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Subject = 1ST BRIGADE CHRONOLOGY                                          

Parent Organization = ARCENT      

Unit = VII CORPS   

Folder Title = 1st cavalry division-command report-opns ds-ds -part 3-annex b-1st brigade chronology           

Document Number =          2

Box ID = BX000310


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                     05 Feb
                         TF 3-32 prepanes to relieve the  western troop of
               1-7 Cav on the division screen line.
                         TF 2-6 conducts recon of counterattack routes
               into the 2d Bde and 1-7 Cav sectors.
                         1-82 FA conducts firing exercises at Jayhawk
               Range. Purpose is to calibrate red and white charge bags
               from the ammunition basic load. The red bag is a new
               addition to the ABL and no firing data is available.
                         OPLAN DESERT STORM is issued to units.
                         Units begin to mark vehicles with the anti-
               fratricide markings.
                         TF 3-37 AR/I ID moves into sector on the brigades
               left flank. TF 3-32 conducts coordination.


                     06 Feb
                         0740: TF 3-32 completes relief of  the 1-7 Cav's
               western most troop on the division forward     screenline.
                         0900: TF 2-5 Cav conducts breach training with
               the reserve company team.
                         1920A The BDE CDR orders the destruction of a
               possible enemy DP vic PT048188. The FISTV with the
               screening company, D/3-32, will mark the target with a
               laser. 1-62 will engage with Copperhead rounds. The
               mission will be conducted the morning of 7 Feb.

                     VJ7 Feb
                         0911: TF 3-32 captures five EPWs on the
                               screenline.
                         1340: TF 3-32 marks a possible Iraqi DP, a
               building  with a vehicle present, with a laser from a
               FISTV. B/1-82 FA engages with three Copperhead rounds and
               48 DPICM rounds. This is the first wartime firing of the
               Copperhead munition by U.S. Army artillery units. It is
               also the first artillery engagement by US Army forces
               during the war. The building and one wheeled vehicle are
               destroyed.

                     08 Feb
                         1845: 1-62 FA begins rehearsals for participation
               in VII Corps artillery raids.
                         TF 3-32 conducts live fire training with hand
               grenades, Claymore mines, and LAWS.
                         The brigade receives 17 HEMMT fuelers to replace
               and/or augment organic fuel hauling assets.






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