DESERT SHIELD STORM AAR 27 JUN 91

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Subject = DESERT SHIELD STORM AAR  27 JUN 91                              

Box ID = BX001444

Folder Title = DESERT SHIELD STORM AAR                                                                         

Unit = 24TH ID     

Parent Org = XVIII CORPS 










               ISSUE:  At@tachment to Scouts  c)f Maneuver Task Forces

              'DISCUSSION:   Two  FOX .(biBCRS) vehicles were attached to Ist BDE, 24
  ID (M) for movement from a'd-ivi'siorial objective located south of the Euphrates
  River, to the brigadels'battle position astride Highway 8 in Iraq. This was
  the division's biggest threa-i- for E!ncountEtring chemical warfare agents. The
  brigade employed us with the scouts of'thc.@ two'lead task forces.     The scouts
  were configured with six EMiVs and-two M'4s.

               RILCONMNDATION: Continue to 4E!rploy FOX (NBCRS) assets.in
        'ips of this nature if'the threat of NBCwarfare is present. However,
  scenar
  never employ less than two FOX (NBCRS) systems as was@done here. Two systems
  can find, mark and report contamination irt half the time of one system.
  Because NBC reconnaissance is not'6cii exact. science and is more of an art, even
  with the capabilities of the FOX    (NBCRS), and can be time consuming if done
  properly, care must be taken not    to spread these assets too thinly and with
  inadequate protection as was the    case herei. In-a HMMWV  scout platoon I can
  truthfully say that I felt safer    than the scouts, since  at least I had some
  armor protection. If there were     not two 112s in this platoon I would never
 .consent to employment.of the FOX    (DIBCRS) E,.ssets in this role ever again.
  Dbnlt.ever put the:FOX.  (NBCRS) assets with anyone who has less protection-than
  they havel















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