OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM CMD REPORT 1ST INF DIV MECH 19 APR 91

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Subject = OPNS DESERT SHIELD STORM CMD REPORT  1ST INF DIV MECH  19 APR 91

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 1ST ID ANNEX A MEMO AND CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF EVENTS 26 MAR 91                               

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX000305


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             SUBJECT: Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm Command
             Report



             weeks of December. The DANGER Forward element began
             deploying 12 December with four cargo lifts of C141's
             carrying tentage, cots and metal tent stakes. Advanced LNO
             elements from 101 MI Battalion and 2-3 ADA Battalion (4
             personnel) departed with these flights. The remainder of
             DANGER Forward departed on three flights of C5's on 15
             December 1990. The second aircraft suffered a complete
             hydraulic failure and made an emergency landing at Torrejon,
             Spain one hour after departing that airfield for the final
             leg to Saudi Arabia. All advanced elements were closed at
             warehouse 18 at the port of Ad Damman, Saudi Arabia by the
             evening of 17 December 1990. Preparations began immediately
             for the departure to TAA ROOSEVELT.

                  (4) Most DANGER Forward elements departed for TAA
             ROOSEVELT the morning of 19 December 1990. Unit LNOs began
             reconnaissance of their assigned areas the next day.
             Originally, the Division had been promised several non-
             tactical vehicles for these personnel, these were not
             available. This seriously affected the advanced party's
             ability to do the tasks it had been assigned.

                  b. Deployment.

                        (1) The Division Main Body began deploying on 18
             December 1990. Units were pushed forward as rapidly as
             possible once equipment arrived. The deployment continued
             through 28 January 1991. on 29 December the Division Colors
             were unfurled in TAA ROOSEVELT.

                        (2) The Command Group and Planning Staff
             participated in a Corps backbrief/seminar on the concept for
             the conduct of Phases 11 - IV. The Division issued FRAGO 8-
             91 for the defense of TAA ROOSEVELT. At the time the order
             was issued, the Division's combat power in TAA ROOSEVLET was
             negligible. overall, the Division experienced problems
               ' 'lar to the units that previously deployed. Ships were
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             later than expected, traffic on the Tapline Road was very
             heavy, and support assets were not yet in place.

                        (3) The Division received the final version of the
             VII Corps OPLAN DESERT SABER on 13 January 1991. The
             Division combat elements had not closed by the time
             hostilities commenced on 17 January 1991.
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