PORT OPERATIONS OPERATION OVERCOAT CARC PAINT OPERATIONS

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Subject: PORT OPERATIONS   OPERATION OVERCOAT  CARC PAINT OPERATIONS     

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000218

Folder Seq #:         41

Document Number:          5








            PORT OPERATIONS    OPERATION OVERCOAT/ CARC Paint operations

     1. MISSION: To recommend courses of action to the assistant chief of
     staff, VII Corps to synchronize assets, personnel, units, and
     organizations to ensure all VII Corps priority vehicles are painted
     without delaying unit movement through the port.

     2. TASKS:

         a. Develop and recommend a comprehensive list of Vil 0     s  priority
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     vehicles and priority units to paint for approval by      assistant chief
     of staff, VII Corps.
         b. Recommend CARC paint allocation to equitably distribute it among
     VII Corps.units with designated priority vehicles.
                     a command and control cell for VII Corps  CARC paint
         c. Prov,
     operations to liaison with the source of supplies and materials, the Army
     Material Command, and the 593d ASG, the unit providing the 325th
     Maintenance Company to paint the vehicles.
         d. Coordinate the development and maintenance of the capacity to
     CARC paint all VII Corps vehicles in the ISA.
         e. Coordinate the decentralization of CARC paint operations by
     providing select MSC's with the capability to paint in the TAh.
         f. Recommend and coordinate the execution of new policy once
     additional supplies of CARC paint become available.


     3. HISTORY.
         a. Results achieved: From 11 December 1990 to 14 February 1991 four
     paint sites were established for VII Corps CARC paint operat  ons. Members
     of the 325th Maintenance Company and each major subordinate command (MSC)
     painted 8629 vehicles; 4730 track and 3899 wheel. All VII Corps priority
     vehicles, and thousands of additional vehicles were painted. During this
     operation, over 20,000 gallons of CARC paint and 6000 gallons of thinner
     were applied to VII Corps vehicles. The MSC'S; I AD, 2 ACR, 2AD(F), 3AD,
 207th MI were painted at these
     VII Corps paint sites. To allow the MSC's to paint vehicles not painted
     during the early stages the paint operations, two paint tents were
     established in the TAA. One site was established in the IAD sector the
     other in the 3 AD sector. Additionally, VII Corps Artillery, 7 Engineer
     Brigade, and 101 MI Company were provided the paint and materials to
     paint their own vehicles ih the TAA.
         b. General. The CARC paint operation ev6lved in three phases. Phase
     I (Decentralized Initialization ol CARC paint operations in the ISA),
     Phase II ( Centralized CARC paint operations in the ISA), and Phase III
     (Decentralized CARC paint operations in the (TAA).
            (1) Phase I ( Decentralized Initialization of the CARC paint
     operation in the ISA). From 10 - 25 December 1990, CARC paint operations
     were characterized by broad-guidance issued by ARCENT SUPCOM and swift
     execution by members of the 593d ASG and the Army Material Command (AMC)
     to establish a paint site in the ISA in Jubayl. The 593d ASG was


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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-25
Box ID = BX000218
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = 1 525-2B-10 PORT OPNS CARC PAINTG REPORTS
Folder Seq # = 41
Subject = PORT OPERATIONS OPERATION OVERCOAT CARC PAINT
Document Seq # = 29
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 12-JUL-1996