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Subject: OPERATION DESERT STORM INTELLIGENCE BATTLE REVIEW               

Unit: 3D BDE  2AD 

Parent Organization: 1ST ID      

Box  ID: BX001994

Folder Title: INTELLIGENCE BATTLE REVIEW                                                                      

Document Number:          2

Folder Seq  #:        101


                                                       UNCLASSIFIED





                                        DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
                   HEADQUARTERS,    3RD BRIGADE, 2ND ARMORED DIVISION (FORWARD)
                                    APO NEW YORK, NEW YORK 09355



             ,)EUAD-GB                                                         8 April 1991



             IEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

             S;UDJECT: OPERATION DESERT STORM Intelligence Battle Review(U)


             ,.(uiThis document is an analysis of "rd Brigade, 2nd Armored
             :)-,vls3.on Task Force (TF), Battalion (BN) and Brigade S2 Officer
             :3oservations and reported intelligence information of The Iraqi Army
             iltring OPERATION DESERT STORM ground operations 24-28 February
             :991. This information was extracted from the TF/BN S2 Officer
             -asponses to a questionaire prepared by 62, Ist Infantry Division.
             .-flC'OSLtl-e 1 lists the original TF/BN S2 Officer responses to the
             4Ltest,-onai re.


                                                                             sion
             .(U)The Brigade was attached to the Ist Infantry Divi
             @M.L,@ani--ed) subordinate to VII Corps. 'he "rd Brigade consisted of
             FF 1-41, 2-66 Armor Battalion, TF 3-66, 4-3 Field Artillery
             '@attalion, 498 Forward Support Battalion And attached units. The
             '@rigade received intelligence support from the atttched Team (TM) D,
             ..t.ilst Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion.

             ...4U)DLtring ground operations ttie Brigade Tactical Command Post (TAC)
             jis- forward deployed with TF 1-41 and was the FM radio net control
             i.Lation for the Brigade operations and intelligence net. During the
             ..-itire ground operation, FM radio was the only communication system
             .L,Sed to pass intelligence n-formation. The TAC received all spot
PS) from the TF's/BNs and enemy situation reports
             tSITREPs) from the Division G@- by FM radio. As a result, the
             ..:!-iciade Assistant S2 at the TAC performed and disseminated most of
             "-ie intelligence analysis -For the Brigade during the ground
             ,@L,ra@ion. There were several periods that the Brigade Tacticil
             ,jperations Center (TOC) could not communicate on the FM radio to
             .@L;bordinate TF's/BNs and Diviso,,i 62 TAC (DTAC) because of terrain,
             :-.int3e limitations and atmospherics. There-Fore, the Brigade TAC had
             .o relay some SPOTREPS, enemy SITREPS, and INTSUMs to the Brigade
             LDC .

             .(U)Brigade Intelligence System.
                 i4U)Although untimely, the quality of intelligence information
             :,-Passed to the Brigade was excellent until 24 February, B-Day, the
             ir@t day of ground operations and breaching of obstacles.
             ":ie intelligence from corps, theatre and national level provided
             ..-;ioLtah detailed information on disposition ind location of Iraqi


                                     UNCLASSIFIED                    Derived from: NSA CSS
                                         FE3R BF-F-IGYA6 USF=          ClassificationManuall23-2.


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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001994
Unit = 3D BDE 2AD
Parent Organization = 1ST ID
Folder Title = INTELLIGENCE BATTLE REVIEW
Folder Seq # = 101
Subject = OPERATION DESERT STORM INTELLIGENCE BATTLE REVIE
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Declassified = 17-DEC-1996