AFTER ACTION REPORT ON EOD OPERATION DURING OPERATIONS DESER

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Subject: AFTER ACTION REPORT ON EOD OPERATION DURING OPERATIONS DESER    

Unit: 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX005554

Folder Title: ARMY EOD IN DESERT STORM VOL 4 543 EOD TEAM EODCT                                               

Document Number:          9

Folder SEQ  #:          4






           AFFL-QHO
           SUBJECT: Desert Storm After Action Report

           3. Communication:

                The capabilities of Mobile Subscriber Equipment should be
           investigated for future operations. The use of a Mobile
           Subscriber Radio Transmitter (MSRT) provides service similar to
           a mobile phone and greatly enhances capabilities to
           communicate. The use of high frequency radios can have
           advantages, if available and authority is granted to use in the
           supported units area.

           4. Incident Reporting Procedures

                a.  The incidents were reported mainly through the Support
           Command of the supported agencies. The reason for this was that
           was who  we contacted to set up in their area and received
           support  from.

                b.  The accurate reporting of incidents by supported
           agencies left teams kilometers from the actual incident site and
           responding to numerous items when one was reported. The
           prioritizing of incidents could only be done by the 03/S3 in an
           area, which in a lot of incidents was not being completed. Most
           incidents did not need to be prioritized but some missions did
           require prioritizing. An example was clearing Amnesty Boxes of
           ordnance and Destruction of Code H ammunition both not high
           priority missions for EOD but received higher priority than
           incident work in some cases.


           5. Life Support:

               a. Supporting units were obligated to provide support to
           the attached EOD unit. This depended on your relationship with
           the unit you were attached. We received the best support at
           KKMC when we went to the supply point and picked up our own
           supplies. When we were with other units, depending on them to
           give us supplies, we received the basic issue only.

vided by control 150 miles
           away, the unit we supported sometimes collocated with, and from
           a Logistics Base. The best support was the Log Base. Control
           had the supply sergeant but they did not deliver for some
           reason. We did not have the personnel but had to go pick up
           supplies.

                C. Tentage was a hindrance in packing but can make life
           bearable. Recommend two sets of tentage be available, one for
           short term deployment and mobility like hex tents for teams and
           10 man arctic tents for CP. The other set of tents, like frame
           tents would be for extended operations at one location. The 3
           KW generator does not power a base camp operation and requires
           maintenance and shut down time. The 3 KW was broke more than it
           was operational because of extended use. The Honda 2.2 KW
           generator provided more reliable support than the military
           generator. Some supported units provided power for us.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX005554
Unit = 22D SUPCOM
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = ARMY EOD IN DESERT STORM VOL 4 543 EOD TEAM EODCT
Folder Seq # = 4
Subject = AFTER ACTION REPORT ON EOD OPERATION DURING OPER
Document Seq # = 9
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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