24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Subject: 24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT    

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Folder Title: 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT                                                             

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Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organzation: XVIII CORPS 









                                Department of the Army
                     Headquarters, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
                         Basrah Plain, Euphrates River Valley, Iraq
                                 APO New York 09315


                                                               10 March 1991


        MEMORANDUM FOR CDR, XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS, ATTN: G-3 (PLANS)


        SUBJECT: OPERATION DESERT STORM -- Initial Impressions Report



        1. PURPOSE: The purpose of this report is to submit initial impressions of
        OPERATION DESERT STORM from the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
        perspective.


        2. REFERENCE:


          A. XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS MESSAGE 07080OZ Mar 91, Subject: XVIII Abn
        Corps After Action Review (AAR).


          B. XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS MESSAGE 08050OZ Mar 91, Subject: XVIII Abn
        Corps After Action Review Reportinci Reauirements.


        3. INITIAL IMPRESSIONS:


          A. DOCTRINE


             The tactics used during OPERATION DESERT STORM validated the Army's
        AirLand Battle Doctrine. The doctrine is sound, applicable on any battlefield, and
        easily understood by leaders. OPERATION DESERT STORM may be studied in
        the years ahead as a model of and standard for joint combined arms operations.
        For the Army, in particular, the Operation will serve as a textbook application of
        land power. The philosophy of attacking weaknesses versus strengths,
        executed with both speed and violence, proved the key to success for the 24th
        Mechanized Infantry Division Combat Team.


          B. TRAINING


             1) FSE and FIST teams should be permanently attached to maneuver units.
        Integration of fire support elements into brigade, battalion, and company combat
        teams during six months of continuous task force operations resulted in well
        synchronized fire support planning and execution during the offensive operation.

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