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 






                                      UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                      06/lS,
                                        S LONG REPORT

           1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 52351-45178 (00012), submitted by DIVISION
           SURGEON, 24 ID, 870-5516, (912)767-5516.

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

           3. (U) KEYWORDS: MEDICAL, RTD, REPLACEMENT.

           4. (U) TITLE: RETURN TO DUTY (RTD) SOLDIERS

           S. (U) OBSERVATION: Return to Duty (RTD) soldiers were not
           returned through doctrinal methods in the majority of the cases
           involving the 24th Infantry Division (Moch).

           6. (U) DISCUSSION: For a variety of reasons, such as no
           replacement system in place at CORPS level and higher,
           distances too great for replacement system or unit pick up, or
           simply impatience with the system, soldiers returned to their
           units in a very unorganized fashion. Soldiers were backhauled
           in ambulances during DESERT SHIELD, hitchhiked, and caught rides
           with division personnel visiting the hospital.

           7. (U) LESSON LEARNED:
               a) The replacement system needs to be operational as soon
           as the medical system is in place-

               b) Assets need to be allocated to accomplish the
           replacement mission with the same priority as other replacement
           material.

           S. (U) RECO,    ED ACTION:
               a) RTDs should be handled in garrison the same way we
           expected to operate in a deployment. (i.e., paperwork, return
           process, etc.)

               b) If the replacement system as it stands currently isn't
           accomplishing the mission, perhaps the AG school needs to relook
           doctrine.




               (U) SUBJECT: PERSONNEL

               (U) INTEROPERABILITY: DOCTRINE

IN DIV.







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Box ID = BX001437
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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