OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 5 OCT 90

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Subject: OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 5 OCT 90                                

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Folder Title: OPERATION DESERT STORM UPDATE                                                                   

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       @nt water Treatment plant was in t-ie start-up mo(3e. riterrttotions, in water
       oressure were Usual during the night. so 03,le% of teces accumLtiatEi(i dur       'ing
       -licmt @ecause the few commodes could not be +lLisnec3. - All in all. /tne dl-gr
          tecal contamination of the general environment was uncloubteciv great.
         -r)ite @ne er+orts of cleanup details.        rhe water suoolv was always safe,
         cerminea Dv daily Cl and bacti t6st,@no. The sinale mess +acility has
       tne cb)ec: of mucn susoicion because et: a) Apparent undercooking of meat
       @ew occasions; b) its serving about 2-3 times as many customers as it was
       Resigned @or. c) :,Iaving to throw out meats as spoiled an at least 2 accas
          a sizaoie. single-cay burst of ciarrnea at sick call (24 Aua) associ'at@@
                 *Sk                                                          ed as.being
       vIZ.n a StL    dinner the niant before that was roundly criticiz
       Ltnaercooxec:  e) irisoection verification of corner cutting Dv the KPs;
             In contrast to tne above, tne numoer of latrines at tne forward gc-]LrWi
       -i@ays                                                     rhat may all chan@e as.
               aceauate. as were the above atner factors.
       @ce has _-ust relocated to more ori:nitive conditions
            Almost without exception, the clinical oresentat@n of the diarrhl-ia
       oeen relatively miia. with watery stools. with or without cramoina.
       Dlooo/ous in stools have been reported. but with relative rarity. .Since
       contact witn the local,poouiation is almost non-e>,istent, we may b@@@ble':tb'
       oocloe snicellosis. etc.


          itner.   No evidence   vet  of hepatitis. arnoviral Diseases. malaria.
       ielsnmaniasis. scnistosomiasis. meninaococcal Disease, tvonus. etc. Ver@y'.           i
       =ases oT i3fD nave !3een reocrtea. -mostly in tne first montn at cepiovment,m@@,
vere dental caries seen Dv tne centists.
       7hey are :-eatina and returning to cutv. URis apoear to nave Peaxed early             on
       and nave Taiieh of+. MusculoskeletaL complaints now appear to surpass
       clarrmea in frequency. and, in large Dart. are attrit)utadie to sports and
       recreational injuries.


          Immune aloouiin updates are coming up.        I understand suopiies ar&.
          ticailv'snort. 10,000 doses have reportedly been Sent out their
       wnereaoouts are presently unknown. Meningococcal vaccine coverace was @ne'arl
       nil +oil the Division before deployment. we were able to immunize about 1/3
       --Me division. !iuoolies for the rest of the division are tue out. ARCENT
       ;,vroeon nas said that vaccine is unnecessary because @here nave been no cases
       01. menina in tnis Part of Saudi Arabia in 6 years. I have my own personal.
       Reservations about the need to use tnis vaccine. but we olan on completing'
       coverage of t@e division. 1 took a dose at WRAMC. We are not taking
       cnioracuine Decause of recent absence of malaria in this oart of Saudi Arab
       I might add that I picked up pills for prophy@@x.@@ at WRAMC.. When 'I skam::L'fii
       tnem closely after. I got' here, I ciisi:ovLr4cl  @hat"I had'69en,given C-P tabllw
       WL, plan to continue HBV @l-'mmiinii@'ation serl'es' +o'r'-@'e@cfic's here.

           Field Sanitation Teams. Beinerallv speaking,        FSTs in  this  division.  were
       too often not aopointed and FST supplies were not often taken          with c:ompanieg@@
       wnen they deployed or they were incomolete sets.         Command inspection    program
       would acceot requ2sition forms as satisfactory.         improvement ).n-this   s2tuati
       is being worked.

       10. The new insect repellant was not present in adequate Quantities,,          as part
       a+ the above oroblem.     There was no ilerfnanone spray.    A consolidated    Order  + or
.     i would expect tnat tne issues in         Yand
       iO would also be orobiems in ail Army units here.

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Subject = OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 5 OCT 90
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