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  















           IN'[---PORT/AUTliOR-. CPT E. Allen Chandler, Jr.
           tjlqll,: Alpha Company (Assassins), 2/227tti Aviation
           60'rIVITY/EVEN,r:      Interview with Cl@"l' r,:i.cf-@ fi. P(?nnycLtick, Alpll;.x
                      2/227th Aviation.
           I)ATE/TIPIE OF ACI'IVITY/EVEN'Y':        25 Fet)r-ttRry 1991 until 28 February 199:i
           1)1--'SCf,CrF'TrON OF ACTIVI,rY/EVENI-.


                                             F'ERSC)1-4AL llITEr4VIEW:


           Liiierview with CPT Rick B. PennycLtici@, Alpha Company, 2/227ti-i
           Aviation.


           I-(@bi-Ltary 2i:

           At 0620 we were notified that Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP)
           Acura was open.        We were the lead company in rotation at that time.
           We received the mission to bounce the guns to Acura and send the
           Scouts an a screen. The scouts were to screen the division right
           ,f,.L@tnk, vicinity Phase Line (PL) 'IRLtst" and PL "Bud" and link up with
           4/7 Cavalry Squadron. And, if possiblo,"Iink up with the 2nd Armored
           Cavalry Regiment (ACR) trail elements a@ well. We were to keep the
           ,.ertors observed if there were any gaps. The conduct of that mission
           IASte?d 4 to 6 hours. My SCOLtt platoon leader, lLT Mike WarnicP.,.(@,,
           (:.force ttliori thf- first group of Er-'OWs in the area that Battalion would
           f ii-ict. Actually herded up approximately 10 of them and handed thorn
           off to Ist Brigade ground elements-

           During this time, we continued to move north along Axis Liberty. The
           Battalion rotation, Alpha, Brava, and Charlie of 2/227th and Alpha
                                                                       Out of FARP Acura and we
           ,1/229th Attack     Helicopter Companies, jumped
           liiip-.od up with   the 4/7th Cavalry Squadron (CAV) At their FARP calle(i
going i(t
           1)(? 3ii plix(:e to support the screen, which was continuing north At that
           i i.filL..


           t,J(.? found 4/7tli CAV and located with them, just as they closed l-'AF'%'I@
           (:,Ardinal down.      rt then became another holding area as we flow i,n,.
           tti(@Aning no fuel or other Supplies were available.                   That was at About
           1100 hours. By      1200 hours FARP Nova opened and the whole battalion
           I)ouiiced to FARP Nova. My scouts were relieved At that time on the
           --,rreei-@ by Charlie Company scouts. At approximately 14()O r was
           (c) the Ttctical Operations Center (TOC). There we received into from
           Charlie Company that their scouts had taken fire on the right f).anl,,
           At 1430. The information was hazy at best, we didn't even have a
           location at that time.          Further, we lost communication with the
           it-itt.,tlion I-o(ninandet-, LIC Billy Stevens, because of the disi.ai-i((@
           ,rtvojved lietwec-,i-i ti-t roc/i@ARI-' site- and iii(3 sct-(?en mission.


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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