SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FOR 1121 2400 FEB 25

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Subject: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FOR 1121 2400 FEB 25                         

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                                           UNCLASSIFIED
                         SIGNIFICANT EVENTS FOR 1121 - 2400 Fe8 25TH

                     A CO 1/1 WAS ENGAGED BY MECH W/DIRECT FIRE.

                     TASK FORCE XRAY FLYING IN AT THIS TIME AND WILL ATTACH TO
             TARO TO BEEF UP EAST FLANK.


             1130 -  ACA COLORADO IN EFFECT.


             1132 -  KING REPORTS A CO 1/1 HAS TOWIS ENGAGING MECH 800M I'D THEIR
             FRONT.


             llz:5 - XRAY FLYING IN AT US8@86 AND WILL PASS TFIROUGH SECOND BELT.

             1155 -  I MEF PROPOSED BOUNDARY OT700144 FROM OT778229, 850388.

             1157 -  PAPA BEAR W/ 800 EPWIS FROM YESTERDAY AND TODAY. PAPA BEAR
             CAN'T CONTINUE MISSION W/800 EPWIS.


             1208 - MAIN SETTING UP AT US796947 SINCE JABER HAS NOT BEEN
             CLEARED.


             1210 - G-@' JUST APPROVED I MEF BOUNDARY SHIFT "TEMPORARILY" SO ;>ND
             MARDIV CAN SCREEN NORTH. WHEN 1ST DIV GETS TO PL RED, BOUNDARY
             WILL SHIFT BACK.


             1211 - FWD AWARE OF PAPA BEAR EPW PROBLEM. WARDEN HAS NO TRUCKS
             SINCE THEY ALL WENT TO SUPPORT GRIZZLY.


             1225 - PRIDE PASSES NEW DIV BOUNDARY.


             I-c3O - SUMMARY: DIVISION HAS BEEN ENGAGED ALL MORNING. RIPPER
             AND SHEPHERD TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AROUND JASER. PAPA BEAR
             AND ELEMENTS UP IITH MAR WERE ENGAGED BY ARMOR OUT OF THE WAFRAH
             AREA.   I MEF PUT A TEMPORARY NEW DIVISIONAL BOUNDARY IN EFFECT TO
             ALLOW SECOND MARDIV TO SCREEN NORTH. THE FORWARD CP WAS EN13AGED
             BY MECH AND FOUGHT BACK WITH LOCAL SECURITY AND COBRAS. TARO
             STILL SCREENING EAST BETWEEN BELTS AND WAS REINFORCED BY XRAY
             WHICH i4f-)S INSERTED BETWEEN BELTS AND ATTACKED TO TARO. PAPA BEAR
             W/800 EPWIS CAN'T GO FORWARD UNTIL WARDEN TAKES OVER. WARDEN HAS
             IMO TRUCKS. COBRA/GUNFIGH,rER TALK ABOUT GETTING PSYDF'S ECIRI) BACK
 USEFUL TODAY AS UNITS ARE CUT OFF. MEF CG
             ALSO WORKED GETTING 4TH MEF.? T014 COBRAS RELEASED TO SUPPORT US.
             SILVER I'E.LL.S RIPPER TAKE TOW COBRAS AND D CO L(41 AND DO
             HUNTER-KILLER FO THE NORTH IN NEW ZONE. PAPA BEAR NO LONGER IN
             HEAVY CONTACT AND FWD CDC (REIN) WITH 7TH MA.R TOW PLI'.


             1310 - GRIZZLY TRYING TO REACFI PRIDE TO GET PRIORITY .@liROULrH THE
             2ND BELT. IF HE IS TO TAKE OR CLEAR JABER FIE NEEDS PRIORI'i'Y OF
             LANES OR ELSE IT WILL BE NIGHT A DAY LATE.

              1323 - RIPPER - JA@EIZ NOT HEAVILY DEFENDED, NOT MANY TROOPS TN
             TRENCHES, No ARMOR. YOU DON'T NEED A BIG FORCE To CLEAR IT.

             1330    KING CURRENTLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN END OF SECOND BELT.


             13@2    SPEED BUMP SAID GRIZZLY IS MOVING THROUGH 'a-ND BELT.

                               UNCLASSIFIED

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