8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91

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Subject: 8TH TANK BN  COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91  12 APR 91     

Unit: 8TH TANK BN 

Parent Organization: 2 MARDIV    

Box  ID: BX600007

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH TANK BN 26 NOV - 31 MARCH 1991                                           

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                D1110   *TRUCK, FUEL, M49A2C                        7.      6
                D1125   *TRUCK, TOW, M1045/MIO46                    72      37
                D1158   *HMMWV, M998/MIO38                          34      20
                D1159    HMMWVI ARMT                                13      16
                D1212    TRUCK, WRKR, M936                          2'      2
                E0149   *BRIDGE,AVLB                                6       0
                E0150   *LAUNCHER, M60 SERIES                       4       0
                E0165    BATTERY CHARGER, PB4884                    9       9
                E0330    NIGHT VISION, AN/UAS-12A                   .72     32
                E@796    LVT C-7                                    2       2
                E0846   *LVT P-7                                    0       12
                E0892    M203 GRENADE LAUNCHER                              43
                         SMAW                                               6
                E0935    LAUNCHER, TOW                              72      44
                E0960    MACHINEGUN, SAW M249                       Be      103
                E0980    MACHINEGUN, CAL .50,   M2                  19      24
                E0992   *MACHINEGUN, TANK, M6OE2                    70      28
                E0993    MACHINEBUN, M6OE3                          26      29
                E0994   *MK-19                                      i4      15
                .EO995  *MACHINEGUN, CAL .50,   M85                 70      40
                E1045    MULE, AN/PAU-3                             2       3
                E1151   *AN/PVS-5A NYGIS                            190     54
                E1158    AN/PVS-4 NIGHT SIGHT                       15      PO
                E1159    AN/TVS-5 NIGHT SIGHT                       6       6
                E1377    RECY VEHICLE, M88AI                        .5      3
   E1875   *TANK9 M6OAl                                66      28
                         (Average in SWA strength   53)
                E1876   *TANK, M60AI, W/BLADE                       4       0
                These   figures do not reflect Bravo Breach Team, E1875,    E1876.
                E1911    TEST SET, AN/TSM-152   MBS                 5       9
                E1912    FIELD TEST SET, TOW                        5       '6

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                                                        Command


                                               26 Noy 1990 - 21     Dec 1990
                   Bth Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division,         FMF, USMCR was activated on 26
                November 1990 and immediately faced the task of assembling, processing and
                .transporting its Marines and equipment to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from
                each company's respective drill centers. The subordinate elements of the
                .battalion are spread across the Eastern United States from New York, with
                Headquarters and Service Company in Rochester and Company B and an H&S
                detachment in Syracuse to Florida with Company C in Tallahassee and AT (TOW)
                .Company in Miami. In between are Company A, home armoried at Fort Knox,
                Kentucky and Company D from Columbia, South Carolina.
                   On 26 November 1990, over 98% of Bth Tank Battalion's assigned Marine
                reservists answered the activation call at their company home armories. A
                letter of instruction (LOI) mailed to each member's home in advance of the
                recall listed what items of equipment and uniforms each Marine was to report
                with. Originally the battalion had been told by higher headquarters to expect
                a thirty day advance notice of mobilization to prepare. That window shrunk to
ice directed this battalion to report to its
                Site of Initial Activation (SIA), Camp Lejeune, NC by 28 November 1990.
                   Before leaving their home armories, each company completed the basic


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Box ID = BX600007
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH TANK BN 26 NOV - 31 MARCH 1991
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Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
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