USAF MEDIA REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MILITARY BLOOD

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SUBJECT:  USAF MEDIA REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MILITARY BLOOD
COLLECTIONS
    
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    SUBJECT: MEDIA REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT MILITARY BLOOD
    COLLECTIONS
    1. AS THE COLLECTION OF BLOOD FOR MILITARY CONTINGENCIES IS BOTH A
    SENSITIVE ISSUE AND AN INTELLIGENCE INDICATOR, QUANTITIES OF BLOOD
    BEING COLLECTED AND SHIPPED MUST NOT BE RELEASED TO THE MEDIA.
    2. THE ARMED SERVICES BLOOD PROGRAM OFFICE [ASBPO] IS DEVELOPING A
    COMMAND INFORMATION PLAN WITH THE OASD [PUBLIC AFFAIRS] WHICH WILL
    PROVIDE TIMELY AND ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE SUBJECT. THIS PLAN
    WILL PREPARE BOTH MILITARY AND CIVILIAN POPULATIONS TO DONATE BLOOD
    IN LARGE QUANTITIES IF REQUIRED.
    3. UNTIL THIS PLAN IS RELEASED, THE "PARTY LINE" TO BE GIVEN WHEN
    ASKED ABOUT MILITARY COLLECTIONS IS QUOTE: INCREASED AMOUNTS OF
    BLOOD ARE BEING COLLECTED TO PROVIDE FOR TREATMENT OF NON-BATTLE
    INJURIES FOR THE FORCE AT RISK IN THE USCENTCOM AO. THE MILITARY
    BLOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IS BEING PRIMED TO REACT RAPIDLY TO
    REQUESTS FOR LARGER QUANTITIES OF BLOOD. THIS MAY INCLUDE
    ACTIVATION OF CONTRACTS WITH CIVILIAN BLOOD AGENCIES. UNQUOTE.
    
    4. POINT OF CONTACT IS [(b)(2)]     HO USAF/SGHR,
       BOLLING AFB