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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP 44
Unit: ARCENT
Parent Organization: CENTCOM
Box ID: BX000402
Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS - VII CORPS SITREPS 1-30 MAR 91
Document Number: 30
Folder Seq #: 18
UNCLASSIFIED
PROVIDE SECURITY WITH 2ND BDE AND 1-4 CAV FOR THE NEGOTIATION SITE.
WILL CLEAR BASRA-KUWAIT CITY HIGHWAY AND CONDUCT CLEARANCE
OPERATIONS IN SECTOR TO DESTROY OPERABLE IRAQI EQUIPMENT AND
SUPPLIES i7) ('N 1CD. UNITS REMAINED IN PLACE, CONCENTRATING ON
MAINTENANCE, RESUPPLY, AND RECOVERY. AVIATION ASSETS WILL CONDUCT
AERIAL ZONE RECON WITH PYSOPS BROADCASTS TO ENCOURAGE ENEMY FORCES
TO SURRENDER AND TO CONFIRM BDA. FORCE PROTECTION CONTINUES TO BE
A HIGH PRIORITY, WITH SMALL BANDS OF EPWIS SURRENDERING IN ZONE.
81 EPW'S WERE TAKEN SINCE LAST REPORT, FOR A TOTAL OF 1,749. THE
GREATEST THREAT CURRENTLY FACING THE DIVISION IS UNEXPLODED
ORDNANCE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. DIVISION WILL CONTINUE TO REFUEL AND
REFIT TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS, RETROGRADE
MOVEMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA, OR THE DEFENSE OF KUWAIT. 1CD WILL
DEFEND IN SECTOR FROM CURRENT POSITIONS. 1-7 CAV WILL SCREEN
NORTHERN FLANK. IST AND 2ND BDE'S DEFEND ABREAST ALONG THE QUOO
N-S GRID LINE.
(8) CV 11CAB. BOTH AH-64 UNITS AND THE BDE TAC ARE
LOCATED AT FAA SKIP (PT 167695), AND ARE PREPARED TO RESUME
OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IF REQUIRED. 2-6 CAV ON ORDER OPCON TO 1ID
TO PROVIDE ATTACK HELICOPTER SUPPORT RELATED TO PEACE NEGOTIATION
CONFERENCE AT SAFWAN AIRFIELD. 4-229TH AHR IS OPCON TO 3AD. AN
ESCORT PACKAGE FOR THE CENTCOM CDR AND THE CORPS CDR HAS BEEN
ASSEMBLED AND WILL BE TRANSPORTING THE CENTCOM AND CORPS CDRS FROM
KUWAIT INTERNATIONAL TO SAFWAN AIRFIELD ON 3 MAR. CH-47'S ARE
REPOSITIONING A JUMP FARP TO THE AIRFIELD TO MEET ANY REFUEL
RMIREMENTS. ESTIMATE THERE WILL BE 3700 GAL OF AIRCRAFT FUEL ON
T,WGROUND BY 022200C. DURING CEASE FIRE ALL UNITS ARE COLLECTING
DATA FROM COMBAT PHASE AND COLLECTING LESSONS LEARNED. (B)
N PROBABLE COURSES OF ACTION FOR IRAQI FORCES IN SECTOR: IRAQI
PED IN
THE AL BASRAH BOX. TWO CROSSING POINTS RAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE SHATT AL ARAB NEAR AL BASRAH AND ARE BEING USED BY
RETREATING IRAQI VEHICLES/PERSONNEL. UNITS HAVE ENCOUNTERD LIMITED
RESISTANCE FROM SOME SCATTERED IRAQI ELEMENTS DURING CLEARING
OPERATIONS. THESE SPORADIC CONTACTS REPRESENT THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO VII CORPS UNITS DURING THIS PHASE OF THE
OPERATION. NO ORGANIZED COMBAT FORCES REMAIN IN THE KTO WHICH ARE
A CONVENTIONAL THREAT TO VII CORPS FORCES. TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY
IN KUWAITI CITIES, WILL BE A THREAT TO VII CORPS UNITS AND
PERSONNEL AS VII CORPS ENTERS INTO SECURITY OPERATIONS. 2
FUTURE PLANS: PLANNING FOR THE SECURITY AND RESTORATION Oi KTJWATT,
AND REDEPLOYMENT OPERATIONS.
3. N ISSUES:
A. (S) MSR AVAILABILITY. (AMBER) POSITIONS OF VII CORPS
COMBAT UNITS REQUIRES SHORTEST DISTANCE HARD SURFACE MSR FROM
SUPPLY SOURCE. REQUEST INFORMATION ON CONDITION AND AVAILABILITY
OF 4 LANE HIGHWAY FROM TRI-BORDER AREA EAST NORTH EAST TO AL JAHRA
AND KUWAIT CITY. POC VII CORPS G4, LTC BROWNE, TASS 9-709-7712-
818.
B. (AMBER) NEED ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING WWMCCS ACCESS
FOR CORPS C-3 WWMCCS BOX FOR USE IN THE CORPS REDEPLOYMENT. POC
VII CORPS G4, MAT CHAMBERS, TASS 9-709-9977-649/673.
UNCLASSIFIED
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