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File: 120396_oct96_decls3_0002.txt
Subject: NAVY NEWS SERVICE
Unit: US NAVY
Parent Organization: US NAVY
Box ID: BX300110
Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE CHRONOLOGICAL FILES 7 AUG - 19 SEP 90 12 OF 27
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N A V A L M E S S A G E
0 E P @0 F N A V Y
ACCORDING TO A MEDIA POOL REPOP@-. FROM THE SAUDI DESERT, MOST ABOUT THE GROWING POSSIBILITY OF ARMED CONFLICT WITH IRAQ, AND
COMMANDERS ORDEP, THEIR MEN TO DRINK AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX GALLONS Or YOU'LL LIKELY HEAP, THE SAME ANSWER TIME AND AGAIN--CHEMICAL
WATER EACH DAY. WARFARE.
GEN COLIN POWELL, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS 0; STAFF, St. E CHEMICAL WEAPONS ARE A DIFFICULT THREAT, BUT BY GAINING A
THAT WITH EACH PASSING DAY, 'I AM MORE AND MORE CONFIDENT IN OUR THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF ANTI-CHEMICAL WARFARE EQUIPMENT, SHIP SYSTEMS
ABILITY TO ACCOMPLISH THE MISSION." GEN POWELL WARNED SADDAP AND SAFETY PROCEDURES. SAILORS CAN GO A LONG WAY TO PROTECT
HUSSEIN, 'DON'T TRY TO SCAR; LIS OR THREATEN US. IT WON'T WORK@ I- THEMSELVES FROM EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS, ACCORDING TO CART PAUL
NEVER HAS.' X. RINN, HEAD OF THE NAVY'S SHIP SURVIVABILITY, SAFETY AND COMBAT
-USN- READINESS OFFICE. 'THE POST 114PORTANT FACTOR IN SURVIVING A
NAVY NEWS BRIEFS CHEMICNL ATTACK IS BEING PREPARED AT ALL LEVELS,' RIKN SAID. 'YOU
PMENT, AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH
WASHINGTON (NNS)---TODAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OUR NATION IS IT.'
CONFRONTING A FORMIDABLE OPPONENT ... NO MATTER HOW SUPERIOR OUR TO ENSURE EVERY PIECE OF PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 15 IN PERFECT
SHIPS AND PLANES ARE TO ANY POTENTIAL ADVERSARY -- NO MATTER HOW WORKING ORDER, RINN SAID ALL SAILORS SHOULD CONDUCT A METICULOUS
MUCH OUR CONTINUING RESEARCH AWD DEVELOPMENT PRESERVES OUR INSPECTION OF THEIR ANTI-CHEMICAL GEAR, FOLLOWING THE PREVENTIVE
TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE -- AMERICA" MARGIN OF SUPERIORITY ULTIMATELY MAINTENANCE (PMS) CHECKLIST TO THE LETTER TO ENSURE NOTHING IS
DEPENDS ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OP YOU AND ON THE SACRIFICES YOU AND OVERLOOKED AND PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO FACIAL FIT AND DIAPHRAGM
YOUR FAMILIES SO WILLINGLY MAKE. YOU ARE THE REASON WHY THE U.5. CONDITION. CHECK TO ENSURE THE GAS MASK FITS PROPERLY, KNOW THE AGt'
NAVY IS SECOND TO NONE. OF THE FILTER AND ALWAYS HAVE AN EXTRA FILTER AT THE READY, HE
--SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, H. LAWRENCE GARRETT 111, ADVISED. 'YOU WWLD@I'T GO MOUNTAIN CLIMBING WITHOUT CHECKING YOUR
LONG BEACH NAVAL STATION, AUG. 22-- GEAR,' HE EXPLAINED, 'SO MAKE SURE YOUR EQUIPMENT IS 4.0 -- 3.9 TS
-USN- NOT GODD ENOUGH.'
3. PRESIDENT ACTIVATES RESERVES TO SUPPORT DESERT SHIELD RINN ALSO EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF A DETAILED KNOWLEDGE OF
SON EMERGENCY @EDURES, STRESSING THAT SAILORS SHOULD BECOME FAKILIAR
WBILIZED RESERVISTS DURING THE VIETCONG TET OFFENSIVE IN 1989, THE WITH THEIR PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BY PRACTICING DONNING THE GAS MASK
U.S. ACTIVATED MILITARY RESERVE FORCES ALr. 22 TO JOIN IN THE EFFORT AND GETTING USED TO WORKING AND COMMUNICATING IN THIS RESTRICTED
TO DETER IRAQI AGGRESSION IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ENVIRONMENT. ALL DEPLOYING SHIPS ARE STOCKED WITH A 125 PERCENT
IN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED LATE LAST WEEK, PRESIDENT BUSH SUPPLY OF CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTIVE SUITS, RINN ADDED.
