MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91

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                      Table 1. Chrorwology of naval medical operations


                       Date                                                       Event


                       2 Aug     Iraq invaded Kuwait

                       7 Aug     President ordered U.S. forces to Saudi Arabia

                       9 Aug     COMSC ordered full operating status for USNS Mercy

                       9 Aug     MV Nobia Star left Diego Garcia with Fleet Hospital Five (FH-5) equipment

                      10 Aug     COMSC ordered full operating status for USNS Comfort

                      I 1 Aug    USNS Comfort departed Baltimore for Norfolk

                      14 Aug     USNS Comfort departed Norfolk

                      14 Aug     USNS Mercy departed Oakland

                      1 6 Aug    USCINCCENT announced the establishment of the Joint Medical Regulating Office (JMRO) at Riyadh

                      17 Aug     MV NobW Star anchored in theater pending notification of destination port

                      20 Aug     FH-5 site relocated f mm Dhahran to Al Jubayl

                      24 Aug     FH-5 air detachment and advance party arrived in area of responsibility (AOR)

                       1 Sep     FH-5 main body arrives in AOR

                       6 Sep     FH-5 sees first patient

                       7 Sep     USNS Comfort arrived at anchorage area north of Bahrain

                       9 Sep     FH-5 operational with 350 beds

                      10 Sep     COMUSNAVCENT issued medical concept of operations

                      10 Sep     BUL4ED deployed a forward infectious diseas@ialogical warfare diagnostics @ratory deployed
                                 to theater


                      12 Sep     FH-5 operational with 500 beds

                      15 Sep     USNS Memy passed thmugh the Strait of Hormuz

                       8 Nov     President ordered I 50,000 plus additional troops to the Persian Gulf

sted that COMUSNAVCENT plan for full staff ing of hospital ships and an
                                 additional 1,000 beds by 15 January

                      30 Nov     COMUSNAVCENT promulgated now concc, @ of medical operations

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