UNIT HISTORY OF THE 221ST ORD DET EOD ODS 12 SEP 91

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Subject: UNIT HISTORY OF THE 221ST ORD DET EOD ODS  12 SEP 91            

Unit: 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX005555

Folder Title: 221ST ORDNANCE DETACHMENT                                                                       

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              (221 mobilization cont')

              zxzxx22 NOVEMBER 1990 Activities continue, loadout complete at end
              of day. All unit members confined to post. Unit attended
              Thanksgiving dinner at the Camp Blanding Officers club provided by
              DPTMS Major and Mrs. N.L. Redding and family.

              xxxxx 23 NOVEMBER 1990 (Thanksgiving day) unit's Thanksgiving
              dinner consisted     of pizzas and cokes. Operations as normal, All
              Mobilization task complete. Unit ready for movement.

              x*zz=24 NOVEMBER     1990  Unit advance party leaves enroute to Ft.
              Stewart, Georgia     at 0430hrs.   Arrives 0900hrs makes contact with
              the   Mobilization   Assistance    Team    (MAT)  and   the   Mobillzatl*n
              Operation Center (MOC), drew barracks and orderly room. Began
              lnprocessing unit.

              zxzx%25 NOVEMBER 1990 Main body departed Camp Blanding at 1000hrs
              after send off by MG Robert Enssilin, Jr. Arrived at Ft Stewart,
              Ga. at 1400hrs.

              zx*zz27 NOVEMBER 1990 Unit begins mobilization processing at Ft.
              Stewart, ie; finance, dental, administrative. Unit still ordering
              and  receiving equipment shortages,         NBC section priority with
              communications and mission tools second.

              xxvx=29 NOVEMBER 1990 Unit commences weapons qualifications, NBC
              certification and repack of unit equipment.

              z*xxz3O NOVEMBER 1990       Unit notified of date for deployment to
              theater, on or about 13 December 1990.

              I'@*11 thru 10 DECEMBER 1990     the 221st (EOD) begins to receive fax
              and   equipment      intelligence    information     from   FORSCOM     EOD
              Headquarters.        All unit  members     begin  attending   top    secret
              classified briefings reference: enemy ordnance, weapons systems,
          and terrorist activities, given exclusive to EOD units by USAMMC
              (Redstone Ars.,      Picatinny Ars.,    Aberdeen Proving Grounds        and
              Technical   Intelligence Center NAVSCOLEOD,         Indianhead,   Md.   SGT
              Bennefteld  flies with Toxilogical Agents Protective (TAP) suits to
              Anniston,   Al.      f o rcertification   and   returned same    day.   All
              weekends thus far have been oppn to family visits, the Sth and          the
              9th was the last family weekend prior to the 221st's deployment to
              the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

                       DECEMBER 1990 Unit moves all equipment to staging area at
              Hunter Army Airfield (HAAF). Equipment          is again downloaded and
              inspected by the Air Force Deployment Airlift Command Group (DACG).
              Dash   11  items,    (Flammable,   Corrosives,     and  ot her    Hazardous
              ma t er i a I s ) were segrega t ed and pel let i zed , t hen a I I ot her equi pment
              was  re-packed,      blocked and   braced.   The   221st   Is  ready    for
              deployment.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX005555
Unit = 22D SUPCOM
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = 221ST ORDNANCE DETACHMENT
Folder Seq # = 16
Subject = UNIT HISTORY OF THE 221ST ORD DET EOD ODS 12 SE
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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 = 17-DEC-1996