FM 3-3: CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTAMINATION AVOIDANCE

Official US Army Field Manual in Acrobat PDF file format.The mission of the Chemical Corps is to prepare the Army to survive and win in a Chemical and Biological (CB) warfare environment by - * Developing doctrine, organizations, training products, and equipment for CB defense, chemical retaliation, and smoke and flame operations. * Minimizing the impact of CB weapons through contamination avoidance, protection, and decontamination.* Employing smoke.* Employing flame.This manual is one of five that explains the fundamentals of NBC defense:* FM 3-3, Chemical and Biological Contamination Avoidance.*FM 3-3-1, Nuclear Contamination Avoidance.*FM 3-4, NBC Protection.* FM 3-5, NBC Decontamination.* FM 3-7, NBC Handbook A general overview of these fundamentals is given in FM 3-100, NBC Operations. This manual, FM 3-3, defines and clarifies the entire process of CB contamination avoidance. Another manual, FM 3-3-1, outlines contamination avoidance procedures for nuclear operations. This manual