AFTER ACTION USAMRICD FWD DETACHMENT 23 APR 91

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Subject: AFTER ACTION USAMRICD FWD DETACHMENT  23 APR 91                 

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Folder Title: AFTER ACTION REPORT USAMRICD OPERATION DESERT STORM                                             

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            APR 23 '91 l@-:13                                                        P.7




            1.    Lesson 3, sub@rted by COL M.A. Dunn, U.S. Army Medical Research lmtitute
            of Che@ Defense.

            2.    Operation        S.torin conducted on 16 Jan to 9 mar 91.
            3.    KMORDS: Cherfiical cmwties, hospitals, @cal units.

            4.    TME: Ch@ @ty Medi@ officer Re
                                                          ,q      t.

            S.    OBSEPVATION: In a force facing a real chel*al casualty threat, @e is a
            self-evident need to designate a physician in each @cal urait of divisional or hospiw
            size as its subject matter expert in chenucal casuai@ care.

            6.    DISCUSSION: During World War I the U.S. An-ay designated fimtime duty
            posi@ for this fimction. Desipation of such officers with additional duty was
            acr,omphshed durmg Operation Desert Shiet     , Storm, but approvmg and
            implementing a new concept on the eve of actual combat placed an unnecessary
            burden on units.
            7.    LESSON LEARNED: Medical uraits need ch@cal c@ty care officers.

            8.    RECOMMENDED ACRION, HQDA (proponent OTSG) s@d require each
            active and r@e component division, hospital, medical brigade, group, battalion and
            independent company to d@te a physician grad@te of the Medicg management
            of Chenucal Casualties Cowse as Chemical Casualty Care Officer on fomw additional
            duty orders, with standardized additional duties and,.respondbilities including
            mandatory annual attendance at update/refresher     and USR unit training
            reporting requirements.

            9.    COMMEW: Execution of the reconunendati(pn wiU be resource-int@ve and
            wM require hard directed action tracked through MACOM G-3 chwmels.







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