SAFETY AAR OPERATION DESERT SHEILD STORM 17 JUL 91

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Subject: SAFETY AAR OPERATION DESERT SHEILD STORM 17 JUL 91              

Unit: 2D ACR      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001703

Folder Title: ODS SAFETY AAR                                                                                  

Document Number:          1

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             AETSAC-4SQDN-ASO
             SUBJECT: Safety AAR     resert Shield/Storm

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             have been.@ increased with  more time to train.
             armed hostile force and the ultimate sense of mission      urgency  did
             however, naturally increase overall risk.

             6.  REDEPLOYMENT PFASE,.   includes the period from final departure
             from Iraq (7 April) until 24 April when most soldiers in the
             squadrork.returned to Germany. Return of all unit equipment is not
             complete as of this writing.       Observations to date are however
             noted below.  Reported incidents during the redeployment phase:

             DATE     UNIT     EVENT
             7 Apr      A      HEMETT (HT 108) collides w/stopped trailer
             15 Apr     A      POV ran into rear of stopped HEt4ETT - No US damage
             17 Apr     p     *OH-58D (723) elec fire in flt - Class E Air

                 a. Human Factors.      Human factors from deployment phase were
             also present during redeployment.        Direct involvement of unit
             personnel in ship/rail load operations has decreased compared to
             deployment phase.    Sports activities/injuries remained low while
             the unit was in Saudi Arabia during this phase.          Injuries have
             returned to pre-deployment level (2 recordable of 8 reported)
             since soldiers returned to garrison in Germany.

                 b.    Environmental Factors.       Initial redeployment tasking
             required vehicle convoy operations over long distances of a tank
             trail network in southern Iraq.      Heavy vehicle traffic on these
ery fine
             dust which severely restricted driver vision.            Two rear end
             collisions occurred due to dust reduced visibility       on these tank
             trails.

                 C.     Material   Factors.      No new material      factors were
             .encountered during redeployment.     Intensity of operations during
             previous phases did however, deteriorate the condition of most
             equipment.   Vehicles returned to home station for example are in
             generally poor condition.        To date many have arrived with
             mechanical damage and up to half must be jump started or towed off
             railcars.    Disabled vehicles complicate the rail off load by
             requiring tow vehicles to be backed down a long line of rail cars.

                 d.   Lessons Learned.     With exceptions noted above, no new
             problems occurred during        redeployment.     Strong first line
             supervisor leadership remained the single most important factor in
             risk reduction for port, rail and staging area    accident prevention



             2 Encl                              ELBERT E.
             as                                  CW3, USA
                                                 Squadron ASO

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Box ID = BX001703
Unit = 2D ACR
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Folder Title = ODS SAFETY AAR
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Subject = SAFETY AAR OPERATION DESERT SHEILD STORM 17 JUL
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