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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*adlngi
                     4. Unit  or Section:
                           (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 stair section.
                     b. Pla,:e: Enter coordinates or name of totality.
                     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. bodys
                     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.
                     b. Time Out:

                           (1) IL)nitjournal. Enter time outgoing information is delivered to addresses. In most instances this would
                be TOD by unit communication center.
                           (2) Section journal. Enter time outgoing message is delivered to originstor's communication center for
                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. DTO: Enter date/time group of'radio message.
                     e. Incidents, Messages, Orders:
                           0) 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.
d by later entries when
                necessary.
                           (4) A synopsis of written or oral messages is entered in thejournal, leaving the full account for thejoumat 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 aition taken are: "M". posted on situation map; "S", circulated to unit starts "T", infor-
                mation disseminated to troops or subordinate units; "F", filed in journal file.
                3. Ending:
                     a. Summary: 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; journals arc closed daily or at the end of periods or phases prescribed by higher authority.
                4. Journal fit*-
                     journalfileisconsidcredapartofthcjournal. Itcontainsmessages.orders.recordsofconversation.andotherdocu.
                ments supporting journal entries.











                                                                                       U.S. GOVERNMENT PR I NT INGOFFICE. 1982- -546.026/88

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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