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Subject: DAILY STAFF JOURNAL AND DUTY OFFICERS LOG
Unit: ARCENT
Parent Organization: CENTCOM
Box ID: BX000454
Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - DAILY LOG SHEETS
Document Number: 7
Folder Seq #: 10
10 JAN 91
462 0025 AFTER TALKING WITH CPT ATCHISON THE FOLLOWING IS MY
UNDERSTANDING OF THE PHASE III LOGISTICS PLAN. ASSUMPTION: THAT LOG
BASE CHARLIE (XVIII CORPS) AND ECHO (VII CORPS) ARE AT THEIR
OBJECTIVE LEVEL FOR ALL CLASSES OF SUPPLY. WITHIN THE XVIII ABN CORP
SECTOR: PRIOR TO SECURING OBJ WHITE AND ESTABLISHING LOG BASE OSCAR,
SUPCOM WILL PUSH SUPPLIES FROM THEATER LOG BASE BRAVO, AT KKKC, TO
CORPS LOG BASE CHARLIE. AFTER OBJECTIVE WHITE IS SECURED AND LOG
BASE OSCAR IS ESTABLISHED, COSCOM WILL PUSH SUPPLIES FROM LOG BASE
CHARLIE TO OSCAR. WHEN COSCOM ESTABLISHES LOG BASE ROMEO; SUPCOM
WILL PUSH SUPPLIES FROM CHARLIE TO OSCAR; COSCOM WILL PUSH SUPPLIES
FROM OSCAR TO ROMEO. SUPCOM AND HOST NATION SUPPORT WILL PUSH
SUPPLIES TO CIUUZLIE. CPT HILLIARD
463 0200 CPT HILLIARD CALLED MAJ NIVENS REF MSG ON SECURITY FOR IBN
SI@YM. MA,7 NIVENS SAID HE NOR ANYONE IN O&I WERE AWARE OF ANY
FORMAL MESSAGE, ETC. MAJ NIVENS SAID THAT HE WOULD CALL C31. MAJ
NIVENS CALLED ME BACK TO SAY THERE IS NO FORMAL MSG TASKING
ARCENT/CORP FOR THIS SUPPORT. MAJ NIVENS SAID THAT ACCORDING TO C3I
THE MAYOR OF THIS VILLAGE REQUESTED ALLIED FORCES OCCUPY HIS VILLAGE.
CENTCOM CONSIDERD HIS REQUEST AND DECIDED THAT BECAUSE THE FRENCH
WERE SCREENING IN FRONT OF THE VILLAGE THERE WAS NO NEED TO OCCUPY
THE VILLAGE. CHECKED CURRENT OPS RECORD FILES FOR ANY RECORD OF THIS
ACTION. FOUND COPY OF CTOC JOURNAL SHEET DTG 041430 FEB 91 IN THE 05
FEB JOURNAL. BURNT A COPY FOR OUR RECORDS. NOT SURE THIS IS WHAT
YOU WANT.
464 0350 CPT HILLIARD WENT TO THE CTOCSE FOR SI ORKS. SOME
INTERESTING NOTES. THE CTOCSE IS HAVING A HARD TIME PAINTING A
NG TO DO ANALYSIS WITH SNAPSHOTS -
WORKING IN ISOLATION. PRIMARY REASON IS THEY AREN'T GETTING ANY
IMAGERY. THEY BELIEVE THAT IRAQ IS SENDING UNITS IN PIECE MFAL; IN
SMALL SECTIONS RATHER TIIAN.LARGE CONVOYS DUE TO OUR AIR COVERAGE.
THIS IS HOW IRAQI FORCES BASICALLY SURPRISED EVERYONE AT KRAFJI.
WHAT THEY ARE USING TO SUPPORT THIS HYPOTHESIS IS THE NUMBER OF MTIS
THEY GET EVERY NIGHT (15, 20, 10, VEHICLES HERE AND THERE).
OVERFLIGHT REPORTS FROM AIO PILOTS, ETC, II)ENTIFING TARGETS ON THE
GROUND THAT SEEM TO COME OUT OF KNOW WHERE. THEY THINK, BUT CANNOT
SUBSTANCIATE, THERE IS MORE OUT IN FRONT OF US THEY WE BELIEVE.
BASED ON TERRAIN ANALYSIS WE MAY SEE A COUNTERATTACK FORCE EAST OF AL
SALMAN. THIS FORCE COULD REINFORCE AL SALMAN WITHIN TWO HOURS OR
SOUTH DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY THINK THE MAIN EFFORT WILL BE. BECAUSE
OF THE TERRAIN IN THE 24TH ID ZONE, BELIEVE YOU WILL SEE SMALL FORCES
THROUGHOUT USED IN A DELAYING ROLE. BEST UTILIZATION OF TERRAIN TO
HIS ADVANTAGE. THIS MAY GIVE HIM THE TIME HE NEEDS. FURTHERMORE THE
ADA ANALYST SAYS THEY HAVE PUT IN AN ADA BELT ALONG MSR OHIO AND
VIRGINIA UTILIZING ZSU23/4 AND SA8S WITH POCKETS OF ADA IN BETWEEN.
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-30
Box ID = BX000454
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIAL FILES - DAILY LOG SHEETS
Folder Seq # = 10
Subject = DAILY STAFF JOURNAL AND DUTY OFFICERS LOG
Document Seq # = 7
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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 = 17-DEC-1996