SITREP XVIII ABN CORPS 20 FEB 91

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Subject = SITREP XVIII ABN CORPS  20 FEB 91                               

Parent Organization = CENTCOM     

Unit = ARCENT      

Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS SITREPS XVIII ABC JAN- FEB 91                                                   

Document Number =         77

Box ID = BX000441



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            SENTEXT/SIQNIFICnNT EDLITICAL-MILITARY-DIPLOMATIC EVENTS/

            CIVILINNS THAT HAD EVACUATED SOME UF THE SAUDI TOWNS IN IHE CORPS'


            AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RETURN l'U THEIR HOMES. THE EARLY FEAR OF


            THE WAR WITH IRAQ HAS BEEN EA5LD BY THE PRESENCE OF US FORCES IN


            THE AREA. THE EMIR OF RAFHA REPORRLD RHAT MOST IF NOT ALL OF HIS


            RE3IDENIS HAVE RETURNED.//

            GENTEXT/CUMMANDERS EVALUATION/ CROSS BORDER UVERATIONS HAVE BEEN

            hXtKhMhLY EFFECTIVE TO DATE. OUR EMfwHA513 WILL REMAIN ON ARMED


            AERIAL REUUNNAISSANCE. TRAINING AND OTHER PREPARATIONS FOR G-DAY

            UPL-RAILUNS WILL CONTINUE. A KEY LE55ON OF OUR OPERA,RIONS TO DATE

            IS THE VALUE OF PSYOP AIRCRAFT SUPPORTINO ATTACK HELIUUPIER8. WE

            HAVE ACHIEVED GREAT SUCCESS AGAII,45T IRA(21 ST]LDIENS IN OUR ZONE

            WITH THIS COMBINATION. THE CORPS I5 SHORT SEVENry-FIVE 5 TON

            CARGO TRUCKS. THE ABSENCE OF THESE TRUCK5 WILL LMPAIR THE MISSION

            CAPABILITY OF THE 82D ABN DIV DURINU DLSENT $TURM. WE SOLICIT ALL

            POSSIBLE AID OF THE ARCENT AND SUPUUM STAFFS TO ACQUIRE THESE


            VEHICLES PRIOR TO G-DAY.//

            L)RtIFTERi MnJ RICK HOLCOMBE, RELEASER: COL STEVEN M. SAKUMA, COL,

            vEp viR UPERATIONS










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