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  











          At that time, the S--,", (MAJ Scarpel.li.) and I decided to send gltns out..
          I ic@ll-L fjiy )iglii. t.c@,,Am of Apaches (11 I Parrish aitcl CW2 At-mstead (in
          Ali-64 H199), And CW;2 Stroud and WOI Eti-anda (in AH-64 1#487)..       1 sen t
          c)ut those two gltns and all the scouts I had, plus a Delta modcii.         I
          s(ent them out with sketchy information to I.inl,-. up with Chat-lie
          Company scouts.    Reports came in that they were taking fire in the
          vicinity of PL. Vegas to PL Saigori.     From there? I was out of the
          I) -i ctli re.

          ll()wc,ver, ILT Parr:Lsli stated Lo me thkt at 1500 hours the light teani
          pl.t.ts scouts launched from FARP 1-4ova to provide gltn coverage fol-
          (:I)Ar.lie Company scouts that had tal@en fire on the right (southern)
          t I ant,.. I had told F'at-rish not to expect a relief on station, until.
          17@(:)Mp clear info came bacl,. from that area.  Ti-ie reason I told him not
          ic3 expect any additional Ali-64s was because (our intent) we wanted t(:)
          @@,kV(@ every possible minute of blade tifiie to engage the R(@'pLtbli.ctn
          L;t.t@:trds once we found their main body.   I told him to remain as long
          as fuel or ammo (ammunition) constraints could hold out-

          ,rl,iey launched and, while enroute, monitored radio caalls that the
          (:hat-lie Company scouts were continuing the screen.        ILT Parrish also
          ,@aid he ovei-l-iead the Cl-iarlie Company Commander indicate to the
          1-tattalion Commander that tracer fire wtkirheavy and he was breaking
          station requesting gltn support.

          [)tiring cottrsc-, of thc, wtr whoever was in contact with the enemy Would
                iii,(,o to tli Sattilion Comfitai-idei-- The next unit in would
                        rnonitoi- those reports to keep abreast of the tactical
 handovers to go
          very qLtiCi@ly-  IhAt worl,        And Dopplei- they accelerated to maximum
                    r.)LAT@t ti-it- scouts team, and rt-ished into within weapons ranges
          ,,I th(,            area.   On the way they passed two bands of EF'OWs
          .klrc-,,kdy :iii tl-ie hands of American forces. In fact, we altered Our
          Course to steer around one of the assassin scouts         that was corralling
          t'l-'()WS for the Ist brigade ground forces." "Once they arrived within
          olitic@,;       they searched the area foi- targets and continued to
          ,[,(,Vl- irlo t.lit             They moved Ltiitil theii- NAV r@.incie to
          I              (.'I-o (that       Lhey moved Lo wi-iere they wlt,,e told that

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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