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                                              

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Unit: 7TH MARINES 

Parent Organzation: 7TH MEB     




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            timely manner. As TFR rolled through Kuwait, Class IX repair
            parts were never available to affect the maintenance of vehicles
            and communications gear. These repair parts were supposed to be
            on hand in five day quantities at CSSD-10 which supported CSSD-17.
            CSSD-17 was supposed to have two days worth of Class IX repair
            parts on hand. Such depth in repair parts for immediate use never
            occurred and would have potentially devastated the maintenance
            effort thereby impeding the progress of TFR. However, due to the
            short duration of hostilities, units were able to satisfy their
            maintenance needs by selective interchange of their own assets.

                                      Motor Transport

               One of the most important lessons learned should be the
            critical need for truck support by infantry units in mechanized
            operations. Each infantry battalion had six M923 5 ton trucks to
            haul the Battalion Aid Station, ammunition, Meals Ready to Eat,
            repair parts, etc. TFR log trains had ten 5 tons. These trucks
            were in contunial use on a variety of missions. The loss of one
            of these trucks at the Saudi-Kuwait border caused concern, since
            it carried spare Nuclear Biological Chemical (NBC) suits for one
            of the infantry battalions. Refuelers and water trucks were
            critically short. At one point the only fuel in TFR was in the
            tanks of operating vehicles. There wasn't any fuel in any
            refueler and CSSD-17 was dry as well. TFR log trains towed a
            broken refueler belonging to lst CEB to Kuwait City, rather than
            turning it into maintenance due to the critical need for fuel
            carrying capability.
                                       Food Service

by the ist Mar Div G-4.
            This worked very well for the most part. Cooks were returned to
            the units on day G-2 and traveled with parent commands during
            ground combat operations.

                                         Ordnance


                TFR units carried a BA and DOA. Numerous problems were
            encountered in securing adequate levels of Class V. Bureaucratic
            obstacles abounded and were extremely frustrating. Ammunition
            carried by units was determined by MCO 8010, rather than
            commanders' guidance depending on mission objectives.




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File Room = aug96_declassified
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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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Scan Date = 29-AUG-1996
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Declassified = 06-SEP-1996