24 MECH INFANTRY DIV COMBAT TEAM HISTORY DURING DESERT STORM

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Subject: 24 MECH INFANTRY DIV COMBAT TEAM HISTORY DURING DESERT STORM    

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                  soldier - one set with the battalion logistics element (field trains), and another
                  set with the DISCOM. If CPOGs became contaminated, replacements were
                  readily available. 'PB" tablets were also distributed to increase the effects of
                  the Atropine Nerve Agent Antidote if soldiers were exposed to enemy nerve
                  agents.


                     The Division was task organized to operate in a chemical environment.
                  Decontamination platoons were attached to the lead combat brigades, the
                  FOX chemical reconnaissance platoon was attached to the Division Cavalry
                  Squadron, and the 327th Chemical Decontamination Company was placed in
                  general support of DISCOM.


                                                  Planning Priorities


                     Given the estimate of the enemy situation and the magnitude of the 24th
                  Infantry Division (Mech) attack, Major General Barry McCaffrey (Commanding
                  General) established the following planning priorities. First, the Division had
                  to think through it's command, control, and communications (C3)
                  arrangement. Second, it Would need to develop an ambitious yet executable
                  supporting logistics and sustainment plan.       Finally, once the "operational
                  envelopes" for the C3 and logistics plan were known, a ground maneuver
                  plan could be developed.


                             COMI  WAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS PLAN


                     Major General McCaffrey would command his division through an echelon
                  of five command posts.


                     a. Division Rear Command Post (DREAR): This was the rearward-most of
                  all Division command and control centers.          From this location, Brigadier
n G-1), Lieutenant Colonel Ken
                  Koetz (G-4), Lieutenant Colonel Ben Hall (Division Surgeon), and a cross-
                  section of the Division primary and special staffs would orchestrate the
                  complicated task of personnel replacements, logistics, and medical
                  evacuation. A Weapon System Replacement Operation (WSRO) company

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