2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 6FEB91

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Subject: 2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 6FEB91                                  

Unit: 2ND LAI BN  

Parent Organization: 2 MAR DIV   

Box  ID: BX600017

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND LIGHT ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION JAN - MAR 1991                          

Document Number:         32

Folder Seq  #:          3











                                                  INSTRUCTIONS            FOR KIEPING           JOURNAT


             1. H*ading.
                  ez. Unit or Section:
                          (1) Enter designation of unit. if this' is a'unit journal for  regiment, air group, or sni?tller unit.
                          (2) Enter designation of section if this is a section journal maintained by a general staff section.
                  b. Place: Enter coorcrinates,or name of locality
                  r. From:  Enter date, time, and time zone that journal. is opened.
                  d. To: Enter date, time, and time zone that journal is closed.

                 body-
                  a. Time In:
                          (1) Unit journal. Enter time information is received         within  unit.   In most instances this would be TOR
             at unit oammuniwion center.
                          (2) Section journal,. Enter time information      is received.within section.
                  b. Time Out:
                          (1) Ufiitj6urnal. Enter time outgo7ing information is delivered to addressee. In most instances th@ would
             be TOD by unit communication'center.
                          (2) Section journal. Enter time outgoing message is delivered to originators communication center for
             -transmittal, or time information is transmitted by releasing section.
                  c. Serial No.: Number each entry consecutively as information is received by kee r of journal.
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                  d. DTG@ Enter date/tirne group of radio message.
                  e. Incidents, Mesiages, Orders:
                          (1) Important incidents, messages and 'orders       are  recorded as they.are made known.
                          (2) Although brief, entries must include all        vital elements or information, such as what, where, when,
, and who.
                          (3) Original entries should not be altered, but should be         suppjcm@nted or corrected by later entries when
             necessary.
                          (4) A synopsis of written or otal messages is imter4td in the journal, leaving the full account ror the journal file
             and other supporting documents.
                          5) Oral messages are reduced to       writing and processed like @ritt@n messages:
                  J. Action Taken: This column is used to indicate administrative action taken, spch as, routing to cognizant
             unit staff officer(s), dissemination of pertinent information and/or filing of message. Some of the more common
             symbols used to indicate action taken are: "M", posted on situation map; "S", circulated to unit staff; "7", infor.
             mation disseminated to troops or subordinate units; "F!', filed in journal file.

             3. Indingi
                  a. S%)mmary@ A brief summary of major activities, with reasons underlying decisions, is entered in                   the journal
             at the close of each day. This is written in narrative form under the column entitled "Incidents, Messages, Orders."
                  6. Closing: journhis are closed daily or at th@ end of periods or phases prescribed by higher authority.

             4. Journal Filot
                  journal file is considered a paii of thcjournal. It contains messages, orders, records of conversation, and other doru.
             ments supporting journal entries.










                                                                                          U.S. GOVERNMEN@RINTING OFFICE: 1982-546-020/88

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File Room = oct96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX600017
Unit = 2ND LAI BN
Parent Organization = 2 MAR DIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND LIGHT ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION JAN - MAR 1991
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = 2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 6FEB91
Document Seq # = 32
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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-DEC-1996