TAB A - Acronym Listing/Glossary
This provides a listing of acronyms found in this report. Additionally, the glossary section provides definitions for selected technical terms that are not found in common usage.
Acronyms
AAR............................................................................................................... After Action Review
AC ....................................................................................................................Alternating Current
ACADA......................................................................... Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm
CBDCOM .....................................................................Chemical and Biological Defense Command
DC.............................................................................................................................. Direct Current
DoD............................................................................................................... Department of Defense
FORSCOM........................................................................................................... Forces Command
IAD........................................................................................... Investigation and Analysis Directorate
JULLS ...................................................................................Joint Universal Lessons Learned System
LAIBN............................................................................................... Light Armored Infantry Battalion
MCULLS..................................................................................Marine Corps Lessons Learned System
MOPP........................................................................................... Mission Oriented Protective Posture
OSAGWI.............................................................. Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses
PM............................................................................................................................ Product Manager
PMCS............................................................................. Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services
TM............................................................................................................................ Technical Manual
US................................................................................................................................... United States
Chemical Agent
A chemical substance which, by its physiological effects, is intended for use in military operations to kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate people. Excluded from this definition are riot control agents, herbicides, smoke, and flame.
Source: FM 3-9/NAVFAC P-467/AFR 355-7, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, February 1, 1996.
GulfLINK
A World Wide Web site maintained by the Office of the Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illness (http://www.gulflink.health.mil)
Ionization
Ionization is the process of breaking molecules into smaller pieces. Each piece has an electric charge that can be detected.
Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP)
MOPP is a flexible system of donning and removing chemical protective garments and mask (also called MOPP Gear) in order to balance mission requirements with the chemical threat. The wearing of chemical protective garments and mask provides soldiers protection against most known chemical agents, biological agents, and toxins. Personnel in MOPP Level 0 wear no MOPP Gear, but carry their protective mask; while personnel in MOPP Level 4 wear all MOPP Gear. MOPP Gear consists of the following items: overgarments (chemical suit), overboots, butyl rubber gloves, and protective mask with hood.
Source: US Army Field Manual 3-4, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Washington, DC, October 21, 1985.
M256A1 Chemical Agent Detection Kit (M256A1 Kit)
The M256A1 Kit is a portable, expendable item capable of detecting and identifying hazardous concentrations of nerve, blood, and blister agent. The M256A1 Kit is used after a chemical attack to determine if it is safe to unmask. This kit replaced the M256 Kit. The only difference between the two kits is that the M256A1 Kit will detect lower levels of nerve agent. This improvement was accomplished by using an eel enzyme for the nerve agent test in theM256A1 Kit in place of the horse enzyme used in the M256 Kit.
Source: Worldwide Chemical Detection Equipment Handbook.
Nerve Agents
Chemical agents (e.g., G series and VX), that when inhaled, ingested, or absorbed into the body through the skin, inhibit cholinesterase enzymes throughout the body. This inhibition causes acetylcholine, which transmits nerve impulses, to build up at various sites and block nerve impulses. The major effects are uncoordinated muscular contractions, fatigue, eventual paralysis, pinpointed pupils, tightness in the chest, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, runny nose, drooling, thought pattern disturbances, convulsions, coma, and death.
Source: FM 3-9/NAVFAC P-467/AFR 355-7, Headquarters, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force, Washington, DC, Dec. 12, 1990.
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