COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JAN TO 28 FEB 91 13 MAR 91

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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JAN TO 28 FEB 91   13 MAR 91           

Unit: 11TH MARINES

Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV  

Box ID: BX600015

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 11TH MARINES JAN - JUL 1991                                                  

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                 0848-. 1/12 ENGAGED TWO TANKS AND THREE BMP'S         AT GRID
                        QS 654 584; ONE BMP DESTROYED AND REMAINDER OF THE FORCE
                        TURNED TO THE NGRTHWEST.
                 0900:  IITH MARINES JUMP CP DISPLACED NORTH NEAR KUWAITI BORDER
                        AT GRID QS 581 627 ASSUMING CONTROL OF THE REST AT 1226.

                 1000;  1/11 DISPLACED AND OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID
                        QS 74 57; MISSION GS, PRIORITY CALLS FOR FIRE TF
                        SHEPHERD AND TF TARO.

               .1040:,  B/l/10 ENGAGED 120MM MORTAR POSITION IN SUPPORT OF TF
                        GRIZZLY WITH 2 MORTARS AND 1 TRUCK REPORTED DESTROYED
                        AND 8 IRAQI KIA CONFIRMED.


                 1540:  E/2/12 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITION AT GRID TM 102 506 AND
                        FIRED 4 MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF TF TROY. ENEMY OP'S,
                        BUNKERS AND VEHICLES WERE ATTACKED WITH VEHICLES AND
                        BUILDINGS REPORTED DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS SECONDARY
                        EXPLOSIONS REPORTED. FROM 1640 TO 1801, 85 ROUNDS OF
                        HE, 6 ROUNDS OF WP, AND 12 ROUNDS OF DPICM WERE EXPENDED@
                        ON THE FOUR MISSIONS. THE BATTERY DISPLACED AT 1810
                        AND RETURNED TO ITS      ASSEMBLY AREA POSITION.


                2300:   5/11 AND 3/12 FIRED      SERIES WHITE IN SUPPORT OF TF
                        GRIZZLY.


                .2400%  5/11 AND   3/12 FIRED    SERIES RED IN SUPPORT OF TF GRIZZLY.

           23 Feb 1991              Operation    Desert Storm B-1. Battery "El' 2/12
                                    completed    operations with the Division's
                                    deception    force, TF Troy, by firing a mock
                                    preparation as part of Operation Flail. The
 targets in the Al Wafrah
                                    forest dispersing enemy personnel and
                                    registering secondary explosions. After'
                                    completion of the Operation Flail prep, the
                                    battery returned to 3/11's assembly area.
                                    Early in the afternoon, 3/12 displaced a
                                    battery across the border in order to support
                                    continued TF Grizzly operations with improved
                                    conventional -munitions. B/l/10 thus became
                                    the first artillery battery to occupy firing
                                    positions inside Kuwait. At 1300, battalion
                                    reconnaissance, survey and advance parties
                                    crossed the border to identify and prepare
                                    -Firing positions. After assuming Mission
                                    Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) level one,
                                    the regimental main CP, 1/12 and the remainder
                                    of 3/12 crossed the border at 1600 to occupy
                                    positions approximately 4 kilometers south of
                                    the -First obstacle belt. By 1930, 30 minutes
                                    sooner than planned$ 3/12 and 1/12 were firing
                                    capable in position to support TF Grizzly and


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