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File: 123096_oct96_decls4_0003.txt
Subject: SITREP 4TH MEB 16 DEC 90
Unit: MCCDC
Parent Organization: CMC
Box ID: BX600043
Folder Title: FOLDER MESSAGE FILES VARIOUS SOURCES DT 133 2 OF 2
Document Number: 248
Folder Seq #: 8
SIFIV .
S*EC;I;N*AL*MESSA*GE S;C;I*DN;L*MSS;A*GE*
*
*****.*******..*.
DESERT SHIELD bN ANNEX * DESERT SHIELD *
******* ... ******* MESSAGE CENTER *.*******.*.****@
AV-88 i6 0 1 3
UH-LN 4 0 0 2
AH-IT 2 0 0 1
AH-IW 4 5 0 3
CH-46E 17 1 2 4
CH-53E 6 5 0 43
C. SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS OR ASSISTANCE REQUIRED. NO CHANGE FROM
PREVIOUS SITREPS.
9. @ COMMUNICATIONS/COMPUTER SYSTEMS STATUS. THE COMMUNICATION
-SYSTEM@ESTABLISHED FOR THE-ATF SUPPORTED THE COMMAND AND CONTROL
BT
//NO3000//
FINAL SECTION OF 02
SUBJ: WEEKLY SITREP NR 16 (U)
SYSTEM OF THE MEB. SYSTEM COMPRISED OF SHF AND VHF
MULTICHANNEL (MUX), UHF TACTICAL SATCOM, VARIOUS VHF AND HF SINGLE
CHANNEL RADIO NETS AND A CUDIX TERMINATION VIA THE AN/TSC-96 THROUGH
NAVCAMS WESTPAC. THIS SYSTEM COUPLED WITH A RELIABLE MESSENGER
SYSTEM PROVIDED COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE MEB COMMANDER DURING VARIOUS
STAGES,-OF. EMISSION CONTROL (EMCON). OTHER SYSTEMS EXERCISED DURING
SS It[ WERE PLRS AND THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSMISSION OF IMAGERY VIA THE
VHF MUX FROM
4TH MEB AFLOAT To 4TH MEB ASHORE.
10. @ COMMANDERS COMMENTS. OUR FIRST NIGHT ASSAULT UNDER EMCON
CONDITIONS WENT WELL. AFTER A RAPID BUILD-UP OF COMBAT, COMBAT
SUPPORT, AND COMBAT SERVICE SUPPORT, THE MEB ESTABLISHED ITS FORWARD
COMMAND POST ASHORE. WE ARE EMPLOYING MPS SHIPS, MV BAUGH AND MV
BONNEYMAN, IN SUPPORT OF PHIBOPS WITH THE MEBS ASSAULT AND ASSAULT
FOLLOW-ON ECHELONS EMBARKED. AN AMBITIOUS MAINTENANCE EFFORT HAS
BEEN STARTED WITH CLASS IX SUPPLY SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MPS SHIPS.
THIS WILL PAY DIVIDENDS IN IMPROVING OVERALL MATERIAL READINESS. WE
HAVE DESERT CAMOUFLAGE PAINTED OUR TANKS, AAVS AND LAVS. 4TH MEB
MAIN CP WAS ESTABLISHED AT THIS TIME AND WE PASSED CONTROL ASHORE ON
14 DEC. CONDUCTED A THREE-PHASED FORCE-ON-FORCE FTX WITH EMPHASIS ON
NIGHT OPS COMMENCING ON 14 DEC AND WILL WRAP UP WITH A TACTICAL
WITHDRAWAL ON 17 DEC. WE HOSTED A CONTINGENT OF OFFICERS FROM THE
SULTANS ARMED FORCES ON THE 15TH. OUR SECOND MEOCAP COMMENCED ON 13
DEC WITH OVER 400 MEDICAL AND DENTAL PATIENTS SEEN AFTER THREE DAYS.
THESE ACTIVITIES WILL GO A LONG WAY TOWARD MAINTAINING A POSITIVE
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LOCAL POPULATION AND THE SAF. RECEIVED
APPROVAL TO LIVE-FIRE MAG-4o HELOS UP TO 20MM HERE IN THE TRAINING
AREA AND LOOK FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY LATER IN THE TRAINING
PERIOD. THE SEA SOLDIER SERIES OF EXERCISES CONTINUES TO BE THE
LYNCHPIN OF THE MEBS TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE INTEGRATION OF MPF
SHIPS IN SUPPORT OF THE t4ES HAS PROVEN TO BE A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN
TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY.
11. (U) NOFORN CONSIDERED. RELEASED BY W. B. SCOGGINS, LTCOL,
PLANSO.
FSHR)iF//
DECL/OADR// BT
90350/2157Z CDSN=MAB210
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