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








          Cdr and KAJ Roll. Bn strength: 104 soldiers. Assets
          available:



                            TYPE    CONTRACT    NUMBER
                            ASSET   AUTHORITY   ON HAND


                             HET       325        321
                             LB        261        222
                             FB        948        506


           2 July - 1103rd Advance party begins orientation training
          for SWA theatre. CPT Pabon, 7th Trans Gp, continues planning
          for theatre ammunition retrograde support by the Bn.

           3 July - D Co reports the death of a Thai national, a Host
          Nation driver, in the motor park. Apparently the man may
          have been murdered. Civil police are called, and are
          conducting an investigation. Military Police and CID are
          informed. Second increment of the 1103rd advance party
          arrives at Dhahran.

           4 July - Independence Day. Picnic sponsored by American
          employees of the Arabian American Oil Company (ARAMCO) is
          held at the barge for 7th Gp soldiers. Presence of American
          families, and particularly children, is wonderful! These
          people are real heros. They have been going to camps and
          bivouacs since August, putting on shows and barbecues, and
          doing their best to cheer up the troops. Most of them were
          here throughout the war.

           5 July - Dammam police continue to search for the suspected
          murderer.

           6 July - ARCENT SUPCOM OPLAN 91- ; Theater Retrograde
          Ammunition Movement; Mission: Move 280,000 S/T of ammunition
          from the various TSA's to the designated ports for export.
          702nd Trans Bn will provide local and line haul
          transportation support. Bn is required to provide escort for
          all ammunition convoys.

          The proposed transportation truck group will include the
          702 and 1103 Trans Bns. An Egyptian Army HET Bn will be part
          of the organization in an OPCON status. The new 800 flatbed
          truck contract with Al Ziab takes effect today. The schedule
          of delivery will be 200 trucks in the first week, followed by
          an additional 200 every 7 days. This with the 200 truck Al
          Khodari contract will make a total of 1000 flatbed trucks
          under contract.

           7 July - Bn Cdr, 1103rd Bn Cdr, and 7th Gp Cdr brief DCG
          Trans on transition plan for the mission of the two truck
          battalions. Bn Cdr, XO and Co Cdrs attend mission briefing


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