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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 







                                      UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                       05/3C.
                                    @S LONG REPORT

           1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 52966-31769 (00015), submitted by GI, 24 ID,
           870-5516, (912)767-5516.

           2. (U) No type OPN DESERT STORM NOTES conducted by 24 IN DIV
           on 05/23/91.

           3. (U) KEYWORDS: PERSONNEL, POSTAL.

           4. (U) TITLE: POSTAL SYSTEM

           5. (U) OBSERVATION: Postal support system and distrtibution
           were non-existent in this Immature environment.

           6. (U) DISCUSSION:
             - Prior coordination of incoming and outgoing mail between APO
           and Corps, 129th Postal Detachment seemed non-existent.
             - No plan existed to move a postal unit out to troop locations
           in the field at the earliest date.
             - Unclear on the distribution plan of mail to the units.
             - No dedicated vehicle transportation to help push mail out to
           the units existed.
             - Quantity of mail was too large for the size of the unit
           providing support.

           7. (U) LESSON LEARNED:
             - Postal units must deploy early in the unit flow.
             - Postal units must train for deployment missions during
           peacetime.
             - Train the postal clerks in the elements of large Quantities
           of mail and centralized pickup location.

           S. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION:
             - Mail distribution in extreme danger situations must be
           practiced so that the morale of soldiers is not lowered.
             - More field training to practice field set up.
             - Company mail clerk must train to ensure application of
           postal regulatory guidance under wartime conditions.




               (U) SUBJECT: PERSONNEL

               (U) INTEROPERABILITY: PLANNING

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







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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