PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION OF PESTS IN

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SUBJECT: PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION OF PESTS IN
OPERATION DESERT STORM CARGO

IMMEDIATE

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SUBJ: PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL INTRODUCTION OF PESTS IN OPERATION
DESERT SHIELD CARGO

1. THIS IS A REMINDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR VIGILANCE FOR INSECTS OR
OTHER PESTS THAT MAY BE TRANSPORTED BACK TO YOUR BASES IN CARGO
RETURNING FROM OPERATION DESERT SHIELD (ODS). OVERALL, ODS CARGO HAS
BEEN REPORTED TO BE CLEAN, BUT ONE INSTANCE OF A NON-NATIVE COCKROACH
IN MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT RETURNED FROM ODS TO A BASE IN USAFE HAS
BEEN CONFIRMED. OWNER/OPERATOR COOPERATION IS A KEY PART OF OUR

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EFFORT TO PRECLUDE THE POSSIBLE INTRODUCTION OF HARMFUL OR
UNDESIRABLE PESTS INTO HOST NATIONS. OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
OWNER/OPERATOR TREATMENT OF ALL RETURNING CARGO FOLLOW:
A. IMMEDIATELY PLACE RETURNED CARGO IN AN AREA WHERE ANY PESTS
PRESENT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY ISOLATED AND DISPOSED OF.
B. OPEN AND INSPECT CONTAINERS/EQUIPMENT, PAYING PARTICULAR
ATTENTION TO PLACES WHERE INSECT MIGHT HIDE.
C. IF INSECTS, EGGS CASES, OR ANY SIGNS OF INFESTATION ARE SPOTTED,
ISOLATE EQUIPMENT AND NOTIFY PEST MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL (FOR 3 AF
BASES, RAF STATION WARDEN) TO INSPECT AND TREAT AS NECESSARY.
D. NOTIFY THE USAFE COMMAND ENTOMOLOGIST OF ANY FOREIGN PEST FOUND
ON RETURNED CARGO. SPECIMENS SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND SHIPPED TO HQ
USAFE/DEMOF, APO NY 09094, ATTN CAPT CARPENTER, FOR IDENTIFICATION.
2. YOUR CONTINUED VIGILANCE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. POINT OF CONTACT FOR HQ USAFE/DEMO [(b)(2)]
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