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 







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                                     JULS LONG REPORT

            1. (U) @S @ER' 52067-43933 (00011), submitted by SIGNAL
            OFFICER, 24 ID, 870-5516, (912)767-5516.

            2. (U) No type OPN DESERT STORM NOTES conducted by 24 IN DIV (Ln.
            on 05/20/91.

            3. (U) KEYWORDS: GENERATORS, COMMUNICATIONS, SIGNAL, POWER
            GENERATION, .

            4. (U) TITLE: GENERATORS

            S. (U) OBSERVATION: Present 3 and 5   KW gasoline-powered
            generators are inadequate and do not  provide required
            reliability.

            6. (U) DISCUSSION: The small gasoline powered generators
            organic to the battalion were unreliable during desert
            operations. Heat problems compounded by the extreme age of the
            @ipment resulted in total unreliability. Additionally, MOGAS
            powered generators caused fuel problems since most Army
            equipment is now runs on diesel fuel.

            7. (U) LESSON LEARNED: Use diesel generators when possible.
            Contract for local purchase small diesel generators and use new
            Quiet Reliable Generators.

            S. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION: Replace all gasoline powered
            generators in the army inventory with lighter, more reliable,
            and more rugged diesel-powered systems.

            9. (U) COMMENTS: Diesel generators are the way to go! Also
            consider the use of solar powered equipment with battery pickup
            systems. The Saudis used solar power exclusively for their
            backbone microwave system.


                (U) SUBJECT: CO    ICATIONS

                (U) INTEROPERABILITY: MATERIEL

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













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Scan Date = 12-JUN-1996
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