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FM-101-97

(© Michael Gallegos, added 14-Oct-1998)

Field Manual No 101-97

Air Force Pamphlet 200-97 Naval Warfare Publication No 29-97

Fleet Marine Force Manual No 11-97

FM 101-97

AFP 200-97 NWP 29-97

FMFM 11-97

STAFF OFFICERS FIELD MANUAL

DOCTRINES AND PROCEDURES

REANIMATED DEAD

THIS VERSION IS AN ON-LINE DOCUMENT THIS VERSION IS AN ON-LINE

DOCUMENT

INTRODUCTION

The reanimation of the recently dead is an unprecedented event in human history. Sinceearly 1997, this phenomenon has overtaken the globe, dramatically shifting all

geopolitical and socioeconomic systems and boundaries. It is the purpose of this manual

to disseminate the most recently updated information on this phenomenon to allservicemen and women, regardless of nationality or political status. This information has

been collected through the collaborative efforts of Natick Army Research Laboratory,

Aberdeen Proving Ground, and soldiers in the field.

OVERVIEW

As soldiers are the guardians of the state, it is the soldier who will bear the brunt of anydomestic crisis. This manual will provide the individual soldier with detailed information

regarding the reanimated dead in the following areas:

-History-Biology

-Behavioral Patterns

-Weapon Effectiveness and Employment-Casualty Management

-First Aid-Current Military State

1.0 HISTORY

As has been documented every day since initial reports in mid-February 1997, the deadare returning to life to seek out the living. The root cause has been determined to be a

previously unknown biological agent; specifically, an engineered virus. The purpose of



this virus remains unknown, although given the catastrophic effect on human population

centers, the inherent tactical and strategic uses of this agent cannot be ignored. Given the

extreme mutagenic ability of the virus and the speed of it's transmission among populatedareas, it is unlikely the engineers of this agent did not realize they had created the most

powerful biological agent known to science, whatever the true purpose or nature of the

virus may have been.

As of publication of this manual, no major city in the Western Hemisphere with a population of over 500,000 has been spared complete contagion, regardless of quarantine

or containment operations. An estimated 1.5 billion reanimated dead walk the earth, with

approximately 30.000 new individuals per day.

2.0 BIOLOGY

Perhaps no subject has been studied in recorded history with more urgency than the

biological functions of the newly risen. The following key points are known regarding

reanimated individuals:-Relatively little higher cognitive or vocal ability, due to viral destruction of higher order

areas of the brain. Affected individuals cannot understand symbolic communication,

employ tools, use problem solving skills or logical processes

-Due to the above, basic motor skills are drastically reduced. Affected individuals appear in stupor, with limited mobility (base average speed near 3 miles/4.5 kilometers per hour)

-Impervious to pain or other negative physical stimuli; burning individuals have been

observed remaining mobile for up to an hour; likewise, specimens with all organs andlimbs removed remain active

-Extreme tracking ability in regard to living humans; a single living human can attract all

reanimated individuals from as far as one and a half kilometers

-Reanimated individuals exhibit one basic motive: consumption of living humans(experiments removing all organs and bodily tissues from captured specimens suggest no

nourishment is gained by this type of consumption)

Exhaustive research in the field indicates that aside from immolation, violent cranialtrauma sufficient to induce destruction of the affected individual's cerebral tissues is the

only effective means of achieving permanent deactivation.(Fig 2.1)

2.1 Effects of conventional weapons on affected individuals

Anti-personnel mines Suitable at ranges up to 20 meters when fragmentary

aspects result in complete disintegration of targetedindividuals

Grenades Unsuitable-blast and fragmentary effects insufficient to

result in destruction of target (NOTE: M-14 Incendiaryand M-35 White Phosphorous excluded)



