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File: 120396_sep96_decls2_0004.txt
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
Document Number: 4
Folder SEQ #: 3
sea, or a little of both. Nobody seeffed to know until near the end. We had
resi@ ourselves to the fact that we would have to repack or be right once we
reached the sbippim point with our vehicles and @pmt.
Was Your umit 100% mobile?
Yes, in the end with the exception of the robot. But in order to
accaqplish this we requisitioned an extra M1008AI and a generator trailer which gave
us extra space to load everything. We also did not bring sane equipnmt, such as
the wire caumm3.cation set (replaced by the ERC-127's), OBA'S, unique special
tools (we took only those that would help us fix vehicles), explosive
sniffers (due the rwarwmt of 99% pure Argm and it doesn't work), T-290 and
other Wmpumt that we that we could absolutely do w3.thout. We cmt to
streamline until the day our vehicles and equipmt left.
Could a 3 nm to= respora for ext operations with all
@@t and life su=rt?
Yes, our team had all basic EOD tools, a complete set of publications,
PLL, extra twi, food and water for 5 days, plus tim, explosives, and decons
(H7H, Washing Soda, M13 and Mll DS-2 dispenser).
c. cation: Discuss mammt and Procedures.
cations were not a big problem when we were located in the base cluster
area of an, but becam a problem whm teans had to travel long distances to
handle incidents. We had COKSEC gear for all our radios, so tal@ secure was not
a problern. We momted a PRC-77 with a vehicle ant@n m the SW vehicle and the
supply MIOOS. 7his enabled us to keep short range cations with the drivers.
The FRC-127 worked excellent for temn operatims and proved invaluable in operations
in Safwan, Iraq and Kuwait City, Kuwait.
r own, was which key
ngtterial to use. 542d had given us enough future codes and material to keep
us going, but wasa't able to tell us when to change because of the fluid battle
movenents. The unit we aWWrted into Kuwait amt to use the same codes until
they pulled out. The radios we had did not possess the range to @cate back
with Control. The Y-cable m the equimmt often had to be replaced and
could not take any abuse. We build protective brackets aromo the Y-cables because
they were becammg 2ncreasu* hard to obtain. catuq with sane of the units
we supported occasionally didn't happen because they were either on a different key
or they would run a different frequency than the CBDI had. Things were not always
consistent fr= c to in the line units.
d. Incident reporting Procedures: How were the uaiority of Yo= incidents
received?
Incidents at the Base Cluster in Dhahran were received frm Cmtrol at
occasionally we would receive incidents directly fran the uaits or Base Cluster
security sections. Priorities were not a problem because there were not enough
incidents to prioritize.
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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
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT
Document Seq # = 4
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 = 22-NOV-1996