OPERATION DESERT STORM TASK ORGANIZATION TASK ORGANIZATION

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Subject: OPERATION DESERT STORM TASK ORGANIZATION  TASK ORGANIZATION     

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000473

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS 11TH ADA BDE AAR- 1 OF 3  PERMANENT DESERT SHIELD-STORM                         

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         strengths should be based on required strengths to influence more
         immediate replacements.

            The casualty reporting system may work great for divisional
         units, but is extremely difficult for a separate brigade spread
         over 325,000 square kilometers. When the brigade headquarters was
         notified of a casualty, it was sometimes necessary to notify a
         different PSC due to different PSCA servicing the battalion
         involved. If DA had a question, they would call directly to the
         battalion/brigade to get additional information.

            PSCG were not well connected for information passing,
         especially SIDPERS data. For whatever reason, Fort Bliss SIDPERS
         Interface Branch did not receive any SIDPERS data or transactions
         unless the unit mailed them directly to Fort Bliss.
            2) Logistics (S-4). From a logistical perspective, the most
         critical lesson learned was that the combat service support (CSS)
         structure of the brigade was, and still is, non-functional. it
         lacks the proper organization, manning, and standardized
         procedures to plan and draw CSS on the area support concept as
         well as manage the brigade's materiel assets correctly. This
         shortfall is inclusive of supply, maintenance, and transportation
         management. Unlike other separate brigades, the llth ADA does not
         have a material management center (MMC), a separate support
         battalion, or a separate functional CSS staff under the Brigade
         S4.

            The decentralized tactical operations doctrine that the llth
         ADA Brigade employs further impacted on the brigade's ability to
         plan and execute CSS plans. The dispersion and separateness
         inherent to its tactical operations severely affected the
         efficient implementation of routine CSS doctrine and procedures.
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         required in order to sustain the brigade. Among these were supply
         and transport, material management action, and augmented
         maintenance management sections.

            The problem was further compounded by the brigade having a
         dual role of providing protection to both corps and theater
         assets. This doubled the work load on a staff that was not
         resoureed to handle either mission. The support and austainment
         of the combat force required creative, resourceful management by
         an S-4 section functioning as both a planning and execution
         organization.

            3) Maintenance (Logistics Reporting Center). The most
         important lesson learned is that the scope of the LRCs mission
         during war is much greater than during peacetime. The need for
         personnel, conniinication, and transportation assets during wartime
         must be addressed and the requirements provided for in the unit's
         MTOE. The LRC effectiveness would have been increased if the
         required personnel and equipment had been available immediately
         upon deployment of the brigade instead of piecemealed as the



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Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 11TH ADA BDE AAR- 1 OF 3 PERMANENT DESERT SHIELD-STORM
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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 = 22-NOV-1996