AUTHORIZED DEFENSE SECRETARY DICK CHENEY TO CALL MEIABERS OF THE SAILORS NEED TO BECOMI CONFIDENT 1% THEIR ABILITY TO USE THE
SELECTED RESERVE TO ACTIVE DL;TY STATUS. THE RESERVISTS WILL GEAR PROPERLY AND MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE GEAR ITSELF, HE
SUPPORT OPERATION DESERT SHIELD BY JOINING ACTIVE DUTY UNITS IN AND ADDED. RINN ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT SAILORS READ OVER THE
AROUND THE ARABIAN PENINSULA AND BY FILLING CRITICAL MILITARY CHEMICAL WARFARE CHAPTERS IN NWP 62-1 AND THE NAVSHIPS TECHNICAL
SUPPORT POSITIONS IN THE U.S. MANUAL.
IN A PENTAGON NEWS BR]IFINL@ AUG. 23, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF IN THE EVENT OF A CHEMICAL ASSAULT, SHIPS AT SEA HAVE SEVERAL
DEFENSE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS PETE WILLIAMS ANNOUNCED DOD HAS MEANS OF PROTECTING THE CREW, RINN EXPLAINED. A SHIP'S CIRCLE
AUTFIORIZED UP TO 24,734 ARMY, 14,476 AIR FORCE, 6,243 NAVY AND WILLIAM FITTINGS CAN BE SECURED TO 'BUTTON UP" THE SHIP AND PREVENT
1,250 COAST GUARD RESERVISTS TO BE CALLED UP. HE EXPLAINED THAT CHEMICAL AGENTS FROM GETTING IN. IN ADDITION TO THE PERSONAL
THE ACTIVATION WILL TAKE PART IN TWO PHASES -- THE FIRST ENDING PROTECTIVE GEAR, ALL NAVY SHIPS ARE EQUIPPED WITH WATER WASH DOWN
AUG. 31, THE SECOND OCT. 1. THE MARINE CORPS, ALTHOUGH AUTHORIZED SYSTEMS TO RINSE LIQUID OR GEL-BASED AGENTS OFF THE SHIP. FOR
TO ACTIVATE UP TO 3,000 RESERVISTS, IS ANTICIPATED TO CALL UP VERY BT
FEW, WILLIAMS SAID. MARINES TYPICALLY DEPLOY IN SELF-CONTAINED UNCLAS //NO5780// SECTIDN 03 OF 05
UNITS AND ARRIVE WITH ALL OF THE LOGISTICAL SUPPORT THEY NEED. DETECTING A CHEMICAL ATTACK, ALL SHIPS HAVE AN DN BOARD INFRARED
OF THE 6,Z43 NAVAL RESERVISTS THAT WILL BE CALLED TO ACTIVE DETECTION SYSTEM (ARKASI) CAPABLE OF IDEKTIFYING CLOUDS OF CHEMICAL
DUTY, ABOUT ONE HALF WILL GO TO THE THEATER OF OPERATION, WILLIAMS AGENTS. ADDITIONALLY. STRIPS OF A CHEMICALLY-SENSITIVE PAPER (M8
SAID. IN THE EARLY STAGES, THE NAVY WILL BE ACTIVATING 2,400 AND Mg PAPER) CAN BE PLACED THROLRHWT THE SHIP WHICH WILL INDICATE
MEDICAL PERSONNEL, MANY OF WHOM WILL BE FILLING IN AT HOME FOR THOSE A LIQUID CHEMICAL ATTACK, RINN SAID, WHILE M255 KITS CAN DETECT A
WHO DEPLOYED TO THE MIDDLE EAST. VAPOR CHEMICAL ATTACK.
NEARLY 2,5M NAVY DOCTORS, NURSES AND CDRPSSEN HAVI ALREADY IN THE EVENT A SHIP COMES IN CONTACT WITH A CHEMICAL AUNT,
DEPLOYED TO THE PERSIAN GULF REGION, MANY EMBARKING IN THE HOSPITAL DECONTAMINATION SCRUB KITS CONTAINING CALCIUM HYPDCHLORITE (FITH)
SHIPS USNS COMFORT AND USN5 MERCY. MANY RESERVE MEDICAL PERSONNEL CAN BE USED TO REMDVE THE AGENT FROM THE SHIP'S SURFACES, HE ADDED.