Small arms Suitable only when employed as directed at cranialtargets

Crew served weapons Suitable only when employed as directed at cranialtargets

Flame Suitable-extreme flammability of affected individuals

Artillery projectiles Unsuitable-blast and fragmentary effects insufficient to

result in destruction of target

Edged weapons Unsuitable except when used to effect decapitation of

target

Normal post-expiration biological processes in affected individuals are markedly

reduced; in some instances, completely absent. Tissue decay rates in the brain and spinalcolumn are inhibited to almost non-existent, although some decomposition occurs in the

musculoskeletal system and larger internal organs. These decays in structure significantly

weaken affected individuals physically, greatly improving effectiveness of employedweaponry. As indicated, weapons fire should be directed at cranial specific targets to

ensure rapid deactivation of target individuals. Area effect fire can be employed to

hamper mobility, i.e., lower limb and extremity removal, with follow up operations todeactivate remaining targets commencing immediately thereafter.

It is important to note that with the exception of higher order primates such as the

chimpanzee, no other species are affected by this agent.

3.0 BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS

Reanimated individuals display one motivating stimuli-to seek out and consume livinghumans. This behavior directly affects the planning and implantation of offensive

military operations at the theater, corps, division and brigade levels.

Given the current population trend of massive, rapid evacuations from highly dense,

heavily urbanized areas in favor of less populated rural areas, largely edified areascomprising the remains of larger cities are now considered no-man's-lands, off limits to

all personnel. As of publication of this manual, these areas are Designated Area Targets

(DAT) for systematic nuclear sterilization under Provisional G-2, CENTCOM. The massmigration of large numbers of civilians into the country has the natural effect of drawing

equal or larger amounts of reanimated dead. This "homing ability" of the affected

population is a side effect as yet not fully understood. It must be taken into considerationthe ability of even one living human individual to "draw" hundreds, if not thousands, of

affected individuals.



Reanimated individuals all share the need for living human flesh. Specimens will follow

this need with no display of fear or the need for self preservation. This need can and has

been utilized successfully in past field operations to corral groups of reanimated dead intoareas where mass deactivation can be achieved.

4.0 WEAPON EFFECTIVENESS AND EMPLOYMENT

The use of conventional weapons to combat reanimated individuals is mostly ineffective

unless employed in very specific ways. As the only known method of achievingdeactivation is via the destruction of the affected individual's brain tissues, weapon

employment and target selection will be limited to these areas. Target engagement ranges

will be modified accordingly (Fig 4.1), taking into account affected individual speed of

movement and tendency of affected population to advance en masse.

Fig 4.1 Recommended targeting ranges, conventional weapons(U.S)

Weapon Range Notes

M16A1/A2 75 meters Semiautomatic fire; using A1, automatic

selection not used; using A2, three round burstselection not used

M1911A1/M9 10 meters Semiautomatic fire; used only under extremeduress

M249 SAW 75 meters rapid to sustained fire; traverse and elevationmechanism adjusted to provide grazing fire @

head level to incoming target

M60E3 80 meters rapid to sustained fire; traverse and elevation

mechanism adjusted to provide grazing fire @

head level to incoming target

M203 100 meters effective when using incendiary

rounds(NOTE: minimum grenade armingrange is 31 meters/26 meters combat)

M18A1 20 meters most effective when placed 2-3 meters aboveground in target path to maximize fragmentary

lethality

Mk19 200 meters effective when using incendiary rounds; area

effect fire

to hamper mobility



M72A2 150 meters effective in area effect fire to hamper mobility

AT-4 150 meters effective in area effect fire to hamper mobility

M2 200 meters rapid to sustained fire; traverse and elevation

mechanism adjusted to provide grazing fire @

head level to incoming target; effective indestroying forward mobility at 150 meters

GAU-2 100 meters limited effective use due to high ammunitionconsumption rate

Due to the cessation of industrial output, a premium will be assigned to stringent

ammunition quantity management. Commanders are instructed to insure no ammunition

is unnecessarily wasted.

5.0 CASUALTY MANAGEMENT

It is of paramount importance in any operation involving reanimated individuals to planand effectively implement stringent casualty collection and control. Customary methods

of interment such as burial and entombment have proven unacceptable. Research and

experience in the field show that the complete destruction of the corpse by cremation or immersion in industrial grade solvents are the only authorized methods to be used(Fig

5.1). These guidelines apply to all casualties, regardless of religious affiliation or

accepted funerary guidelines.

