031-COM-1004 Protect Yourself From Chemical And Biological (CB) Contamination Using Your Assigned Protective Mask Status: Approved

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1 Report Date: 09 May COM-1004 Protect Yourself From Chemical And Biological (CB) Contamination Using Your Assigned Protective Mask Status: Approved Distribution Restriction: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Destruction Notice: None Foreign Disclosure: FD1 - This training product has been reviewed by the training developers in coordination with the USACBRNS Foreign Disclosure (FD) representative and MSCoE foreign disclosure officer. This training product can be used to instruct international military students from all approved countries without restrictions. Page 1

2 Conditions: You are given your assigned protective mask, a hood, and a mask carrier. Some iterations of this task should be performed in MOPP 4. Standards: Protect yourself from CB agent contamination by donning, clearing, and sealing your assigned protective mask within 9 seconds then giving the alarm without becoming a casualty. Special Conditions: Do not wear contact lenses when performing this task. Do not use masks with damaged filters because filters contain hazardous materials. Safety Risk: Low MOPP 4: Sometimes Task Statements Cue: 1. You realize that you are under a CB agent attack, 2. You are ordered to mask, 3. You must enter a contaminated area, 4. You hear or see a chemical alarm, or 5. You observe any other automatic masking criteria designated in your unit SOP. None DANGER WARNING Contact lenses (soft or hard) may not be worn with CB Masks. Inadequate oxygen supply to the corneal surface, exposure to dust, dirt, and smoke or gas may cause serious vision loss or eye damage. Soldiers requiring vision correction are provided optical inserts for their protective masks by their unit medical facility. Filters must be installed prior to donning mask. Filters must be changed out one at a time. The warfighter will be unable to breathe if both filters are removed from his/ her mask. Lack of oxygen for more than 30 seconds could lead to injury or death. Before stowing the mask, ensure that the cheek straps are not positioned below the M61 filters. Cheek straps positioned below the filters may stretch the mask causing improper chin placement; may induce buckling in the brow region causing improper seal; or may cause the cheek straps to catch underneath the filters delaying donning times resulting in illness or death. None CAUTION Remarks: None Notes: Soldier must complete steps 1 through 3, in sequence, within 9 seconds. Page 2

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4 1. Don mask assembly. Performance Steps a. Stop Breathing and close eyes. b. Remove helmet, put helmet between legs above knees or hold rifle between legs and place helmet on the muzzle. Note: If helmet falls continue to mask. c. Take off glasses and place in helmet, if applicable. d. Open the mask carrier with left hand. e. Grasp the mask assembly with right hand, and remove it from the carrier. f. Place chin in the chin pocket, and press the face piece tight against face. g. Hold mask assembly tightly against face. h. Grasp the harness tab, pull overhead and down the head harness as far as possible. Note: Ensuring the head harness is centered on the crown of the head and the temple straps are approximately parallel to the ground. i. Grasp the loose end of the cheek straps, one at a time, and pull until strap feels tight. Note: Both straps should be approximately equal length when complete. Also the temple and forehead straps have already been adjusted during fitting do not tighten. 2. Clear mask assembly. a. Seal the outlet disk valve by placing one hand over the outlet valve cover assembly. b. Blow out hard to ensure that any contaminated air is forced out around the edges of the face piece. 3. Seal mask assembly. a. Cover both filter inlet ports with the palms of your hands and breathe in. b. Ensure mask assembly collapse against the face. c. Resume breathing. 4. Give the alarm. a. Shout, "Gas, Gas, Gas." b. Give the appropriate hand-and-arm signal per unit SOP. 5. Close mask carrier. 6. Don the mask hood, if applicable. Note: the Soldier is using the mask in conjunction with the joint-service, lightweight integrated suit technology (JSLIST), he/she skips this step (the mask lacks a hood because it is built in on the JSLIST).Be careful when pulling on the hood because it could snag and tear on the buckles of the head harness. Be careful not to break face piece seal when pulling protective hood over your head. a. Place hands up under the protective hood, stretch elasticized portion and raise protective hood up and over filters. b. Carefully pull excess protective hood material over head, neck and shoulders. c. Grasp underarm straps. d. Bring the male end of each underarm strap and fasten to female end. Page 4

