DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Subject: DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT                                

Unit: 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box ID: BX005554

Folder Title: ARMY EOD IN DESERT STORM VOL 3 542 EOD CONTROL TEAM                                             

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                                                    ()F um mm
                                       Field Owating Activity
                                     53d ordnance           t (aoD)
                                  Yakina Finm center, wA 98gol-5m


        AFZH-Y-BOD(75)                                                 28 Augmt 1991


                   FM              Explosive          Disposal Cmtrol GroW, Ft.
                         CA 30330

        SUBJECT:        Storm After Actam Report


        1. The questime will be anmiered in

        2. The following are the listed qmtims:

            a. Dmlo@t: Was Your unit t)rmwed for an overseas deplowmnt?

                Yes, but not in the @ it bappmed. The unit had aim" trained for
        deplommt by          ing to drive, then fly to it's destinatim. For this
        deplommt, the @pmt was sent by 4ap and it's soldiers by cmtract civilian
        aircraft. Both play by different rules than what we train, i.e.    @ing radios,
        coverinu trucks, and          mmitive @wmt to protect from salt water
        corrosion. You can load them heavier thm m aircraft, btit you have to pack tighter
        and do more bracing to prevent shifting. We also had to send one of our soldiers as
        a sqwcargo            of the classified publications.

                The biggest problem durim loadotxt was everytum we remved or had now
        eqLuMmt reqlurmmts, we would have to reconfigure the vekacles " trailers. This
        kept things in a smll state of frustration, but was easily overcome

                              How was installation support?

                 overall, it was outs        . The Iwtallation              and Sergeant Major
        amtimially          all            suipply and mainterance support was available. Ft
        LwAs swply and EDC couldn't do          . The mly problem we @tered was
        getting acm of the civilian types to understand that we were going to war and not
usually overccne with a phone call to the EDC if
        the problem was at Ft. Lewis, or a phme call to the Installatim               if the
        problan occurred at Yakine Firing Center.

                              Address Previom MM t@ and its effectiveness.

                  Proviom @ training was effective for a short tem ndssim with short
        tem.solutims, not the          ed lmg situatim. We were also facing a harsher
        onviroment, grew to a diffwmt theater of operations, had liudted space on the
        vehicles due to additioml r@red "awmt, equi@t shipped by ship, and the
        unknown of what support nay be at the other @.

            b. Mobility: Discuss vehicle and transportatim Problem.

                One problen was trying to find out if we were traveUM totally by a air or

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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 3 542 EOD CONTROL TEAM
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Subject = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT
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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