COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 28

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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 28               

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

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                                         SECTION 3
                         SEQUENTIAL LISTING OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

            DATE                              EVENT
            1 January 1991                    Task Force Ripper (TFR) moves out
                                              of triangle

            3 January 1991                    TFR Sand Table Brief of Breach
                                              exercise on Devil Dog Dragoon
                                              range

            4 January 1991                    Breach (non-live) rehersal on
                                              Devil Dog Dragoon range

            5 January 1991                    Live Fire Breach exercise Devil
                                              Dog Dragoon range (Tab A, sec 4)

            6 January 1991                    TFR moves north of triangle to
                                              grid TL 556761 (Tab B, sec 4)

            12 January 1991                   Combat Requirements identified
                                              (Tab C, sec 4)

            13 January 1991                     Command Post Exercise (CPX) of
                                                Counter attack plan for defense

            15 January 1991                     K-day

            17 January 1991                     Offensive Air Operations began

            18 January 1991                     TFR makes initial plans for
                                                movement to assembly areas for
                                                Breach

            19 January 1991                     Communication Exercise (COMEX)
                                                (Tab D, sec 4)

            22 January 1991                     Operation Order (OPORD) for
                                                movement to assembly area (AA)
                                                (Tab F, sec 4)

anuary 1991                     OPORD brief to Commanders on
                                                deliberate Breach of initial
                                                Iraqi positions (Tab G, sec 4)

            26 January 1991                     Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) Demo

            29 January 1991                     TFR Sand Table Brief, Breaching
                                                and Passage of Lines (POL)

            31 January 1991                     Tactical Exercise Without Troops


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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 7TH MARINES 1 JAN - 28 FEB 1991
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Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 2
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