Army Chemical Review

SUMMER 2013

Army Chemical Review presents professional information about Chemical Corps functions related to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, smoke, flame, and civil support operations.

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Number ATP 3-11.46 AFTTP 3-2.81 Title Weapons of Mass Destruction–Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) Operations Date Pending Status Current. Revises and supersedes FM 3-11.22. Approved for implementation.5 ATP 3-11.46 serves as the foundation for WMD-CST doctrine. It focuses on the organization, mission, mission command, and operations of WMD-CSTs, which are full-time Army National Guard units designed to provide the specialized capability necessary to respond to intentional and unintentional incidents and natural and man-made disasters. The WMD-CST, a component of the CRE, provides direct support to local, tribal, state, and federal emergency responders, including fre, police, and emergency medical service personnel. Unless federalized under Title 10, U.S. Code (10 USC), Armed Forces, WMD-CSTs operate in 32 USC, National Guard, status within the United States and its territories and possessions. Responding under the authority of the state governor, WMD-CSTs assist agencies that may be overwhelmed or may require specifc technical capabilities which are not otherwise readily available. ATP 3-11.47 AFTTP 3-2.79 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) and Homeland Response Force (HRF) Operations 26 Apr 13 Current. ATP 3-11.47 is a new manual. It contains detailed tactical doctrine and TTP and sets the foundation for the tactical employment of the CERFP and HRF. The CERFP and HRF can be pre-positioned, or they can respond to an incident using existing organic transportation and Army National Guard/Air National Guard units that are in 32 USC status. These units are trained and equipped to integrate under the National Incident Management System in support of an incident commander. The CERFP supports the incident commander by planning and exercising mission command, casualty search and extraction, ambulatory and nonambulatory mass casualty decontamination, emergency medical triage and patient stabilization, and fatality search and recovery. The HRF supports the incident commander by planning and conducting mission command, security operations and, if applicable, CERFP operations. Army-Only Publications The USACBRNS is the U.S. Army proponent for four tactical-level, Army-only publications. ATP 3-11.24 Technical Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives (CBRNE) Force Employment TBD Under development. Will revise and supersede FM 3-11.20. The fnal draft will be staffed summer 2013. Will be published 1st quarter, FY 14. ATP 3-11.24 will describe how technical CBRNE forces support combatant commanders through every phase of operations conducted intheater and in the homeland. This is important in educating those who are outside the CBRN community with regard to the true capabilities of the technical CBRNE force. The appendixes will include information about specifc technical CBRNE force missions, organizations, capabilities, and employment considerations. ATP 3-11.50 Battlefeld Obscuration TBD Under development. Will revise and supersede FM 3-11.50. The fnal draft will be staffed summer 2013. Will be published 1st quarter, FY 14. ATP 3-11.50 will provide TTP to plan obscuration operations and employ obscurants during or in support of unifed land military operations at the tactical through operational levels of war. ATP 3-90.10 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High-Yield Explosives Operational Headquarters TBD On hold due to the possible implications of the Standing Joint Force Headquarters Elimination activation. Will revise and supersede FMI 3-90.10. ATP 3-90.10 will educate the reader on the special capabilities that exist within the CBRNE mission command element. FM 100-30 Nuclear Operations 29 Oct 96 Current. Is under review for continuing applicability. Could be converted to an ATP or rescinded in the future. The USACBRNS received proponency for ATP 100-30 from the Combined Arms Doctrine Development Directorate. The U.S. Army Nuclear and Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency is currently developing JP 3-72, Nuclear Operations, which will provide joint doctrine for the planning, mission command, operations, and surety of employing nuclear weapons. JP 3-72 will contain information regarding the fundamentals of nuclear operations and is expected to translate key nuclear operations policy directives into considerations and options that can be used to assess and address nuclear employment and the commander's decisionmaking process. As a result, the relevant nuclear doctrine for conducting operations is being assessed and will be included in ATP 100-30. Technical Manual The USACBRNS is the proponent and approving authority for one technical manual. TM 3-11.91 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Threats and Hazards Pending Current. Revises and supersedes FM 3-11.9 and FM 3-11.11. TM 3-11.91 serves as a one-stop shop for information about the technical aspects of CBRN threats and hazards, including information about the chemistry of homemade explosives. In addition to the technical information on CBRN threats and hazards, it also includes basic educational information and covers the "so what" and the feld behavior of CBRN hazards (including riot control agents and herbicides). The appendixes contain scientifc CBRN data, and the centerpiece of the manual is the CBRN threats and hazards diagram. (continued on page 63) Summer 2013 59

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