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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                  (h) Mission - The complexity and unfamiliar mission of
             Chem/gib detection teams posed many questions. The initial
             information provided to the detachment was vague, leaving
             much of th@ implementation of the teams to the leadershi-
             discretion. The initial information on team emplacement hag
             not been coordinated within the proper areas or units. The
             devising of a monitoring plan had hot been established, or
             the re@uptly plan for thi deplo)(ed.tearns. The dissemination
             of informa ion about the teams mission and capabilities was
             not   widely   distributed    thus   inhibiting the initial
             coordination for team use.
                 (i) Communication - Due to the extreme distances and
             varying means of communication, it was difficult to track
             and-mohitor mission's, logistics @nd personnel issues. This
             lack of effective communication rei;ulted in a substantial
             logistics runs to the teams        and   also   imped6d    the
             dissemination of timely and accurate information.-
                     (i) Maintenance support was hindered due to the
             difference in vehicles our between the detachment and FMIB
             (HUMMWV's VS. CUCV). The lack of spare parts and the slow
             supply system inhibited the mission ahd increased down time.
                 (k) The lack of good maps was     a significant problem
             from the on-set. Th6 teams were in need o accurate maps in
             order to navigate effectively in the desert terrain.
                             information was needed by the Detachment
             leadirlihipCM/tBIOO )fTpeinl@elTl&n and employ assets. Due to the
             lack of BIO speci  c         ence among other intelligence
nd accurate threat brief could n6t be
             established or disseminated to the teams.


             2. Accomplishments.


                 (a) Safely deployed 45 soldiers and all equipment to
             the AOR.

                     (b)   Coordinated and employed 12 Chem/Bio detection
             teams throughout the AOR. Develbped a good information flow
             between   CENTCOM   J3, CRDEC liaison officers, and the
             detachment therefore producing the needed information on the
             employment and monitoring w@lan of the teams. Developed a
             logistical resupply plan in   ich the teams would be pashed
             a logistics p@ckage every 4-5 days This package consisted
             Of enough supplies to sustain the team for six days of
             continuous 24 hour operation.
                     (c) Established a good information flow between the
             operators Leadership within the detachment, and the CRDEC
             liaison officers on further development, implementation, and
             procedural concerns of the XM2 Biological sampler and the
             XM21 Chemical Detector.





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