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                                                             

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Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organzation: XVIII CORPS 






                                    UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                     05/30/91
                                  JULLS LONG REPORT

          1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 42862-07519 (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: VEHICLE ID, TACTICAL VEHICLE ID, IFF,
          IDENTIFICATION FRIEND/FOE, IMAGE ENHANCEMENT DEVICE, THERMAL
          IMAGERY, COMMAND AND CONTROL, FOG OF WAR, .

          4. (U) TITLE: TACTICAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE (IFF)
          DEVICE

          5. (U) OBSERVATION: It is difficult to distinguish friendly
          vehicles from enemy through thermal sights at medium to long
          range.

          6. (U) DISCUSSION: This is not a new problem. It was a
          problem during World War II and has been in every conflict
          since. Today, the Army has provided the majority of military
          vehicles with the ability to see thermal imagery during low
          visibility operations. Now is the time to develop a
          standardized marking system for military vehicles that can be
          detected by both thermal and image enhancement devices. This
          would improve command and control, reduce the fog of war, and
          prevent fratricide.

          7. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Develop an IFF device which would
          provide a link among attack aircraft and all types of
          military vehicles.

              (U) SUBJECT: COMMAND & CONTROL

              (U) INTEROPERABILITY: MATERIEL

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


















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