Gulf Veterans' IllnessesA REVIEW OF UK FORCES CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT ALERTS DURING THE 1990/1991 GULF CONFLICT - A REVIEW OF UK CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENT ALERTS FROM AUGUST 1990 TO MARCH 1991.
July 2000
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Annex A:
GLOSSARY
2I/C Second in Command
AAC Army Air Corps
AC Aircraft
ADTR Armoured Division Transport Regiment
Amb Ambulance
Armd Armoured
ASMA Air Staff Management Aid
ATLO Air Transport Liaison Officer
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
BAA Brigade Administration Area
Bde Brigade
BFME British Forces Middle East
Bn Battalion
BW Biological Warfare
CAM Chemical Agent Monitor
Cas Casualties
CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare
CDE Chemical Defence Establishment
CENTCOM [US] Central Command
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CO Commanding Officer
Coy Company
CW Chemical Warfare
CWO [US] Chief Warrant Officer
Det Detachment
DIS Defence Intelligence Staff
DoD [US] Department of Defense
DS Dressing Station
DTG Date Time Group
Engr Engineer
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
Fd Field
FFMA Forward Force Maintenance Area
FMA Force Maintenance Area
FRG Forward Repair Group
Gen General
GVI Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses
GVIU Gulf Veterans’ Illnesses Unit
Hd Tech Int Head of Technical Intelligence
HMS Her Majesty’s Ship
HNS Host Nation Support
Hosp Hospital
HQ Headquarters
IPE Individual Protective Equipment
JHQ Joint Headquarters
JOC Joint Operations Centre
KKMC King Khalid Military City
LO Liason Officer
MARCENT [US] Marine Central Command
MCTG Mobile Civilian Transport Group
MEF Marines Expeditionary Force
MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
MMA Main Missile Assembly
MOD Ministry of Defence
MOPP [US] Mission Orientated Protective Posture
MRG Main Repair Group
NAIAD Nerve Agent Immobilised enzyme Alarm and Detector
NAPS Nerve Agent Pre-Treatment Set
NBC Nuclear Biological and Chemical
OC Officer Commanding
ORB Operations Record Book
Ord Ordnance
OSAGWI [US] Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illness
Pax Passengers
PFC [US] Private First Class
POL Petrol, Oil and Lubricants
PWGF Prisoner of War Guard Force
RA Royal Artillery
RAF Royal Air Force
RAOC Royal Army Ordnance Corps
RCT Royal Corps of Transport
RE Royal Engineers
Recce Reconnaissance
Regt Regiment
REME Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
RFA Royal Fleet Auxiliary
RHF Royal Highland Fusiliers
RHQ Regimental Headquarters
RMP Royal Military Police
RN Royal Navy
RPC Royal Pioneer Corps
RRF Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
RV Rendezvous
RVD Residual Vapour Detector
Sqn Squadron
STO Survive to Operate
TAPLine Trans-Arabian Pipe Line
UK United Kingdom
UK SHF(ME) UK Support Helicopter Force (Middle East)
US United States
USMC United States Marines Corps
Wksp Workshop
WO Warrant Officer
Annex B
Annex C
US Work
OSAGWI Case Narratives and Information papers can be found on the Internet at http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/.
Case Narratives
- 11th Marines
- Al Jaber Air Base
- Al Jubayl, Saudi Arabia
- An Nasiriyah
- Camp Monterey
- Cement Factory
- Czech-French Detections
- Fox Alerts in the 24th Infantry Division
- Fox Detections in an ASP/Orchard
- Khamisiyah
- Kuwaiti Girls School
- Possible Chemical Agent on SCUD Missile Sample
- Reported Mustards Agent Exposure Operation Desert Storm
- Tallil Air Base, Iraq
- US Marine Corps Minefield Breaching
Information Papers
- Air Campaign: Modelling and Simulation in the Planning of Attacks on Iraqi Chemical and Biological Warfare Targets
- Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA)
- M256 Series Chemical Agent Detector
- M8A1 Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm
- Military Medical Recordkeeping During and After the Gulf War
- Medical Surveillance During Operations Desert Shield/Storm
- Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) and Chemical Protection
- The Fox NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle
Annex D
Last Updated: 24 Mar 04
