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Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTION REPORT        

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001008

Folder Title: DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS                                                               

Document Number:          4

Folder Seq  #:         11






                                       NO CLASSIFICATION
                                                                           04/18/91
                                       JULLS LONG REPORT

             1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 41657-41389 (00416), submitted by RILEY
             AFZN-PTM-C, Mr. Walter, 856-2225, (913)239-2225.

             2. (U) Operation DESERT SHIELD conducted by USCENTCOM on 02/11/91.

             3. ( ) KEYWORDS: EXEC SUM.

             4. (U) TITLE: SUMMARY - Phase I - Post Chemical Officer Re+ Ist ID
             (M) Units

             5. (U) Executive Summary for Post Chemical Officer:

                 a. PLANNING: Guidance for NBC Operations was published in
             Annex 0, OPLAN Lexicon Danger.

                      (1) The annex required commanders to conduct
             predeployment checks of unit NBC equipment and to identify and
             requisition unit CDE shortages. It also specified procedures
             for drawing, packing and deploying installation stocks of CDE,
             and +or drawing Nerve Agent Antidote Kits (NAAK) and
             pretreatment (PB) tablets. It further specified mandatory
             individual training, guidelines for moving radioactive materials
             and instructions for surface shipments of decontaminants.

                      (2) The key to success-Fully planning and implementing
             each deployment phase was that the Post Chemical Office .
             established effective liaison with lst ID (M) units and other
             installation activities early in the process. This liaison
             permitted the quick resolution of CDE issues. It also enhanced
             the distribution of NBC-related info as the Post Chemical Office
             indexed numerous intelligence messages for review and later
             screened, edited, and disseminated unclassified NBC logistics
             traffic.

                      (3) Ambiguous or changing NBC logistics guidance created
blems -for Ist ID (M) units. Changing serviceability criteria
             for the Sattledress Overgarment (BDO) and Chemical Protective
             Overgarment (CPO) (the plain green, older model) caused
             uncertainty among troops and decreased their confidence in the
             suit. FORSCOM did not clarify its guidance regarding the
             composition of the second required chemical suit ensemble until
             the beginning of Operation DESERT STORM.

                  b. PREPARATION FOR DEPLOYMENT. The timely identification
             and solution ctf problems characterized the preparation phase.
             The time available to prepare (Aug - Oct 90) allowed thorough
             preparation.

                      (1) The Fort Riley NBC logistics regulation required
             units to submit quarterly NBC inventories and sizing data before
             Desert Shield. Since the reports were not taken seriously,
             decisions regarding the proper us of funds to fill CDE


                                        NO CLASSIFICATION

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Document 517 f:/Week-26/BX001008/DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS/special information for installation after actio:12179611150511
Control Fields 17
File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-26
Box ID = BX001008
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTIO
Document Seq # = 4
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996