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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              11. Clctss VIII resupply of SAS and TMCs has been plagued by thl very I-.
              delay in the 32nd MEDSOM's finoing an adequate site to set Up c)eratior
              Likewise -For optical fabrication. Our optometrist is FAXina orescripti
              tnL* states for ,lasses and ,n5L*rtg.

              12. Medical Surveillance.              Navy and Air Force are reoortedly using ttie
              report -Format far, DNBI surveillance. ARCENT has not agreed to this
              +or reasons which are unclear to me. I have discussed with Bill Tynan
              (CENTCOM) the format we are using in the 82nd and will orouably tt-Y.@o
              or a similar format for all Coros assets. MAJ Christenb.err@ snowed.me
              WRAIR-aeveiopea oatient data-iob forms and report +arms. They are not
              terric)lv different from what we re doing so I tnink.the final orodlict WI
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              reflect an amaigam. f intend zo emonasize a simple set of ciagnos 3.
              categories, local comoletion nt tne report +arms by tne care oravidprs,
              reoorzing a+ data, and early +eedoack a+ analysis to the reporting cli6,
              facility as a means of positive reinforcement. I envision the LD tiaim
              eventually handling the routine asoects a+ this surveillance systems, L:
              we need to devise a method to caoture tne Marbialt@                                          .1
                                                                                     @nich results         in.
              hospitalization. mu6h' of the success of these ventures depends uffan @rie
              community establishing good relationships wit@ @tle-..Cljlnzcal -tvoes whi3m'@
              be asxing to submit data. Such a positive relationship will maximize tt
              likelihood that the care providers will call us promptly when a not6wo@t.--.
         event occurs and they won't wait to inform us at the time a+ tne wee                            kl.y:@
              report.

                       am told that Arlene Burxe is at tne 101st and possibly LTC Sou-F-fr
              at the   24th. I Dian to visit tne 101st on Saturday the 6th.                        " Rene
              supposedly coming in the middle at Datobi?r, as will Moore from Fi.'Jack,
              Elliot Pearlman, I am told, will or might come in the middle o+-Dct6b6r.
              LA team is equipped (714th), and manning is u6derway. Two LB t 6"' are
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              Is an LC team coming?            Tynan, of course, is already at CENTCOM.

              14. 1 anticipate being able to summarize the first                      8 weeks     of data for-,
              82nd by this weekend. I will send that separately with an attached                              note.
              Consider all such data as informal, technical c(3mmuhications from the fit
              I will forward it separately through channels to Corps.

              15. i will try to kl-eo you informed aoout once a week by letter.                              Iti.,may
              eventually be possible to use E-mail from here. The 81 falls harL-,werL-
              partially Successful in transmitting data by modem yesterday (to Ft. Br@r
              Send me the specifics of.your            @-max I 'system, to @ z ilC,@Lld  e  piiorid. number@, .anc3,
              computer conventions,@paritv,            et.c.) for.possi,ble,'fLC,Eure use.







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