Turn in DS2.The Army is no longer going to decon with DS2, the decontaminant used with the M11 and Ml3 decon systems. All chemical companies and NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. NCOs need to turn in any of their stocks of DS2. The DS2 NSNs affected are 4230-01-133-4124 (M13 DAP), 6850-01-136-8888 (M13 refill), 6850-00-753-4870 (5-gal pail) and 6850-00-753-4827 (1 1/3-qt can). Turn in DS2 through your local Supply Support Activity (SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. ). They will coordinate DS2 disposal with their Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (DRMO DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office (US DoD) DRMO Defense Reutilization Management Office DRMO Division Resource Management Office ) following the guidance in TACOMSBC Supply Advisory Message 0412-012. The M11 DAP is replaced by the M100 sorbent sorbent /sor·bent/ (sor´bent) an agent that sorbs; see absorbent and adsorbent. sorbent an agent that sorbs. decon system, NSN 4230-01-466-9095, on a 1-to-1 basis. The M13 DAP for immediate decon operations is replaced by the M100 on a 1-to-3 basis--replace every one M13 with three M100s. For thorough decon operations, HQDA HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army recommends using super tropical bleach (STB), NSN 685000-297-6653. Questions? Contact TACOM's Mary McDonough at DSN 793-7240/(309) 782-7240 or email: mcdonoughm@ria.army.mil |
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