TAB D UNITS ENCLOSURE 1 COMMANDERS REPORT

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Subject = TAB D UNITS ENCLOSURE 1 COMMANDERS REPORT

Parent Organization = ARCENT

Unit = VII CORPS

Folder Title = MAJOR SUBORDINATE COMMAND HISTORICAL REPORTS-7TH CORPS SUPPORT GROUP 1

Document Number = 1

Box ID = BX000311

on 26 November all SSAS, except the 156th Maintenance Company, were closed and
support was transferred to V Corps. The 156th was moved to the end of the air
+low to cover the Nurenburg area until V Corps could resolve the problem of
support to remaining units. Deploying maintenance units tailored customer
support in preparation for deployment. On I December all supply shipments
destined for Germany were redirected to SWA.

The Support Operations Section also assisted the S-4 section of the Group in
arranging transportation for movement and trying to obtain shortages of
mission essential MTOE equipment. At time of alert notification, the section
consisted of eight officers, five NCOs and three junior enlisted soldiers.
The officers were involved with the actual planning and closing of support
operations. The focus of the NCOs was spent on the upload and deployment of
section equipment. The magnitude of the deployment resulted in the section
working 13-18 hour days prior to departure to SWA.

On I December, the 7th Group advance party departed from McKc?e Barracks to
Stuttgart Airport. We +Iew out of Stuttgart and arrived at Dhahran Airport in
Saudi Arabia on 2 December. The advance party was made up of elements from
the S-3/S-4/Support Operations. The Support Operation Section was made up of
two officers and two enlisted soldiers. The purpose of the advance party from
Log Ops was to determine what was available to units coming into SWA and what
general supplies were available. The availability of supplies was extremely
limited. The only things readily available were rations and bottled water.
Classes Il,lll,IV,VII,IX were limited and units were heavily dependent on what
they brought with them for resupply.

Class I was recieved through a Saudi contractor. The contractor provided
breakfast and dinner meals while we were at the port of Dammam.

Class II items, such as OCIE, were never available except on emergency issue.
Even with this, it required a battalion commander's signature to fill the
request at the CIF in Dammam. SSSC items consisted of what we locally
procured and brought with us from Germany.

Class III consisted of diesel, gasoline, and Jet +uel(JAI), which were ilways
on hand in sufficient quantities.

Class III packaged petroleum products were very limited for the first two to
three months. The 15 DOS units brought with them was not sufficient to
sustain the unit until supplies became available. Initially most units locally
procured their class III package products. At times, vehicles became non-
mission capable due to the lack of POL packaged products.

Class IV wis limited. Most units, however, procured lumber prior to their
departure from Germany. Sandbags, initially, were a scarce commodity. These
shortages were eventually filled through local purchases.

Class VI consisted of sundry packs. Although type I (general) sundry packs
eventually became available, however, Type 11 (female) sundry packs were
always in short supply.