3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR

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Subject: 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR                 

Box  ID: BX001301

Document Number:          3

Folder Title: OPORDS AND  COMMAND AND CONTROL                                                                 

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Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  









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                                       THE TACTICAL OPE          N


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              ThL- iask -.F&@d@"Teci-icii      -op'e'r-A@6A's               'de@ibyc?d behi'     the
          dedicated-' a -rtil-I'L-@r@ batt'oi-y'i'n the'@o%;Li@L-nt to ct5ri@act -Format'ion. The TOC
          is, moving iri three -;tta@gered" columris. "the':ar!tLizil cipe@ati8@ns center is

          forward in the formation, followed by wheeled support vehicles, 2 NBC

          Recon Fuchs, and a Psyops Team. The task force is advancing east as the

          advance guard for the brigade.
              Intelligence from the previous night leads the TF S-2 to believe that

          a mechanized infantry bri      gade of the Republican Guards Tawalkana Division,

          supported by tanks, is in defensive positions along the brigade a-:is.

              The TF S-2, CPT Prokop, counts down the range to the templa@ed enemy

          over th6 TF not. As the scouts close within 3km of the expected enemy,

          they report their first contact. with the enemy.
              The TOC stops with the rest of the task force, 100m from the artillery
          battery. Wheeled vehicle personnel start to dig in. SFC Jackson, the

          Battalion Master Gunner and TC of H031, watches as the battery digs in and

          sets up. He sees D and B Companies move up on line with C Company.
              The TF-@-Z- interprets the BRDM and MTLB (later identified as a ZSU
          23-4) as           .-'4-light screen -Force. Elements of the task force Are well
          forward and close together in expectation of continuing the march.
              When mortar/artillery fire and RPGs hit along the entire task force

          front, SFC Jackson watches as the Brigade TAC races to the rear. On the

     left side, an MLRS battery, which minutes before was moving forward, comes

          racing back past '-'ie TOC. to stop 600 to 800m to the rear.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-28
Box ID = BX001301
Unit = 3D AD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = OPORDS AND COMMAND AND CONTROL
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = 3AD HISTORY OF OPERATION DESERT STORM AND SPEAR
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date = 18-JUL-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 = 16-AUG-1996