SURGEON GENERAL HISTORIAN'S OFFICE

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SUBJECT:  SURGEON GENERAL HISTORIAN'S OFFICE 

DATE:  SEP 90

SUMMARY:  AEROMED EVAC; NUMBER OF PATIENTS MOVED.  IRAQI MECICAL OFFICER DEFECTION.                             

						              16 Sep 90 - 2000 hrs
                            					C+40
                             					
				OPERATION DESERT SHIELD
                             	     NEW INFORMATION IS UNDERLINED
                             
- (U) Aeromedical Evacuation:
  --      CENTCOM Aeromedical Evacuation: (Source: USCENTAF
          DEPLOYED/AECC message, 142300Z Sep 90)
           
              --- Tactical Evac last 24-hour period: 3 litter, 22 ambulatory
              --- Strategic Evac last 24-hour period: 4 litter, 14 ambulatory
              --- Cumulative Tactical Evac: 45 litter, 126 ambulatory
              --- Cumulative Strategic Evac: 99 litter, 18C ambulatory
              --- Awaiting tactical evac: 10 litter, 15 ambulatory
              --- Awaiting strategic evac: 19 litter, 41 ambulatory
              
          --       EUCOM Aeromedical Evacuation: (Source: 2AES Rhein-Main AB
              GE message, 150001Z Sep 90
              --- Tactical Evac last 24-hour period: 0 litter, 0 ambulatory 
	--- Strategic Evac last 24-hour period: 0 litter, 0 ambulatory
	--- Cumulative Tactical Evac: 13 litter, 3 ambulatory
	--- Cumulative Strategic Evac: 70 litter, 30 ambulatory
 	--- Awaiting tactical evac: 46 litter, 3 ambulatory
	--- Awaiting strategic evac: 95 litter, 18 ambulatory

               POPULATION AT RISK IN THEATER:
               
             --- CENTAF Strength: USCENTAF FWD message 150400Z Sep 90)
             		---Total: 30530        female: 1735
            --- Theater Strength: (USCINCCENT 142115Z Sep 90 SITREP):
            		--- Total: 154445     female: 4946
            
         Other Notes of  Interest:
         
         - IRAQI MEDICAL OFFICER DEFECTION: [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)]
         								regarding an
         Iraqi medical doctor who defected [(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)]
         		Included in the[(b)(l) sec 3.4 (b)(l)] report was medical
         intelligence information, summarized as follows:
           -- Main caseload of his Iraqi field medical unit has been 20-
               30 patients with sunstroke daily.
           -- Chemical weapons may be used on the authority of the corp
               commander in situations when the Iragi Army is retreating, as
               occurred in Iran-Iraq war.   Type of agents used may include:
               --- Tabun, Al-Zuman (possibly Soman), and Lzarin (possibly
               Sarin. (Note: These agents were used against the Kurds
                    in 1986-88.) 
                  --- Blister agents mixed with mustard gas.
                  --- Asphyxiating gases