PREFACE
1. Scope
This publication provides a
multiservice doctrinal reference for
planning and executing nuclear,
biological, and chemical (NBC)/chemical,
biological, and radiological (CBR) defense
operations. This doctrinal manual bridges
the gap between joint NBC defense
doctrine (Joint Publication [JP] 3-11,
Joint Doctrine for Operations in Nuclear,
Biological, and Chemical (NBC)
Environments) and service operational
NBC defense doctrine. It provides
guidelines to assist members of the
services discharging responsibilities as
joint task force commanders and staffs.
The manual addresses integration of
multiservice doctrine for NBC defense in
three areas. It provides tactics,
techniques, and procedures (TTP) for
planning NBC defense; describes NBC
defense capabilities from the services that
could be integrated into an area of
operations (AO); and outlines roles and
responsibilities for NBC defense.
Guidelines provided in this manual assist
commanders and staffs in integrating
NBC defense operations into the context
of all other AOs. The term \u201cNBC
environment,\u201d as used in this publication,
refers to an environment in which there is
deliberate or accidental employment of
NBC weapons or industrial chemicals or
deliberate or accidental contamination
with radiological materials. The defensive
measures described herein are useful in
nuclear environments to the degree that
they provide protection against inhalation
or ingestion of and skin contact with
radioactive debris. This publication does
not comprehensively address defense
against other nuclear effects\u2014including
heat, blast, and direct irradiation. (Note:
The terms NBC and CBR defense are
synonymous; Army, Marine Corps, and
Air Force [AF] use the term NBC defense,
and Navy forces use the term CBR
defense.) Additionally, US Special
Operations Command Publication 3-11,
Multiservice Tactics, Techniques, and
Procedures [MTTP] for Special Operations
Forces in NBC Environmentsprovides
information that supplements the TTP
provided in this publication.
2. Purpose
This publication provides
commanders and staffs a key reference for
the planning and execution of service
NBC defense operations. Further, within
the overall concept of counterproliferation
operations (see Chapter I), this
publication focuses on the passive defense
component (NBC defense) of
counterproliferation. The target audience
includes commanders and their staffs,
particularly those individuals responsible
for NBC defense planning at the
operational and tactical level. This
includes individuals with responsibilities
as commanders and staffs of joint task
forces.Commanders have direct
responsibility for protecting their forces
within an NBC environment. During
operations, failure to properly plan and
execute NBC defense operations may
result in significant casualties, disruption
of operations, and even mission failure.
3. Application
This publication is designed for use
at the operational and tactical level for
planning and conducting integrated NBC
defense operations. It supplements
established joint doctrine and changes an
Army and Marine Corps dual-designated
publication into a multiservice
publication, defines service capabilities in
conducting NBC defense, and defines the
roles and responsibilities of commanders
and subordinate commanders and their
staffs in planning and executing NBC
defense.
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