CHRONOLOGY JANUARY

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Subject: CHRONOLOGY JANUARY                                              

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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box  ID: BX000459

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS VII CORPS AFTER ACTION REPORT - 2 OF 2                                          

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                      XVIII AIRBOIZNE CORI'S CilRONOLOGY
                           OPERATION DESERT s,roitm
                                 January 1991


    16 January (C+159: D-1)
    1825Z      AIZCENT issues guidance on rules of engagement during
                    hostilities.

    17 Januar-v (C+160) (D DAY)
    0001       VII Corps goes to Mission Oriented rlrol.ecti.ve Posture
                    level 1 (MOPP-1).
    0152       ARCENT orders OPLAN DESERT STORM put into effect on
                    verbal orders of CINCCEN'F.    ARCF.NT reports US
                    launches 100 Tc)jnaliai@k cruise iiiis:61]es.      It
    0130       XVIII Airborne Corps DESERT SIIIELI) FF?AGO 069 issued
                    announcing tra.%fer of defense iii seclt)i-
                    x-esporisibilities to I @iiii-lijt.-            Force.
    0200       ARCEN,R issues FRAGO #4 to OPLAN DESI;.'[?'I' SI'ORtl 001
    0203       XVIII Air-borrie Corps FRAGO #3 issii#-@d I)Iucjxig XVIII
                    Airborne Corps Opei-atioris Plan DESEIIT STORM in
                    effect at 0152C 12252Z oij 16              and
                    announcing that CO@IUSARCEI-JT DEI;I-'I?'r SI'OR@I
                    01@)eratior)s Plan 001 want into effect at the same
                    time.   [Initially numbered FIIACO #70.1
    0300       H-HOUR, D-DAY [16240OZ February 19911
    '300       ARCENT headquarters goes to @IOPP-1.
       iiz     CINCCEN7' message to all troops announces initiation     of
                    hostilities.
        5      XVIII Airborne Corps Air Defeyj,;e Warren and Status
                    changed to YELLOW HOLD.
    0410       XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #3 [initially FRAGO *71]
                    accepts tactical coxitrol (I'ACON) of the 6tli Light
                    Armored Division (Fi-encli) effecti%-e 030OZ; returns
                    the 2d Brigade Task Force of the 103st. Airborne
                    Division to corps control effecti%,e 090OZ ori 20
y 1991; and directs the establishment of
                    Logistical Base CHARLIE.
    0413       ARCENT reports possible Iraqi launch of three SCUDS.
    0505       Iraqi ENDTRAY radar reported active southwest of Az
                    Zubayan.
    0524       Three Iraqi artillery rounds reported to have impacted
                    vicinity Rhafji.
    0533       75th Field Artillery Brigade reports 25% of its
                    strength has closed into VII Corps tactical
                    assembly area.
    0600       Oil refinery at Rhafji reported on fire.
    0600       Desalinization plant near Khafji reported under
                    artillery and rocket attack.
    033OZ      @VIII Airborne Corps FIZAGO "13 [initially FRACO *721
                    specifies that D-Day wtts 16 January 1991 and that
                    H-Hotir was 240OZ.
      '73OZ    XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #4 renumbers FRAGOs #70-72,
                    and relieves all   corps units from DESER'R S]IIELI) I

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