OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD 82D ENGINEER BATTALION 28 AUG 91

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Subject = OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD    82D ENGINEER BATTALION  28 AUG 91   

Box ID = BX000301

Folder Title = 82D ENG BN AFTER ACTION REVIEW COMMENTS  5 APR 91                                               

Unit = VII CORPS   

Parent Org = ARCENT      






            16 Nov 90: Brigade conducts second meeting. Attendees are: the
            Battalion Commander, Executive Officer, S-3, S-4. and Command
            Sergeant Major. Later in the day the Battalion receives soldiers
            from the 237th Engineer Battalion in Heilbronn, the 78th Engineer
            Battalion and the 565th Engineer Battalion in Karlsruhe, and the
            535th CSE Company from Grafenwohr. A total of 92 soldiers are
            attached to the Battalion to bring it up to full deployment
            strength. Battalion strength is now 765 or 100% of ALO 2. Key
            personnel are in enclosure 3. tab B.


            21 Nov 90: The Battalion starts rail load operations for tracked
            and engineer equipment, to include equipment from the 504th and
            four tracks (M548) from the 7th Engineer Brigade. The first train
            to be loaded arrives at 0615 and the second at 1600 hrs. COL
            Raines and CSM Bowers (7th Engineer Brigade Commander and Command
            Sergeant Major) speak to the soldiers of the Battalion about the
            mission and what to expect in SWA. COL Raines' most remembered
            quote for the day was, 'Don't expect nothing and you won't be
            disappointed when its not there'.


            22 Nov 90: The Battalion holds a traditional Thanksgiving Day Meal
            in the Battalion Dining Facility, with the Officers attending in
            Dress Blue Unifo-m. The VII Corps Commander. LTG Franks. and the
            Bamberg Community Commander. BG Hendrix, visited the Dining
            Fac4lity.


            23 Nov 90: The first five MILVAN arrive at the Battalion and are
            loaded immediately. Additionally, M916/Mg2O are sent to
            Kaiserslautern to pick up five sets of bunker revetment material.


            24 Nov 90: The Battalion conducts a road convoy of 83 wheeled
            vehicles to the port at Rotterdam for shipment to SWA.    The road
            march is lead by the Battalion Executive Officer. The convoy
            departs 1000 hrs from Bamberg and travels till 0200 the next
            morning when it arrives at a rest and refuel point. It gets
            underway again at 0800 and arrives at port at around 1200. The
            vehicles are staged for loading and the drivers and shotguns return
            on civilian buses, arriving at Bamberg around 0800 on the 26th.
            The convoy covers 450 miles in 20 hours. Two additional trains are
            loaded for shipment to the port, at 0800 and 1800 hours.


            25-29 Nov 90: The Battalion is given priority on Reese range so
            that soldiers can zero and qualify with their weapons. Weapons
            fired are the M16Al, M60, M1911AI, M203, and M3.


            26-30 Nov 90: By now a total of eight MILVAN have been loaded by
            the companies. In all 11 MILVAN and/or Sea-Land containers are
            received and loaded.