAINT IS NON-
         TOXIC AND REQUIRES NO SPECIAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR APPLICATION. IT
         HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE NAVAL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CENTER FOR USE
         AND THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS, AS WITH CARC, TO THE AMOUNT A MARINE
         MAY EITHER BRUSH OR SPRAY ON IN ONE DAY. ONE COAT IS SUFFICIENT TO
         COVER ALL EXPOSED AREAS. MOREOVER, USED BRUSHES AND EMPTY CANS ARE
         NOT CLASSIFIED AS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND REQUIRE NO SPECIAL
         HANDLING. FURTHERMORE, UNLIKE OTHER EXPEDIENT METHODS, TEMPORARY
         PAINT DOES NOT DEGRADE THE CARC SURFACE BENEATH. IF EXPOSED TO
         CHEMICAL AGENTS OR OTHERWISE REQUIRED, THE PAINT CAN BE WASHED OFF
         WITH A FIVE PERCENT WATER AND AMMONIA (GEL) SOLUTION AND A NEW COAT
         REAPPLIED. FINALLY, THE 686TC DOES NOT REQUIRE EITHER PERMANENT ()A
         TEMPORARY FACILITIES FOR APPLICATION OR REMOVAL, USING UNITS CAN
         APPLY LT EITHER IN THE OPEN OR UNDER AVAILABLE SHELTERS.
         3. ,We) TO EXPEDITE AND FACILITATE EFFORTS AT THIS LEVEL, SUBMIT
         PAINT REQUIREMENT ASAP IN GALLONS. THE FOLLOWING IS PROVIDED FOR
         PLANNING PURPOSES:
               ITEM                    NO. OF  GALLONS REQ
               M60AIlMSS                     8
               AAV                           6          Decl--issif i ed/r)owngr?ded- bY
               MH,MMWV                       3          CG MCCnr', IAW
               LAV                           4
               3 TON TRUCK                   5          Aest S,:i @ I aF kA,)i'no 28M Y99
               LVS                           7          D'C-te 96@,1580 SianodAk@,
                                             5
               M49/30
               D7G                           7
         NOTE THAT THERE IS NO THREE COLOR CAMOUFLAGE PAINT PATTERN WITH
         686TC. THE ENTIRE VEHICLE MUST BE PAINTED. ALSO, PROVIDE SPECIAL
         INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION OR PRIORITY (I.E. ONE GALLON CANS,
         FIVE GALLON CANS, OR A COMBINATION/PPIORITY TO OCE EQUIPMENT,
         SH I PP I NG I NSTRUCT I ONS BASED ON PR I OR I TY, ETC) .5 U.S.C. §IL(b)(6)
         4. Oe') POC THIS MATTER IS MAJOR GROGAN, CMC (LPP-3), AV
                      AFTER HOURS CONTACT CMC (LRC .6.Y
                                        UNQ[NCLASSI@IEU               UNCLASSIFIED
         DRAFTER: MAJ GROGAN Reviewed by DON GWDP on 16-May-1997