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                        

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Box ID = BX005619










           flatbed trucks.

           16 June - Routine operations. HET and lowboys assigned to
           the 1103 Trans Bn are turned over to the 702 Trans Bn.

           17 June - Bn run. Humidity is terrible. Run is cut short to
           3 rather than the usual 6 miles as a precaution against heat
           stroke. Cmd and staff meeting.

           18 June - Military air flow worldwide is backed up by the
           need to commit assets to support the evacuation of dependents
           from Clark AFB and Subic Bay Naval Base. This is due to the
           explosion of a volcano. Air flow problems slow returns of
           personnel from leave.

           19 June - Bn will not receive replacement personnel for the
           1103rd Trans Bn. Bn will sponsor the replacement unit which
           will assume the HET and LB mission. Possibly A and D
           Companies will be transferred. The new battalion structure
           will have three truck companies and an HIID. Mission will be
           the control of flatbed trucks. Priority of mvt to Class V.
           Both Bn will fall under a provisional truck group the
           "711th". We never close? The proposed unit designation
           comes from the unit numbers of the 702nd and the 1103rd.

           20 June - Saudi troops stop American service women from
           driving non-tactical civilian 4 x 4 vehicles off the port.
           Law and order is being reestablished. US women are still
           permitted to drive military vehicles in uniform. Just their
           presence here is'a force for change. Broken down vehicles
           require recovery.

           21 June - The advance party of the 7 Trans Group, LTC
           Chalkley, the 180 Trans Bn, LTC Jones, Active Component, Fort
           Hood Texas, and the 1103 Trans Bn, Alabama Army National
           Guard depart for their home stations. Glad as we are to see
           them go home, it is sad to see so many good friends leave.
           At the Group's staff meeting that morning, the Bn XO notes
           the affection and good humor of the assembled commanders and
           staff. They and their units have done a good job and they
           know it. For a moment all the squabbles and hardships of the
           past are forgotten. There is a sense of brotherhood, and
           comradeship among those who have served so well.

           22 June - 513 Trans Co (WCPBAA), CPT Bradford, is reassigned
           from the 180 Trans Bn to the Bn for administrative command
           and control. The 513th is an Active Component unit from Fort
           Lewis Washington. The company is cleaning it's equipment in
           preparation for return to CONUS. The unit's M915 tractors
           and 14872 trailers have been ridden hard and put up wet
           throughout the war. Emphasis is upon getting their
           maintenance up to standard before return to home station.
           The troops are working hard. Several tractors are in the
           process of having their engines replaced.


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