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                                                                 

Folder Seq #:          4

Unit: 3D AD       

Parent Organzation: VII  CORPS  



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                         croanic-mechanized   infantry companies and a tank       company.    All three battalions
                                                          r"- t                           -one company -upry"two
                         had @fhf-lar.interAil@'march fa mi'iciiiif.- 'Scouttifcfrviard@
                         f]7anIT@t @d-6iiL2"dompahy aid rear."gLiard.@-"
                           @@mtfat'suoport elements of the Brigade had their                )wn moyement
                         -FormatFC64s@ The combat trains of each task force traveled just a."few hundred
                         inet&g%*i'@d@-gattilibn. -All- the -Biit:tilidri -ftkd trainsv!and"kott of our
                         Servi'i4@iiey,66"olidated'-intcr-i'13ri'@@ -M'Mtfat, TfainsF.Inam'e'd th&-R3 (Rearm,
                         Refit, R&FIIL-1). -1@:t@aieied."dbout 2 kiloml-t&s @hd 'EhEf c'o'mti@tlikedges.of the
                         Brigade. @'Much faet6er to -ttie'eez& of the Bri7gbidS-'f(ii-olatic)n Wal W&ganization
                         named the Fat Lady. -@lt contained the libaviLiF e'liim"en'ts-,bf thd 45t[f- Forward
                         Suppprt Battalion. Our field kifchlns t@aveleid in,-th@'Fat Lady.,-
                            The Firing   Batteries traveled with the Maneuver Task Forces. The purpose
                         was to provide  each maneuver 'tasr fbrc& with i'mrmedtitei firL-suopor,'El- in effect
                         -a dedicated battery     should -ther.-icone -in -contact-,with the enemy. :Each
                         m&nuever battal ion com@Tider4 would, determine' UKdn 'as i'f to e?dpl acL- the battery
                         moving With his task force. The -Itrigade -Commander anct our Battali6@ Commander
                         would decide when to emplace the other two batteries as the situation
                         developed. Once ordered to prepare for action, the Battalion Fire Direction
            Center assumed control of all fires. Battery C moved with Task Force 4-8 in
                         .the lead, Battery B with Task Force 4-IS an the left, and Battery A moved with
                         3-8 Cavalry on the right. Our Battalion Tactical Operations Center (TOC) and
                         Headquarters Battery moved to the right rear of the Brigade TOC behind Task
                         Force 4-8.
                            The Brigade prepared to depart TAA Henry an 14 February 1971. It was a
                         clear and sunny day quite unlike the few days preceding it. The Brigade
                         established Assembly Area Start to marshall all the units into the movement
                         formation prior to our trek north. The last three vehicles painted sand color
                         were finished just that morning: The S3's HMMWV, TACFIRE SHEI-TER and trucks,
                         and a HMMWV ambulance from Headquarters Battery. The Firing Batteries formed
                         up with their task forces and moved to AA Start. Headquarters Battery linked
                         up with the Brigade TOC at i6OO hours. Sevice Battery had departed the
                         previous day to form up with the R3.
                             The Brigade planned to form into columns in AA Start. This would aid in
                         crossing three linear obstacles on our route of march: the road to King Khalid
                         Military City CKKMC) (MSR Sultan), the cultivated area in the Wadi Al Batin,
                         and the TAP Line road CMSR Dodge). But at 1305 hours the Division reported
                         multiple SCUD missile impacts at Hafar Al Batin. Shortly afterward we received
                         what later turned out to be a false report of a ground attack up an the border
                         in      _&     I Batin. The end result was the Brigade Command.er's decision to
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                         f             gAdE!,Woge! in AA. Start. All Units. were set in AA Start by 11300
                         h                  --.dug.pr.'otL-Cti.@i3@ Ri@ -irci -gleeiri- in'as ni6fit fell.




                         at  We began moving at 0625 hours. The Brigade initially set the march rate

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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