5 e. Tighten underarm straps. 7. Put on the helmet and secure gear. Note: For combat vehicle crewman (CVC) helmet, perform the following steps: 1. Disconnect the boom microphone from the helmet, 2. Connect the mask microphone to the receptacle in the helmet, 3. Grasp the helmet next to the ear cups with the hand, and spread the helmet as far as possible, 4. Place the helmet overhead, tilting the helmet forward slightly so that the first contact when putting it on is with the forehead surface of the mask and 5. Rotate the helmet back and down over the head until it is seated in position. Make sure you don t break seal of the mask. 8. Continue the mission. (Asterisks indicates a leader performance step.) Evaluation Guidance: Read the action, condition, and standard to the Soldier. Provide the Soldier with all items given in the Conditions Statement. Score the Soldier GO if all performance measures are passed (P) in sequence. Soldier must complete steps 1 through 3, in sequence, within 9 seconds. Score the Soldier NO GO if any performance measure is failed (F) or out of sequence. If the Soldier scores NO GO, show the Soldier what was done wrong and how to do it correctly. Evaluation Preparation: Gather all items in the conditions statement so that they can be provided to the Soldier. Prepare scenarios and questions to ask the Soldier in order to illicit a response that can be evaluated against the performance measures. 1. Donned mask assembly. a. Stopped Breathing and closed eyes. PERFORMANCE MEASURES GO NO-GO N/A b. Removed helmet, put helmet between legs above knees or held rifle between legs and placed helmet on the muzzle. c. Took off glasses and placed in helmet, if applicable. d. Opened the mask carrier with left hand. e. Grasped the mask assembly with right hand, and removed it from the carrier. f. Placed chin in the chin pocket, and pressed the face piece tight against face. g. Held mask assembly tightly against face. h. Grasped the harness tab, pulled over head and down the head harness as far as possible. Note: Ensuring the head harness is centered on the crown of the head and the temple straps are approximately parallel to the ground. i. Grasped the loose end of the cheek straps, one at a time, and pulled until strap feels tight. Note: Both straps should be approximately equal length when complete. Also the temple and forehead straps have already been adjusted during fitting do not tighten. 2. Cleared mask assembly. a. Sealed the outlet disk valve by placing one hand over the outlet valve cover assembly. b. Blew out hard and ensured that any contaminated air is forced out around the edges of the face piece. 3. Sealed mask assembly. a. Covered both filter inlet ports with the palms of your hands and breathed in. b. Ensured mask assembly collapse against the face. c. Resumed breathing. 4. Gave the alarm. a. Shouted, "Gas, Gas, Gas." b. Gave the appropriate hand-and-arm signal per unit SOP. 5. Closed mask carrier. 6. Donned the mask hood, if applicable. a. Placed hands up under the protective hood, stretched elasticized portion and raised protective hood up and over filters. b. Carefully pulled excess protective hood material over head, neck and shoulders. c. Grasped underarm straps. d. Brought the male end of each underarm strap and fastened to female end. e. Tightened underarm straps. 7. Put on the helmet and secured gear. 8. Continued the mission. Supporting Reference(s): Page 5

6 Step Number Reference ID Reference Name Required Primary ATP MULTI-SERVICE TACTICS, TECHNIQUES, AND PROCEDURES FOR CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL, AND NUCLEAR PASSIVE DEFENSE Yes No TM &P "Operator and Field Maintenance Manual for Mask, Chemical-Biological: Joint Service General Purpose, Field, M50 PURPOSE, FIELD, M50" Yes Yes TADSS : None Equipment Items (LIN): LIN M12986 Name Mask Chemical Biological Joint Service General Purpose: Field M50 Materiel Items (NSN) : Step ID NSN LIN Title Qty CARRIER,CHEMICAL-BIOLOGICAL MASK 1 Environment: Environmental protection is not just the law but the right thing to do. It is a continual process and starts with deliberate planning. Always be alert to ways to protect our environment during training and missions. In doing so, you will contribute to the sustainment of our training resources while protecting people and the environment from harmful effects. Refer to the current Environmental Considerations manual and the current GTA Environmental-related Risk Assessment card. Safety: In a training environment, leaders must perform a risk assessment in accordance with current Risk Management Doctrine. Leaders will complete the current Deliberate Risk Assessment Worksheet in accordance with the TRADOC Safety Officer during the planning and completion of each task and sub-task by assessing mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available and civil considerations, (METT-TC). Note: During MOPP training, leaders must ensure personnel are monitored for potential heat injury. Local policies and procedures must be followed during times of increased heat category in order to avoid heat related injury. Consider the MOPP work/rest cycles and water replacement guidelines IAW current CBRN doctrine. Prerequisite Individual Tasks : None Supporting Individual Tasks : None Supported Individual Tasks : None Supported Collective Tasks : None Knowledges : Knowledge ID K25939 Knowledge Name Know how to perform PMCS on the CBRN equipment Skills : Skill ID S4667 Skill Name Be able to perform PMCS on M50 series Protective Mask Page 6