NARRATIVE SUMMARY COMMAND OPERATIONS TRAINING

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Subject: NARRATIVE SUMMARY  COMMAND OPERATIONS TRAINING                  

Unit: 1ST RECON BN

Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV  

Box ID: BX600020

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION OCT 1990                                        

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                           UNCLASSIFIED

                               COMMUNICATIONS


           The communications platoon continues to support all of the battalions
       ommunications and maintenance requirements during Operation DESERT SHIELD.
       he platoon has concurrently supported two battalion command posts
  4kaintaining continuous communications from the battalion to reconnaissance
      teams patrolling and from the battalion to division using a variety of
      communications assets to include, but not limited to: Digital
      Communications Terminal (DCT) over HF circuits using field expedient
      antennas,
              ., Position Location Reporting System (PLRS); Digital FAX over VHF
      novered circuits, CW and secure voice. In addition to Supporting all
      Operation DESERT SHIELD requirements, 25% of the communications platoon
      remains at Camp Pendleton.

                               MOTOR TRANSPORT


           The Motor Transport section continued to provide transportation +or
      all battalion training and administrative evolutions. The licensing
      program for HWWMV operators continues and to date 106 Marines have been
      licensed in Saudi Arabia. The battalion relys on its organic M183 assets
      to perform the majority of its troop transportation and resupply convoys.
      A more extensive preventative maintenance program has been introduced to
      counter wear on all battalion vehicles.


                          EDUCATION AND SERVICE SCHOOLS


      Battalion Personnel Deployed For DESERT SHIELD Attending The Following
      Schools-
  Iwo formal Schools external to theater.
      Laser Operator Course Division Mobile Training Team (MTT)         75
      SCAMP MTT                                                        15C)
      Machinegun MTT                                                  2oO
      AT-4, M72, Armor ID MTT                                          200
      Basic Intelligence Course, Dam Neck, VA                           I
High Mobility MLtlti-Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) School               36

                                    MEDICAL


          Throughout October the Battalion Aid Station (BAS) continued to provide
      support to the entire battalion. The battalion was augmented with a
      medical officer and additional corpsmen from Camp Pendleton. The personnel
      of the BAS conducted classes on the hazards of the Saudi Arabian environ-
      fnent, Nuclear Biological and Chemical (NBC) Warfare and general first aide.
      Corpsmen updated immunizations and JLkmp/SCUBA physicals to the extent
      possible. The battalion maintained high state of medical readiness with
      100% of all personnel in a deployable status.




                       UNCLASSIFIED






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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600020
Unit = 1ST RECON BN
Parent Organization = 1ST MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION OCT 1990
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = NARRATIVE SUMMARY COMMAND OPERATIONS TRAINING
Document Seq # = 4
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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 = 04-OCT-1996