MEETING OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP

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Subject: MEETING OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP                             

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Folder Title: AAR MEETING OF THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP FOR THE MEDICAL DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE      

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                                                'UNCLASSIFIED



                              AFTER ACTION REPORT: MEETING OF


                         THE AD HOC WORKING GROUP FOR THE MEDICAL


                             DEFENSE AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WARFARE


                                       16 November 1990



           1. (U) AGENDA (Enel 1).

           2. (U) SIGN-IN-ROSTER (Enol 2).

           3. (U) PURPOSE: To assess the biological warfare (BW)                Lt
           against U.S. Forces in support of operation Desert Shieli
           to evaluate the AMEDDs ability to respond with emphasis i
           Detection and Surveillance, Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prev,            L,
           including Personal Protective Measures, Chemoprophylaxis
           vaccination.


           4.        SUMMARY OF MEETING:

                a. (U) The After Action Report from the Ad Hoc Wor'.
           Group's meeting of 2 November 1990 was reviewed and stooi
           written.

                b.        Ingelligence Update. AFMIC was not repress:           Lt
           the meeting; however, a representative from Preventive Mi            Le
           updated the committee on current intelligence information
           supplied from AFMIC the previous day. There has been no              le
           in the intelligence estimate since the meeting of 2 Novei
           1990.

                C. (U) LaboratorV Update. The Navy is continuing                k
           on requesting personnel from the other services to augme:
           Navy Forward Laboratory (NFL). In addition, the Army is
           considering placing an area laboratory in-theater which
           be located in closer proximity to the Army troop
           concentrations. This action would reduce the logistical
           problems of transporting collected specimens to a distan-
           location as well as decreasing the time it would take to             n
           the laboratory results.

working Group, USAMRDC reporti
           Tri-service DOD task force continues to meet. The task
           has completed their preliminary report. They identifed
           few facilities, either commerical or federal, who are wi,
           or able to manufacture anthrax and botulinum vaccines. I
           members of the task force are operating under very stric-
           restrictions concerning the release of this information ;
           therefore, no other details of their findings were discui            Lt
           this meeting. The BW issue will again be discussed in ti
           IITANK" on 21 November 1990 and particular attention will
           placed on the on-going antibiotic studies in animals.
           DECLASSIFIED
                                                              UNCLASSIFIED
           ON: 06 NOV 96
           BY: SEC ARMY (DAMH) UNDER Sll,,14.,f Q

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