Joint chemical defense for the rear battle: main operating bases in NATO's central region. Student report
In 1984, the Chiefs of Staff of the US Army and the US Air Force signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining a concept for the joint air defense of overseas air bases. With little previous experience in joint rear-area operations, problems were bound to occur, especially in the area of chemical warfare defense (CWD). The Army bases its CWD doctrine on the concept of maneuver while the Air Force bases its doctrine on being tied to air bases with little or no capability to avoid chemical attacks. Each Service developed its doctrine to support its operational concept. This study compared and contrasted the CWD doctrine of the Army and the Air Force. If found a great deal of commonality exists; however, there are also several problems which could lead to death, injury, and degradation of sortie generation capability.
- Research Organization:
- Air Command and Staff Coll., Maxwell AFB, AL (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5804663
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-192612/0/XAB; ACSC-88-2305
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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