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Subject: OP DESERT SHIELD 483RD MED DET VS JB 6 AUG 90 16 JAN 91
Unit: ARCENT
Parent Organization: CENTCOM
Box ID: BX000481
Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS 422SD MED DET VETERINARY SVCS COMMAND REPORT
Document Number: 17
Folder SEQ #: 17
Initially the easiest sites to locate were the DSU's that
supported XVIII ABN Corps units as we could easily ask the units
where they picked up their rations. We tracked down each one in
turn. The 364th DSU located at CWC, which was later to be known as
Super Leg City, was located approximately 1 mile down the road from
Cement City. The 227th was a GSU supporting the 101st ABN Div and
was located near Black Jack Village on the Al Jubail highway. The
123rd was a GSU located at two sites, the Sanyo Warehouse on the
port of Dammam and the Al Gosaibi Warehouse. The 101st ABN Div
also had a Class 1 ration breakdown point located at KFIA.
Warehouse 32, a large metal warehouse located at the port of
Dammam, was where all newly arrived rations entering theater passed
through.
None of the warehouses were initially happy about seeing the
veterinary food inspectors. They had been operating with a fairly
free hand with little to no concern for sanitation or protection of
the rations. However, with time, we were able to make ourselves
known and appreciated for the job we did. The Host Nation
warehouse was the most difficult location for veterinary personnel
to get support. This warehouse was controlled and operated by CW4
Wolf and Evans who both made it clear that Vets were not needed or
wanted. The A ration operation was extremely political as the
rations were all provided free of charge by the King of the KSA
through the Host Nation Feeding System. In addition the warehouse
used for the storage of the A rations was of very poor
construction, too small to operate in a sanitary nanner and was
located in the middle of a dust bowl. The Host Nation Feeding
System was allowed to buy from any source they wanted to and we
spent almost the entire deployment tracking down what sources they
had procured so that we could perform sanitary inspections on the
facilities. we were never allowed to reject food because it came
from an unapproved or disapproved source until the end of operation
Desert Shield when the decision was finally made that we could
reject food from disapproved sources. At no time were we ever
allowed to reject any item from a noninspected source. If an item
was not on the disapproved list it would be retained and the
establishment it was produced at would be inspected. These
procedures led to an extremely large Directory of Sanitarily
Approved establishments for Armed Forces Procurement. In addition
the Directory contained warehouses and distributors which are not
inspected in CONUS, Europe or Korea.
The officers with the exception of the MSC officer and the
Commander were all involved in performing initial sanitary
inspections of commercial establishments (see following section).
D. UBL Inspections:
The primary taskings we received during the initial days in
country were to inspect XVIII ABN Corps, unit UBL'S. It was an
extremely hot part of the year and many of the MRE's arriving with
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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000481
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 422SD MED DET VETERINARY SVCS COMMAND REPORT
Folder Seq # = 17
Subject = OP DESERT SHIELD 483RD MED DET VS JB 6 AUG 9
Document Seq # = 17
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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 = 11-OCT-1996