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Subject: COMMAND OPRATIONS AND TRAINING THE JOURNEY HOME                 

Unit: 1ST TANK BN 

Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV  

Box  ID: BX600020

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST TANK BATTALION JAN - DEC 1991                                            

Document Number:         24

Folder Seq  #:         24







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                          Personnel and Administration

            During this period the personnel section continued to
       support the battalion in all administrative details and
       continued to process and distribute the ever increasing volume of
       mail to all companies and attachments of the battalion.
       Additionally, over 150 awards were processed for actions during
       Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storn. A complex embark plan for
       return to CONUS, including flight manifests, equipment
       accountability, and personnel inspections was executed with
       outstanding results.

                                LogistiCS/SUpply

            upon conclusion of hostilities, two camps were established to
       facilitate the backloading of the battalion, Camp #1 at Al Mishab
       for the turn-in of all ammunition, and Camp #2 at Manifa Bay to
       facilitate logistical supply/administrative matters. Camp #1 was
       merged with Camp #2 on 15 March. The final washdown and staging of
       tracked/wheeled vehicles for backloading was completed prior to
       the battalion's departure on 5 April. The battalion's embarkation
       section coordinated the companies and commodity sections loading
       of air pallets, mobile loading of vehicles for air and sea
       shipping and manifest rosters for the advance party, main body and
       rear party. The battalion left a 30 man rear party to finish last
       minute details for sea lift equipment and provide four Marines to
       the Ist Marine Division Redeployment Cell.

            After our movement from Kuwait, all battalion supply
       personnel were consolidated at Manifa Bay to begin redeployment
       operations. A tremendous amount of work was necessary in
       accounting for, and attempting to recover equipment. Items no
       longer needed by individuals were turned in, and inventories were
arine
       Division Supply and I MEF Supply to ensure all items were
       properly accounted for and turned over to the Redeployment Cell
       (RDC) for embarkation back to the United States. All class VII
       items going back to MPS were signed over; excess items were
       redistributed or rolled back; unserviceable assets were sent to
       DRMO. All other serviceable assets were embarked for
       transportation back to Camp Pendleton.
            SASSY processing was stopped in mid-March, and the unit's TAC
       1, 2, and 3 address was changed back to Camp Pendleton.








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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600020
Unit = 1ST TANK BN
Parent Organization = 1ST MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST TANK BATTALION JAN - DEC 1991
Folder Seq # = 24
Subject = COMMAND OPRATIONS AND TRAINING THE JOURNEY HOME
Document Seq # = 24
Document Date =
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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 = 17-DEC-1996