702ND TRANS BATTALION OPER DIARY SAUDI ARABIA 1990 THRU 1991

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Subject = 702ND TRANS BATTALION OPER DIARY SAUDI ARABIA 1990 THRU 1991    

Parent Organization = MISC        

Unit = MISC        

Folder Title = 702ND TRANS BN-PROVISIONAL-BATTALION OPERATIONS DIARY-SAUDI ARABIA 90-91                        

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX005619









           10 October - Reports of surveillance by possible terrorist
           groups result in increased security.

           11 October - The timely return of drivers dispatched on
           convoys continues to be a problem. Contractor is not meeting
           fifty (50) HET per day requirement.

           12 October - Twenty five (25) IIETs will be taken from Jubayl
           to support clearance of Ist Cavalry Division from Ad Dammam.
           3 ACR XO, LTC Du Bravac, is not pleased.

           13 October - Bn continues to clear tanks and other armored
           vehicles from Jubayl and Dammam. S2 reports that many
           people were killed attempting to leave Kuwait after the media
           broadcasts reported escape routes.

           14 October - Tank moves continue. Weather remains hot and
           humid.

           15 October - 355 Trans Det deploys via military airlift from
           McCord AFB, Washington. First nail from home received. Bn
           strength: 45 soldiers. Assets available:


                            TYPE    CONTRACT    NUMBER
                            ASSET   AUTHORITY   ON HAND


                             EIET       75          50
                             LB        190         162
                             FB        200         200


           16 October - Still moving tanks. American soldiers and
           drivers from third world countries communicate in sign
           language, and a smattering of English and Arabic words.
           Somehow it works.

           17 October - 355 Trans Det arrives at King Abdul Aziz RSAF
           Air Base, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. HHD Cdr, ILT Strong, visits
           Bn troops deployed at Jubayl. Armored units of the British
           Army of the Rhine are observed landing in Jubayl. Very
           professional troops, their insignia is a rat. The Desert
           Rats have arrived. Where are the Germans?

           18 October - First clouds noted since deployment. Weather
           remains hot and humid, but had moderated somewhat. 3 ACR has
           been cleared from the Port of Jubayl. This is the regiment
           to whom General Winfield Scott said during the Mexican War,
           "Brave Rifles, you have been baptized in fire and in blood,
           and come out steel." They are a fine regiment. What new
           chapters in their history will be written now? Bn troops
           return from Jubayl to Dammam to support movement of
           I Cav Div. No moon.