FM 3-05.132 (FM 3-05.105) Army Special Operations Forces Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations August 2007 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 2 July 2007. Other requests for this document must be referred to Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, ATTN: AOJK-DTD-JA, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-9610, or by e-mail to [email protected]. DESTRUCTION NOTICE: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. FOREIGN DISCLOSURE RESTRICTION (FD 6): This publication has been reviewed by the product developers in coordination with the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School foreign disclosure authority. This product is releasable to students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only. Headquarters, Department of the Army i This publication is available at Army Knowledge Online <www.us.army.mil> and the General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library at <www.train.army.mil>. *FM 3-05.132 (3-05.105) Field Manual Headquarters No. 3-05.132 (3-05.105) Department of the Army Washington, DC, 31 August 2007 Army Special Operations Forces Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations Contents Page PREFACE .............................................................................................................iv Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................ 1-1 SOF CBRN Mission............................................................................................ 1-1 ARSOF Imperatives............................................................................................ 1-5 Operational Spectrum ........................................................................................ 1-5 ARSOF Operating Environments and Potential CBRN Threats ........................ 1-6 CBRN Support Available at Direct Reporting Units.......................................... 1-12 Chapter 2 SPECIAL FORCES GROUP CHEMICAL DETACHMENTS............................. 2-1 Organization ....................................................................................................... 2-1 Mission ............................................................................................................... 2-2 Command Support Relationships and Tasks..................................................... 2-4 Types of Support ................................................................................................ 2-6 CBRN Support to Joint and Interagency Operations ......................................... 2-6 Deployment and Employment ............................................................................ 2-6 Chapter 3 75TH RANGER REGIMENT DECONTAMINATION AND RECONNAISSANCE TEAMS ............................................................................................................... 3-1 Organization ....................................................................................................... 3-1 Mission ............................................................................................................... 3-2 DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Distribution authorized to U.S. Government agencies and their contractors only to protect technical or operational information from automatic dissemination under the International Exchange Program or by other means. This determination was made on 2 July 2007. Other requests for this document must be referred to Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, ATTN: AOJK-DTD-JA, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-9610, or by e-mail to [email protected]. DESTRUCTION NOTICE: Destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of contents or reconstruction of the document. FOREIGN DISCLOSURE RESTRICTION (FD 6): This publication has been reviewed by the product developers in coordination with the United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School foreign disclosure authority. This product is releasable to students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only. *This publication supersedes FM 3-05.105, 28 September 2001. i Contents Capabilities..........................................................................................................3-2 Command Support Relationships and Duties.....................................................3-2 Deployment and Employment.............................................................................3-3 Chapter 4 160TH SPECIAL OPERATIONS AVIATION REGIMENT .................................4-1 Chemical Defense...............................................................................................4-1 Nuclear Defense .................................................................................................4-1 Decontamination .................................................................................................4-2 Chapter 5 PLANNING STAFF CBRN CONSIDERATIONS AND TOOLS.........................5-1 Mission Analysis .................................................................................................5-1 Mission Planning.................................................................................................5-5 CBRN Staff Responsibilities ...............................................................................5-7 Mission Preparation ............................................................................................5-8 Planning for CBRN Support and Interface........................................................5-11 Chapter 6 TECHNICAL AUGMENTATION AND REACHBACK CAPABILITY.................6-1 U.S. Army Technical Escort Support ..................................................................6-1 EOD Augmentation .............................................................................................6-1 Technical Reachback Capability.........................................................................6-2 Appendix A UNIT AND CBRN ORGANIC SUPPORT.......................................................... A-1 Appendix B PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ........................................................ B-1 Appendix C ADVANCED CBRN TRAINING......................................................................... C-1 Appendix D CBRN RISK ASSESSMENT AND VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS TOOL........ D-1 Appendix E CBRN SAMPLING TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES ................................ E-1 Appendix F SOF ELEMENT DECONTAMINATION OPTIONS ............................................F-1 GLOSSARY.......................................................................................... Glossary-1 REFERENCES.................................................................................. References-1 INDEX ......................................................................................................... Index-1 Figures Figure 1-1. ARSOF imperatives............................................................................................. 1-5 Figure 1-2. Special precautions ............................................................................................. 1-9 Figure 2-1. Chemical reconnaissance detachment ............................................................... 2-1 Figure 2-2. CRD organization ................................................................................................ 2-2 Figure 2-3. Critical wartime mission, supporting missions, and resources ........................... 2-5 Figure 3-1. Ranger battalion support DRT............................................................................. 3-1 Figure 4-1. Detailed aircraft decontamination techniques ..................................................... 4-5 Figure 5-1. Support assets..................................................................................................... 5-2 Figure 5-2. HN interoperability considerations ...................................................................... 5-6 Figure 5-3. CBRN-related sites considerations ..................................................................... 5-6 Figure 5-4. PCISE tasks ...................................................................................................... 5-12 Figure B-1. Levels of PPE use............................................................................................... B-1 ii FM 3-05.132 31 August 2007 Contents Figure D-1.Threat analysis considerations............................................................................ D-1 Figure D-2. CBRN plans and operations considerations ...................................................... D-3 Figure D-3. CBRN guidance and doctrine considerations .................................................... D-7 Figure D-4. CBRN readiness considerations ........................................................................ D-7 Figure D-5. Chemical risk assessment ................................................................................. D-9 Figure D-6. Biological risk assessment ............................................................................... D-12 Figure D-7. Nuclear risk assessment .................................................................................. D-14 Figure E-1. Sampling guidance issues...................................................................................E-1