BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT

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Subject: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT                                      

Unit: OTSG        

Parent Organization: HSC         

Box ID: BX003203

Folder Title: BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT                                                                      

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     SUBJECT                                               C>FRCE SYMBOL
          BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE CONCEPT                       C)AMO-SWC
                                                           DAi L27 FEB 1991
     ACTI'$&Mgg@EMO TO SECRETARY OF THE ARMY

     MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD. (Describe briefly the requirement, backgounci,and action taken or recommended. Must be su*.!iciently
     detailed to identity the action wi-,hout recourse to other sources)
          ORIGIN OF ACTION
          .1.(U) DAMO-SW INITIATED


          SUMMARY

          2.1 @ THE ADVENT OF OPERATION DESERT STORM/SHIELD HAS
          DEMONSTRATED A NEED FOR SPECIALIZED BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL DETECTION
          EQUIPMENT AND MEDICAL PROPHYLAXES, TREATMENT AND THERAPY.

          3.(U) THE RAPID RISE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY HAS EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM
          BY ALLOWING FOR THE RAPID PREPARATION, MANUFACTURE AND
          WEAPONIZATION OF NEW AND MODIFIED BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN AGENTS.


          4.@ THE BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM HAS SUFFERED FROM MINIMAL
          SUPPORT SINCE THE TERMINATION OF THE OFFENSIVE BW PROGRAM IN
          1969. AS A RESULT THERE WAS A LACK OF IMMEDIATELY AVAIALABLE
          DETECTION EQUIPMENT FOR DEPLOYMENT TO OPERATION DESERT
          SHIELD/STORM.


          5.(U) THE ENCLOSED CONCEPT DELINEATES THE PROBLEM AND OFFERS
          RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS.


          6 @@ THIS ACTION ADVISES THE SECRETARY OF THE AR14Y AND THE
          SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THAT THERE IS A NEED TO INCREASE SUPPORT TO
          THE BIOLOGICAL DEFENSE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE SERVICES
          READINESS TO SURVIVE, SUSTAIN, FIGHT, AND WIN IN A TOXIC
          ENVIRONMENT.


          RECOMMENDATION
          7.('Ul DIR, DAMO-SW, SIGN MEMO AT ENCL 1.
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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
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Declassified = 25-NOV-1996