From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Thu Jul 01 2004 - 07:55:50 PDT
At 9:38 PM -0500 6/30/04, Ida Heath wrote:
>You people can support wrong doing if you wish but I don't. If the Army
>supply system was utilized properly there would be no need or reason for
>swapping parts. It isn't fair to the mechanic doing the double work nor is
>it fair to the system. Demand cryteria creates stockage authorization.
If the unit Budget doesn't support it then you
won't have it on hand. This was a big key
component of the Lack of NBC kit for all units
involved in Desert Storm. Units stationed in
Korea and State side tended to not have a full
supply of Atriopine Injectors, Filters, Masks,
suits, CAMs, Decontamonation gear and all the
other needed bits expected to be used heavily in
Kuwiat and Iraq the first time around. Units that
had spent budget on weapons, materials and other
training devices had to make choices. Ammo for
training on live fire or more auto-injectors and
mask filters to sit on a shelf somewhere unused
until they exceed shelf life. Guess which things
the unit commanders went with. When the balloon
went up for Desert Shield/Storm, many units
didn't have enough NBC items in inventory to
equip their combat units let alone their rear
echelon support units. AND add to that the supply
system couldn't get them Manufactured in time,
let alone distributed to all the units over seas
that needed them in Theatre.
The Saratoga suit with the activated charcoal had
an original stated open package life of 7 days.
The commanders wisely started questioning the
discard after 7 days rule and upper echelons
adjusted thinking and SOP to reality. If they'd
stuck to your mode of operation (the books the
book, stick to the book) they'd have discarded
suits after what ever the original open package
life was and troops would have been unprotected.
As it was, a suit would last far longer than 7
days if cared for when opened and stored away
when not needed.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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