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Subject: DAILY JOURNAL  27FEB91                                          

Unit: 5T BN 11T MA

Parent Organization: 11TH MARINES

Box  ID: BX600015

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 5TH BATTALION 11TH MARINES JOURNEL FILES JAN - FEB 1991 2 OF 2               

Document Number:         19

Folder Seq  #:          8













                                                    INSTRUCTIONS FOR KEEPING JOURNAL


                 1. H*ading:
                      a. Unit  or @tion:
                            (1) Enter designation of unit if this is a unit journal for regiment. air group, or smaller unit.
                            (2) Enter designation of section if this is a section journal maintained by a general staff section.
                      b. Place: Enter coordinates or name of locality.
                      c. From: Enter date, time, and time zone that journal is opened.
                      d. To: Enter date, time, and time zone that journal is closed.

                 2. Body:
                      a. Time In:
                            (1) Unit journal. Enter time information is received within unit. In most instances this would be TOR
                 .at unit communication center.
                            (2) Section journal. Enter time information is received within section.
                      6. Time Out:

                            (1) Unitjaurnal. Enter time outgoing information is delivered to addressee. In most instances this would
                 be TOD by unit communication center.
                            (2) Section journal. Enter time outgoing message is delivered to originator's communication center far
                 transmittal, or time information is transmitted by releasing section.
                      c. Serial No.: Number each entry consecutively as information is received by keeper of journal.
                      d. DTG: Enter date/time group of radio message.
                      t. Incidents, Messages, 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,
                 how, and who.
upplemented or corrected by later entries when
                 necessary.
                            (4) A synopsis of written or oral messages is entered in thejournal, leaving the full account for thejoumal file
                 and other supporting documents.
                            (5) Oral messages are reduced to writing and processed like written messages.
                            Action Taken: This column is used to indicate administrative action taken, such 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 arc: "M", posted on situation map; "S", circulated to unit staff; "T", infor.
                 niation disseminated to troops or subordinate units; "F", filed in journal file.

                 3. Indlngt
                      a. Summary: A brief summary or 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."
                      b. Closing@ journals are closed daily or a% the end of periods or phases prescribed by higher authority.
                 4. Journal File:
                      journal file is considered a part of thejournal. It contains messages. orders. records of conversation. and other docu.
                 ments supporting journal entries.











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Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-36
Box ID = BX600015
Unit = 5T BN 11T MA
Parent Organization = 11TH MARINES
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 5TH BATTALION 11TH MARINES JOURNEL FILES JAN - FEB 1991 2 OF 2
Folder Seq # = 8
Subject = DAILY JOURNAL 27FEB91
Document Seq # = 19
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