Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
39 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
What is chemical Warfare? |
The use of chemical agents to kill, injure, or incapacitate personnel. |
|
|
What are the 4 types of chemical agents? |
1. Nerve agents 2. Blister agents 3. Blood agents 4. Choking agents |
|
|
What are nerve agents? |
Liquid casualty agents that disrupt nerve impulses to the body. Damages body functions not tissue. |
|
|
What are blister agents? |
Liquid or solid. Causes inflammation, blisters, and destruction of tissues.. |
|
|
What are blood agents? |
Gaseous casualty agents that attack enzymes that carry oxygen in the blood. |
|
|
What are choking agents? |
Gas or liquid with symptoms that include tears, dey throat, vomiting, headache. |
|
|
What is biological warfare? |
The use of living organisms to cause disease, sickness, or death. |
|
|
What are the 2 types of biological agents? |
1. Pathogens 2. Toxins |
|
|
What is radiological warfare? |
The DELIBERATE use of radiological weapons to produce injury and death of all life. |
|
|
What are the 5 types of nuclear explosion? |
1. High altitude air burst- 100,000 feet or more. 2. Air burst- fireball does not reach the surface. 3. Surface burst- has the worst radioactive fallout or death. 4. Shallow underwater burst- large waves. 5. Deep underwater burst- less visual effects but greater water contamination. |
|
|
What are the 2 types of shipboard shielding stations? |
1. Ready-Shelter stations- just inside weather envelope, provides minimum shielding from nuclear radiation but access to battle stations. 2. Deep shelter- low in the ship near centerline. Provides maximum shielding from radiation. |
|
|
What is the DT-60 dosimeter? |
Measures gamma radiation exposure from 0-600 roentgens. |
|
|
What is the IPE for Chem/biological warfare? |
1. MCU-2p (protectove mask with c-2 canister filter) 2. ACPG (advanced chemical protective garment) 3. Chemical protective gloves 4. Chemical protective overboots and laces 5. Skin decontamination kit |
|
|
What detects the presence of liquid chemicals by turning red or reddish? |
M9 chemical agent detector paper |
|
|
What is the atropine/ 2-PAM- chloride auto injector? |
Used as first aid therapy for nerve agents. Issues an intramuscular injection. |
|
|
What is MOPP? |
Mission Orientated Protective Posture |
|
|
What is MOPP level 0? |
Issue IPE, accessible within 5 minutes. |
|
|
What is terrorism? |
The calculated use of violence to intice fear |
|
|
What is antiterrorism? |
Defense measures used to reduce the vounerability of individuals to terrorism |
|
|
What is force protection |
Actions taken to prevent hostile acts towards DOD personnel. |
|
|
What is THREATCON? |
Scale determines the condition for defense of us homeland and assets. |
|
|
What is DEFCON? |
Scale determines the military's posture to prepare for war. |
|
|
What is DEFCON? |
Scale determines the military's posture to prepare for war. |
|
|
What are the 5 factors for FPCONs? |
1. The terrorist threat level 2. The capability to penetrate current security 3. The risk of terrorist attack on exposed assets 4. The assets ability to complete its mission if attacked 5.the protected assets importance to their missions |
|
|
Who can set the FPCON level? |
Commanders at any level |
|
|
Who can set the FPCON level? |
Commanders at any level |
|
|
Can subordinate commanders set a higher FPCON level? |
Yes if the local situation warrants |
|
|
Who can set the FPCON level? |
Commanders at any level |
|
|
Can subordinate commanders set a higher FPCON level? |
Yes if the local situation warrants |
|
|
Who can lower or cancel the FPCON? |
The commander who issued it. |
|
|
What is FPCON normal? |
Routine security posture, when a global possibility of a threat exists. |
|
|
What is FPCON alpha? |
Increased general threat but unpredictable |
|
|
What is FPCON Bravo? |
Increased and more predictable threat. |
|
|
What is FPCON Bravo? |
Increased and more predictable threat. |
|
|
What is FPCON Charlie? |
When an incident occurs |
|
|
What is FPCON Bravo? |
Increased and more predictable threat. |
|
|
What is FPCON Charlie? |
When an incident occurs |
|
|
What is FPCON delta? |
In immediate area after a terrorist act has occurred. |
|
|
What are the 5 graduated levels of DEFCON readiness? |
DEFCON 5: normal peacetime readiness DEFCON 4: Normal increased intelligence and security DEFCON 3: increase in force DEFCON 2: further increase in force, less than max DEFCON 1: maximum force rediness |
