CHAPTER SEVEN DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN

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Subject: CHAPTER SEVEN  DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN                     

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS - ARCENT AARS- G6-HQCMDT-OTHER MISC                                             

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              submitted to the corps deep operations cell NLT 0500 hours
              each day for attack 48 to 72 hours later.

                   The U.S. and Saudi Special Forces teams were pulled
              from lst Cav's sector on 31 Jan. At 1510 on I Feb, the
              last of the Saudi Ministry of the Interior border guards
              withdrew from their posts, leaving nothing between Ist Cav
              and the Iraqi defensive positions.



              ADMINISTRATION/LOGISTICS

                   Though the defense of Wadi Al Batin raised the
              maneuver units' tension, the support units of the division
              maintained their high level of work. In the class II
              arena the push continued for additional uniforms and the
              new desert boots. Not until the deployment of the lst
              Cavalry Division to the port of Dammam in March 1991 did
              the division receive one new desert uniform per soldier.
              It also received fifty percent of.the requirement of
              desert boots. During the defense of Wadi Al Batin the
              biggest concern was the acquisition of a complete chemical
              defensive equipment package for each soldier. While at
              TAR Wendy the division entered MOPP. This required each
              soldier to wear one chemical protective overgarment and
              begin taking the nerve agent protective pills. As a
              result, each soldier had to be issued another suit and
              package of pills. The risk of chemical attack by the
              Iraqi forces being high, the division acquired another
              15,000 suits.

                   The two major concerns in supply as the division
              prepared for combat were fuel and ammunition. The intent
              of the Commanding Seneral was to establish a task force
              for each commodity, headed by a lieutenant colonel
           personally responsible for pushing that commodity to the
              brigades. Task Force Cofer, headed by LTC William Cofer-,
              pushed fuel. Task Force Hart, headed by LTC Joseph Hart,
              pushed ammunition. TF Cofer integrated the 5000 gallon
              tankers of the 43r-d CSS and the 27th MSS. The task force
              received fuel from the theater and then pushed it to the
              brigades. TF Hart integrated the truck companies of the
              P-7th MSB and 43rd CSS. The task force drew ammunitism out
              of Logbase Echo and pushed it to the battalions.

                   In the area of property accountability, the Secretary
              of the Army activated the wartime policies. This allowed
              the division property book officer to account for property

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Subject = CHAPTER SEVEN DEFENSE OF THE WADI AL BATIN
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