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09-24-09, 04:45 AM
MPs test out new CBRN gear
9/25/2009 By Lance Cpl. Miranda Blackburn , Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Military police and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters Marines trained in chemical biological radiological and nuclear awareness and operations at the Provost Marshal’s Office here Sept. 15.
Members from a combat logistics support team out of Carlsbad, Calif., trained Marines to respond to a CBRNtype terrorist attack if it were to happen aboard this installation.
Marines trained with equipment that did not seem too different from the familiar mission-oriented protective posture gear. The CBRN gear is essentially the same type of equipment but is made for a completely different environment.
“The difference is that there are different standards that are a requirement, not better, not worse, just different,” said Stacy Jeambert, a member of the CLS training team.
A MOP suit, which was created for combat use, does not need to be vapor tight. The MOP suit protects against field concentration and chemical agents, but field concentration is much different from what would be found on a terrorist scene.
The Occupational Safety and Health Association standards state that the CBRN suits need to be vapor tight.
“When they put it on, it’s totally impermeable. It doesn’t breathe,” said Jeambert.
During the course, Marines demonstrated the proper way to wear the CBRN suits and were taught how to don and clear the Millennium masks which are also different from the M-9 masks Marines usually train with.
“It’s hot in here,” said Lance Cpl. Andre Pawlowski as he stood in front of the classroom covered from head to toe.
The CBRN equipment is provided to the military policemen aboard the air station only because PMO will be the first on the scene if an actual terrorist incident were to happen.
“That doesn’t mean that these guys are going to be the ones that are cleaning it up,” said Jeambert, “but once an incident is identified as a CBRN incident, they’re going to need someone on the scene to do crowd control, and who better to do that than our military police?”
Ellie
9/25/2009 By Lance Cpl. Miranda Blackburn , Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
Military police and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters Marines trained in chemical biological radiological and nuclear awareness and operations at the Provost Marshal’s Office here Sept. 15.
Members from a combat logistics support team out of Carlsbad, Calif., trained Marines to respond to a CBRNtype terrorist attack if it were to happen aboard this installation.
Marines trained with equipment that did not seem too different from the familiar mission-oriented protective posture gear. The CBRN gear is essentially the same type of equipment but is made for a completely different environment.
“The difference is that there are different standards that are a requirement, not better, not worse, just different,” said Stacy Jeambert, a member of the CLS training team.
A MOP suit, which was created for combat use, does not need to be vapor tight. The MOP suit protects against field concentration and chemical agents, but field concentration is much different from what would be found on a terrorist scene.
The Occupational Safety and Health Association standards state that the CBRN suits need to be vapor tight.
“When they put it on, it’s totally impermeable. It doesn’t breathe,” said Jeambert.
During the course, Marines demonstrated the proper way to wear the CBRN suits and were taught how to don and clear the Millennium masks which are also different from the M-9 masks Marines usually train with.
“It’s hot in here,” said Lance Cpl. Andre Pawlowski as he stood in front of the classroom covered from head to toe.
The CBRN equipment is provided to the military policemen aboard the air station only because PMO will be the first on the scene if an actual terrorist incident were to happen.
“That doesn’t mean that these guys are going to be the ones that are cleaning it up,” said Jeambert, “but once an incident is identified as a CBRN incident, they’re going to need someone on the scene to do crowd control, and who better to do that than our military police?”
Ellie