COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 28

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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 28               

Box  ID: BX600007

Document Number:          1

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 7TH MARINES 1 JAN - 28 FEB 1991                                              

Folder Seq #:          7

Unit: 7TH MARINES 

Parent Organzation: 7TH MEB     


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            Engineer Battalion, and the field trains of ist Battalion 7th
            Marines and lst Battalion 5th Marines moved as a single unit. 3rd
            Tanks field trains and CSSD-17 moved as seperate units.




                                  Maintenance Management

               During January and February 1991, Marine Corps Intergrated
            Maintenance Management System (MIMMS) was not automated.
            Commodity shops created and tracked their Equipment Repair Order
            (ERO's) and ERO Shipping List (EROSL's) manually. Shops located
            within the combat trains carried tool boxes and pre-expend bin
            items which were used to rapidly assess and repair deadlined
            equipment. EROSL's were filled at either CSSD-17 or CSSD-10.
            CSSD-17 was planning to carry a limited Class IX block for the
            ground war, but this was never provided. Third echelon and above
            repairs were conducted by CSSD-10. At the end of February, TFR
            had two deadlined M60 Tanks, (one to a mine), and four of the 124
            LVTP-7's were down. This was mainly due to mechs and techs
            securing repair parts through their own initiativce prior to
            offensive operations.

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               January proved to be a month of making last minute
            preparations. Efforts and attention were given to acquiring open
            purchase items such as ladders, wire cutters, rope, concertina and
            gloves. These items were needed to effectively breach the
            minefields and clear wire obstacles. Items ordered through Supply
            Activities Supply System (SASSY) continued to flow from the USA
            with relative ease. Units of TFR switched to getting the majority
            of their Class IX repair parts from the supporting CSSD. The
ganic unit supply accounts were established at the Division
            Support Area (DSA) where they would remain throughout the war.
            CSSD-10 operated Regimental Unit Code (RUC) lines for all units
            and Division Supply maintained open purchase RUC lines at the DSA.
            During February the organic unit supply accounts remained
            stationary and operated at the DSA. The Regimental Supply Officer
            became the Laison Officer attached to CSSD-17 which supported TFR.
            As the Task Force relocated further away from the DSA, units began
            to depend on CSSD-17 for all of their supply support. Class IX
            repair parts proved, once again, to be a problem obtaining in a


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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-34
Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 7TH MARINES
Parent Organization = 7TH MEB
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 7TH MARINES 1 JAN - 28 FEB 1991
Folder Seq # = 7
Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 2
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Document Date =
Scan Date = 29-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-SEP-1996