WILL BE REPORTING TO NAVY HOSPITALS IN BETHESDA, MD., PORTSMOUTH, SHIPS ALSO CARRY SUPPLIES OF INJECTABLE AND ORAL ARTIDOTES FOR
VA.. OAKLAND, CALIF. AND SAN DIEGO, WHERE SHORTAGES EXIST DUE TO THE SAILORS COMING IN CONTACT WITH AGENTS.
DEPLOYMENT. ABOUT 800 RESERVISTS WILL BE CALLED UP TO FILL ENVIRDNMENTAL FACTORS CAN ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN
ESSENTIAL SEALIFT, fU ILE INSHORE UNDERSEA WARFARE AND MINE WARFARE HELPING SHIPS AVOID A CHEMICAL ASSAULT. THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT OF THE
COUNTERMEASURES BILLETS, PERSIAN GULF REGION, THOUGH UNCOMFORTABLE, SERVES TO DIMINISH THE
BY LAW, THE PRESIDENT CAN ACTIVATE UP TO 200,000 RESERVISTS EFFECTS OF THE ATTACK BY EVAPORATING A CHEMICAL CLOUD OR LIQUID
FOR 90 DAYS. IF THE NEED STILL EXISTS, THE RESERVISTS' ACTIVE AGENT, ADDITIONALLY, SHIPS CAN USE A COMBINATION OF
SERVICE CAN BE EXTENDED AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS WITHOUT A DECLARATION MANEUVERABILITY AND AN ANALYSIS OF CURRENT WIND CONDITIONS TO HELP
OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY OR WAR. THEM AVOID CLOUDS Of CHEMICAL AGENTS.
SECRETARY CHENEY ALSO GRANTED 'STOP LOSS' AUTHORITY TO THE THE NAVY IS OUTFITTED AND TRAINED TO MEET THE THREAT.
MILITARY SERVICES, WHICH DELAYS PERSONNEL POSSESSING CRITICAL 'APPROACH CHEMICAL WARFARE IN AN EDUCATED AND AGGRESSIVE FASHION,
W YOUR EQUIPIAERT AND PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE,' RINK SAID.
SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE 'STOP LOSS' CASES WOULD BE IN THE ARMY. -USN-
RADM JAMES E. TAYLOR, DIRECTOR OF NAVAL RESERVE, EXPLAINED 5. SALUTE TO EXCELLENCE: SAILORS, MARINES READY WHEN CALLED
THAT THE SCOPE OF OPERATIONS IN SAUDI ARABIA IS SUCH THAT RESERVES WASHINGTON (NNS)--WHETHER DEPLOYED TO THE WATERS AROUND THE MIDDLE
ARE NEEDED UNDER THE TOTAL FORCE POLICY. ONE REASON IS THAT EAST OR PROVIDING VALUABLE SUPPORT TO U.S. FORCES, SAILORS AND
AIRLIFT. SEALIFT AND SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS FOR DISERT SHIELD ARE MARINES PARTICIPATING 1% OPERATION DESERT SHIELD SHOULD TAKE GREAT
ENORMDUS, ONE NAVY OFFICIAL SAID. IN RECENT YEARS, MORE AND MORE OF PRIDE IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING. SAID CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATION5,
THESE FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THE RESERVE FORCES. ADM FRANK B. KELSO 11.
'WE'RE TRAINED, AND WE'RE READY, AND OUR MORALE IS HIGH,' IN AN AUG. 23 NAVYWIDE MESSAGE, ADM KELSO PRAISED THE
TAYLOR SAID. 'I THINK THE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THEY GOT THEIR NAVY/MARINE CORPS TEAM, FIRST ON THE SCENE TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO
OUNEY'S WORTH IN THE RESERVES.' THEIR SISTER SERVICES AS THEY MOVED IN AIR AND GROUND TROOPS TO
-USN- SUSTAIN LONG-TERM OPERATIONS, FOR BEING READY WHEN CALLED UPON.
4. KNOWLEDGE OF EQUIPMENT, PROCEDURES IS BEST DEFENSE AGAINST 'IN MY DAILY TALKS WITH LEADERS IN THE PENTAGON, CAPITOL HILL,
STATE DEPARTMENT AND WHITE HOUSE, ONE MESSAGE COMES THROUGH
WASHINGTON (NNS)--ASK ANY SAILOR ABOARD ANY SHIP WHAT HE FEARS MOST CLEARLY,' ADM XELSO SAID. 'THIS NATION'S LEADERS ARE UNIFORMLY
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