SITREP TF FREEDOM 13 MAR 91

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Subject: SITREP TF FREEDOM 13 MAR 91                                     

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000494

Folder Title: COMMMAND REPORTS  RPTS TASK FORCE FREEDOM  1 OF 2 -1                                            

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    OF 5.4 MILLION GALLONS OF POTABLE WATER THAT ARRIVED IN PORT ABOARD
    TANKER FRANCIS HAMER.
         B. (U) CONVOY STATUS: CUSTOMS PROBLEMS AT THE SAUDI BORDER
    CONTINUE TO LIMIT CONVOY ACCESS TO KUWAIT.       RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL
    CONVOYS OF CIVILIAN TRUCKS HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO BOODAI TRANSPORT
    COMPANY
         C. (U) CLASS I
                   TYPE                  DOS REMAINING
                   MP,ES                    25
                   T'S                       11.6
                   BfS                       0
                   H20(BTLD)                 7.6
                   H20(BULK)                 3.5
                   SUNDRIES                  4.1
         D. (U) CLASS III
                   TYPE                  ISSUED           REMAINING
                   DF2                  13,582 GAL       134,196 GAL
                   MOGAS                 2,720 GAL          8,450 GAL
                   JET"A"                    0 GAL         97,500 GAL
         E. (U) TOTAL OF TWO BATH AND ONE LAUNDRY UNIT OPERATIONAL.
    6. (U) COMMANDER'S EVALUATION.
         A. (U) MAXIMUM RESOURCES ARE BEING BROUGHT TO BEAR ON THE
    RESTORATION OF POWER, ON THE MONITORING OF THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION
    PROCESS, AND ON A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO THE ORDNANCE REMOVAL
    PROBLEM IN KUWAIT CITY. WHILE THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROCESS APPEARS
    TO BE FUNCTIONING, THE METHODS OF OPERATION ARE OFTEN PUZZLING AND
    DIFFER WIDELY SECTOR TO SECTOR. WE ARE CLEARLY NEARING THE END OF
    THE EMERGENCY PHASE OF OUR OPERATION, AND ARE TRANSITIONING IN MOST
    AREAS TO THE RECOVERY PHASE.
         B. (U) THE SCOPE OF THE SUPPORT OPERATION CONTINUES TO EXPAND
    WITH THE OPENING OF SPOD AND APOD ALONG WITH THE CONTINUING MISSIONS
    OF CSC LIBERTY AND STATE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT. THE ABILITY TO DRAW ON
    THEATER RESERVE ASSETS HAS ENABLED THE FULFILLMENT OF ALL TASKS TO
    DATE.
D GP, COMMANDED BY LTC MARK PIERSON, AND OUR
    STAFF ENGINEER, LTC BILL SABATA HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN INITIATING
    A COORDINATION MEETING BETWEEN U.S., BRITISH, FRENCH, CANADIAN,
    SAUDI AND KUWAITI EOD ELEMENTS. THIS MEETING WAS HELD UNDER THE
    AUSPICES OF A NEWLY CREATED JOINT EOD OPERATIONS CELL.
    RESPONSIBILITY FOR VARIOUS SECTORS AND WORK EFFORTS WERE TASKED
    AMONG THE PARTICIPANTS ACCORDING TO THEIR CAPABILITIES AND DESIRES.
    THE KUWAITI MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE APPROVED THE PLAN AND WORK HAS
    BEEN INITIATED ON MINE REMOVAL AND ORDNANCE DISPOSAL WITHIN KUWAIT
    CITY. U.S. NAVY AND USMC EOD UNITS HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN
    PARTICIPATING, WHICH WILL MAKE THIS A JOINT AND COMBINED EFFORT.
    THE GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT HAS PROVIDED PRIORITIES FOR THE EFFORT AND
    WILL DECLARE AREAS SAFE FOR GENERAL USE UPON RECEIPT OF REPORTS BY
    THE VARIOUS PARTICIPANTS. THE PARTICIPATING UNITS WILL RECORD THE
    LOCATION, MARKING, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF ALL MUNITIONS AND PROVIDE
    THIS INFORMATION TO THE KUWAIT MILITARY REPRESENTATIVE. THIS MULTI-
    NATIONAL EFFORT IS ESSENTIAL TO THE RESTORATION AND RECONSTRUCTION
    OF KUWAIT.






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File Room = aug96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000494
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMMAND REPORTS RPTS TASK FORCE FREEDOM 1 OF 2 -1
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Subject = SITREP TF FREEDOM 13 MAR 91
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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 = 08-NOV-1996