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  belt).
- 21C)C),  /7 ST~/Eng attempting silent Breach 0+ mine+ield.     Forced back
  to +riendly lines a+ter +riendly airstrike +ell close to their position.

WHEELS / RECON
- Recon to cond~tct raid on Marka    vic  (OS 772617) in order to cond~ict
  recon and s~rveillance +rom Markaz on Iraqi obstacles and de+enses.
- O1~.C), raid +orce moves +rom vic OF'-.. towards Marka=.   Reports at
  C)545 2 vehicles patrolling at   (OS 777=~98).
  06.0, raid +orce aborts mission d~e to possible enemy vehicles around
  objectives.     Raid +orce retLtrns to OF'-. witho~~t incident.

T~sr: FORCE F'~F~ ~E.~R
- 1st plt, B Btry, *T.d L~~D Bn provided  `.60 degree air de+ense.
- 1.00, Final TF sandtable exercise cond~~~ted.

T~Sr; FORCE TROY
- Recon reports small arms +ire vicinity TM 18957...      COC displaces to
  OS 92649.5.    P~rtillery +ire mission conducted on Radio Tower .t
  OS 922605 res~lting in 4 secondary explosions.     D Co, 4th Recon
  detaches.     Mobile F'X visit. Engaged 4 vehicles ~ith ~rty vic TM `~j)D59
  1 vehicle destroye~, r. immobili=ed.    ~ Co (-) L~I and 1st plt D Co,   1st
  Recon Bn attaches.     Cond~cted F'SYOF'E'.

T~Sk FORCE SHEF'HEr~'fli
- 2T0(), Cc C ~tt~'=he~ to   F Tro, crosses Sa~di /F;:~twait berm and
  estaLl~shed a screen line oriented east +rom OS 799630 to OS 7996T.(i,
  vic ~l-Wa+ra oil+ields.

rING
- 0004      /12 and 5/11 ma=s+ires on enemy de+ensive positions in support c'~
  TF Gri==-ly.
- i/li displaced to provide General S~tpport +or screening and clearing by
  TF Taro and TF Gri==ly.
- 0848,    1/12 engaged 2 tanks and   BMF''s vic~OS 654584,  1 BMF' destroye~
  and the remainder 0+ the +orce t~trned northwest.
- 0900,    11th Marine J~tmp CF' displaced north near ~~~~wait border at grid OS
  581627, ass~~mes control 0+ regiment at 1226
- 1000,    1/11 displaced and occ~~pied +iring positions near grid OS 7457
  mi ssi on 65, priority calls +or +ire TF Shepherd and TF Taro.
- 1040,    `B' 1/10 engaged 120MM mortar position in s~tpport 0+ TF Grizzly
  with 2 mortars and 1 truck reported destroyed and 8 Iraqi kI~ con+irmed.
- 5/11 and     /12 +ired series  Red" and `1White11 in support 0+ TF Grizzly.
- R~F' munitions were suspended +or emergency use only.
- 1540,    11E" 2/12 occupied +iring position at grid TM 102506 and +ired 4
  mission in suppor:t 0+ TF Troy.    Enemy OF' `5, bunkers and vehicles, were
  attacked with veh~cl es and buildings repor-ted destroyed and numerOus
  secondary explosions reported.     From 1640 to 1801, 85 rounds 0+ HE, ~
  rounds 0+ WF', and 12 rounds 0+ DF'ICM were expended on the +our missions.
  The Battery displaced at 1810 and returned to its assembly area
  position.
- 20)      5/11  nd  /12 +ired series White in support, 0+ TF Grizzly.

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