Based on data collected in the field, actual reanimation in recently expired individuals(those individuals who have received sufficient trauma which results in expiration but

does not impede reanimation) ensues on an average of fourteen minutes and ten seconds.

It is imperative that destruction of the affected corpse be implemented as soon after thedetermination of somatic death as possible.

Fig 5.1 Casualty Management Technique Assessment

Method Suitability Notes

Cremation High Most effective method available

Maceration Medium Special equipment needed to grind

remains

Immersion(water) Low Ineffective-affected individuals

remain active submerged and maywash ashore



Immersion(solvent) High Very effective when sulfuric andhydrochloric employed

Burial Low Ineffective-affected individualsremain dormant; potential accidental

exhumation

Freezing Low* Ineffective-affected individuals

remain dormant(*NOTE-liquid

nitrogen very effective in destroyingremains)

Active personnel who become casualties will have their personal effects andidentification tags removed before being disposed of in accordance with the above

guidelines.

6.0 FIRST AID

Due to the breakdown of basic social services during the initial stages of the crisis, fewhospitals or aid facilities remain intact, much less functional. Responsibility for medical

care and treatment now falls under individual unit medical personnel; those military bases

still operational (Fig 7.1) in CONUS at division levels and higher retain some hospital

function, although re-supply is no longer a possibility.

Injuries inflicted on soldiers in the field are of identical nature everywhere. As

reanimated dead seek to consume the living, the overwhelming majority of sustained

injuries are bites. These bites are the primary means of transmitting the reanimating agentfrom affected individuals to living humans. These wounds are 100% fatal. There is no

known treatment.

Death will occur within 24 hours of initial infection, at which point the newly infected

casualty will reanimate.

It is important to note that extreme psychological stress, post traumatic stress disorder and other mental ailments such as depression are common reported effects of sustained

combat operations with reanimated dead. Their effect on unit morale cannot be ignored.

It is of prime importance of unit commanders to insure adequate down time to maintain

proper unit moral.

It is a consequence of the severity of the current situation that newly infected soldiers

wishing to take their own lives be allowed to do so. Infected soldiers, as well as civilians,

who request a merciful death from fellow soldiers will likewise be granted.

7.0 CURRENT MILITARY STATE



The United States military has in large part taken the brunt of the damage for the duration

of this crisis; currently, total active and reserve forces have been depleted to 45% of pre-

crisis levels. All military areas and sites not categorized sensitive have been destroyed viatactical nuclear strikes.

7.1 Functioning U.S. military sites

Ft. Bragg, NC (USA) evacuated with Pope AFB to USN-Pearl Harbor 6

Sep 97

Ft. Bliss, TX (USA) preparing for evacuation to USN -Pearl Harbor

Ft. Wainwright, AK (USA)

protected by extreme terrain and meteorologicalconditions; rally point for USA

Johnston Atoll (USA) protected by extreme remoteness; rally point for USN

Schofield Barracks,HI(USA)

garrison support, USN-Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor, HI (USN) state seized per USN internal directives; rally pointfor US forces CONUS

USS Abraham Lincoln

(USN)anchored off of USN-Norfolk; conducting air support and refugee evacuation for metropolitan

Washington D.C.

USS Enterprise (USN) anchored off USN- San Diego; conducting air

support and refugee evacuation for metropolitan San

Diego

USAF Diego Garcia

(USAF)

protected by extreme remoteness; rally point for

USAF

Elmendorf AFB, AF

(USAF)

protected by extreme meteorological conditions;

Provisional Operations Center, SAC

USMCRD Parris Island USMC garrison; refuses to abandon post

As the current state of military affairs changes on a day-to-day basis, this document will

be updated weekly for as long as practicable.

By order of the Secretary of the Army



John W. Casey, Jr

General, United States Army

Chief of Staff DISTRIBUTION:

Active Army, USAR,USN; Active Air Force, USAFR, USANG; Active Navy, USNR: To be

distributed via electronic mail and active World Wide Web sites in accordance with DAPAM

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