CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS

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Subject: CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS                                        

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000527

Folder Title: VOLUME 12 513TH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BRIGADE AFTER ACTION REPORT                               

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            and the remaining equipment pallatized.          A significant
            challenge arose due to thb fact that there were no azardous
            cargo 4ualified personnel within the company. The pusher
            unit provided no one for 3 days once equipment was ready to
            be loaded.     This caused iignificafit loss of time ih the
            ready for deployment sequence. All challenges        concerning
            equipment were overcome %4ith hard work and initiative.
                     (c)  Supplies - Due to the new configuration of the
            detachment; it wai difficult to determine the need for
            specific supplies.     Two types of lists were drawn, one for
             ersonnel ana-one for the mli;sion.   Once these list were
            grawn up, a search for the supplies was conducted. Due to
            the lack- of deploying units--at Fort Lewis           and   the
            deactivation of thi Division significant supplies Vere not
            available. The wartime ordering process (9@u Code) was not
            established with the loqisti8al facilities at our home
            station thus inhibiting oui detachment from receiving its
             roper supplies.      An additional challenge arose when the
            getachment-tried to fill a basic load of PLL.             Since
            considerable amounts of PLL had been diverted to Operation
            Desert Shield/Storm, there were severe shortages of tires,
            oil, generators, and miscellaneous HUMMWV spare parts.
                 (d) Transportation - The initial information on flight
            time and place 7was inadequate. The detachment did not know
            either th@ time or place of departure or arrival.
                     h(@) Maintenance - The only challenge posed was the
            refurbis ing of seven M998s.    These trucks- had been ear
            marked to be turned-in and had been sitting in the motor
            ool for seven months. All vehicles had to have a DS TI
            @one by DS teams. These teams additionally came to the motor
             ool tb help our mechanics get these vehicles ready for
            Seployment.    Due to the lack of spare parts and additional
            HUMMWVs had to be cannibalized to get the other seven
            vehicles to standard.
                 @f) Higher Headquarters - U on alert notification, the
            9th C einical Company was in a transition period between
            Brigades.    Thii; aaused confusion on who exactly had the
            responsibility for pushing the unit out.    Furthermore, the
            detachment did not know who their higher headquarters would
            be in country. As a result, gro@er initial coordination
            between units could not be con uc ed to ease the transition
            of the detachment to the AOR.
               .(g) T@ainin      Due to the short alert notification,
            training tor tgo-se Mos specific soldiers was hindered
            because of the division requirement for them to attend
            mandatory training on M16A2 qualification, NBC tasks and
            chamber, and basic soldier skills. The CM/BIO training that
            was received at Aberdeen had to broken down into two Thases,
            due to the lack of adequate personnel to fill the a lotted
            slots. This increased the deployment date by two days.




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Subject = CHRONOLOGY OF KEY EVENTS
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Declassified = 08-NOV-1996