AAR COMMENTS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM 11 FEB 91

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Subject: AAR COMMENTS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM  11 FEB 91          

Unit: VII CORPS   

Parent  Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX000213

Folder Seq #:          7

Document Number:         24













            SitL,ati.on: Field files did not deploy wi-th finite

            Kev Points: Unit was told that field files gere not to deploy With us. in
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            theater, ge were told that thev were essential. Field                now have to be
            reconstructed.

            L-eq@ons Learned: it i-<- essential. that i-ini-t and MOBSTA know what theater
            requirements are.

                ati-on:  Unit has no orders or documentation showing that uni-t or
                         are assip,nea_ to SWA.

            Kev Points,    Unit members are questioning uh th r future record gill @p lpot
            their ser@ri-ce i-n Saudi Arabia so they mav -recei-@.r@-     credi-t and
            bonefit@/pntitlements for service in thi.-s theater. MOB,@TA stated that FORSCQM
            rpaillres no additional orders other than initial activation orders.

            Lessons !;earned, I-In@it-, should hl,3@Te orders covering move ent-q on each l@p of
            the delnl--nvmnnt,

            Situation,   Postal service i-.-q inadequate.

            @cu Poi-nts:   After @no_qtA-I-     contend with huge T7n-'-,-,Mes of !Pail, Inersonnel
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            ,till did not sort mail carefully nor redirect mail efficiently, resulting in
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            storing mail for long peri-n-ds of time and missent mail,

            Lessons Learned: APOS need to redirect and forward fnai-1, with timeliness and
            efficiency.    Mail should not be held githo(jt Units' reql?est or approval,


            Situation: There was no logistical sv-@to-.m in place In the theater of
            operations.

            Key Points: The sulnlnl-v system as we knog i-t aid not exist upon arrival in
            country. There was almost nothing i-n mo@t classes, to include !X, and verv
            limited SSSC canabi-ii.tv.                  forwarded from the .MNUS SSA rarely
ments gere intercented at the
            APOE by other units. Local                was the oniv @av '--n- obtain anv n o@.@.qprv
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            supplies and eqqinment.
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            Lessons Learned: 14e cannot abandon and di-scard a loeisti-@--g svstom that will
            Pork and create another system that obviously doesn't@ Some priority must 'De
            given to moving su,npli-es and eqkii,nmp_nt into theater, ghether it reqL7:   .Lres
            massive civilian contracts or 4@ate@rer means. The si-tuatl<)n that was created
            bv the lack of an ado@late logistics system prohibited us from being ready to
            launch an offensive earlier as much as any other rcason@

            Situation, Post NBC, support ranged from @terv good to non exi-stent.

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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000213
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = AFTER ACTION REPORTS 7TH ENG BD E
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Subject = AAR COMMENTS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM 11
Document Seq # = 14
Document Date =
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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 = 19-JUL-1996