24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT

File: 080596_jun96_decls21_0058.txt
Page: 0058
Total Pages: 253

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 






                                     UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                      05/30/91
                                   JULLS LONG REPORT

          1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 42956-14544 (00001), submitted by AVN BDE, 24
          ID, 870-5516, (912)767-5516.

          2. (U) Other OPN DESERT STORM NOTES conducted by 24 IN DIV (MECH)
          on 03/05/91.

          3. (U) KEYWORDS: HELICOPTER DOOR GUNNERS, AIRCREW, AVIATION CREW,
          AIRCRAFT SECURITY, .

          4. (U) TITLE: DOOR GUNNERS

          5. (U) OBSERVATION: OPERATION DESERT STORM has again proven the
          absolute neces'sity for trained door gunners on all utility
          helicopters.

          6. (U) DISCUSSION: Without a door gunner, only one side of a
          utility helicopter can provide crew observation and supressive
          fires. Door gunnery skills, which now include mostly aircrew
          and aircraft maintenance procedures, require considerable time
          to learn. There is a need to develop complete crews during
          training..

          7. (U) LESSON LEARNED: Providing door gunner personnel on a
          crisis basis at the initiation of a contingency operation
          results in untrained personnel attempting to perform aircrew
          duties under possible combat conditions, and most certainly
          under terrain and NVG flight conditions.

          8. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Provide door gunner personnel to the
          Aviation Brigade on a long term (six to twelve months) attached
          basis.




              (U) SUBJECT: PERSONNEL

              (U) INTEROPERABILITY: STRUCTURE

              (U) Lesson distributed by: 24TH IN DIV.















                                       Page

                                     UNCLASSIFIED

Document 253 f:/Week-22/BX001437/24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT/24th mech inf div operation desert storm after a:08029615062350
Control Fields 17
File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001437
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT
Folder Seq # = 785
Subject = 24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER A
Document Seq # = 50
Document Date =
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