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    

Box  ID: BX001437

Document Number:          2

Folder Title: 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT                                                             

Folder Seq #:        785

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organzation: XVIII CORPS 










                 12) OBSERVATION: Wartime accident reporting and
                     record keeping requirements are not addressed
                     adequately in AR 385-40, Accident Reporting and
                     Records. Accident reporting by-the-book creates
                     an extremely heavy administrative burden.
                     Telephonic versus written reporting for accidents
                     of "minor" nature greatly helped reduce the load.

                 13) OBSERVATION: Eight news media representatives
                     are too many for a Division PAO to support given
                     the needs peculiar to each news agency. Size of
                     combat media pools should be limited to five
                     personnel from three agencies (TV crew - 3,
                     writer, and photographer).

                 14) OBSERVATION: In offensive operations, PAO
                     broadcasters and journalists should be provided
                     to the maneuver brigades with remaining PAO staff
                     following the forward-most division command post.
                     During the attack, division level coverage was
                     absent until the DMAIN displaced from Saudi
                     Arabia into Iraq on 4 March.

                 15) OBSERVATION: The operation of the postal support
                     system was inadequate. Postal units must deploy
                     earlier in the unit flow; they must train for
                     deployment missions; and they must train in
                     handling large quantities of mail.

                 16) OBSERVATION: The operation of the morale,
                     recreation, and welfare system was inadequate.
                     MWR personnel should be deployed earlier for
                     extended deployments. Additionally, MWR
                     personnel need to develop a written plan to be
                     used during deployments.

7) OBSERVATION: Casualty reporting was slow during
                     combat operations. Communications must improve
                     as well as the procedures used to report
                     casualties on the battlefield.

                 18) OBSERVATION: Units did not complete casualty
                     feeder cards to standard. However, the use of
                     recruiting and retention NCO's to help monitor
                     patient affairs in hospitals greatly contributed
                     to the success of casualty reporting.

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Scan Date = 12-JUN-1996
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 = 02-AUG-1996