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0 2S1fi142 APR ~1 lYD TDD). EXPECT tF ~RAVO AOR TO ~E DIVIDED AMONG THREE MAJOR COMMANDS:
PM HQ FMFEUR OESIGNATEJ/CS!/ TWO FOUR MEU~ 3RD COMMANDO EDE AND ~I325. FOUNDARIES AMD TIME 1W
TO CG FMFEUR DESIGNATE~!C~!~ EFFECT UNK. ALSO ANTICIPATE EXPANSION OF TF ERAVO AOR TO WEST TO
IWFO CMC WASHINGTON DC~~~OCILRCCJj CG FMFLANT!!G-3JG-~ISUP!/ ENCOMPASS NEW CAMP SITES AS THEY DECOME AVAILAfiLE.
CG FMFPAC!JG-3JG-4~~ CG ! MEF~IG-3~G~~~ A. (U LOGISTICS
CG II MEF~/G-3JG~4!I CG III MEFJ/G-~~G-4II A. *U MAJOR DACKLOG OF SUPPLIES AT SILOPI DUE TO INSUFFICIENT
COMMARCORLOGDASES ALDANY GA1/LRCC!SD?I~ NUMSER OF FORKLIFTS' ESTIMATE 24 HOUR (FOUR MILE RACKUP OF HEAVY
CG MCLD BARSTOW CAIILRCC!I COMMERCIAL TRUCKS AWAITING OFFLOAD. CTF WORKING ORKLIFT ISSUE.
SE!~ D.UCONTINUING TO WORK WITH CTF TO ESTARLIS~ THEATER SOURCE OF
NO3ODO!J CRITCL COMMON CLASS II, VIII AND IX ITEMS. BATTERIES ARE
SU**ROVIDECOMFORT SITREP 013 (U) PARTICULAR CONCERN. USEUCOM RECOMMENDED USE SERVICE SOURCES~. USMC
MSGID!GENADMINlHQ FMFEUR G~3// LNO PRESSING FOR RECLAMA EASED ON PROBABLE AVAILAB:LITv OF LARGE QflS
RMKS/~. U) THE FOLLOWING SITREP IS FROM FMFEUR LN TM TEN, LITHIUM BATTERlES FROM USAREUR SOURCES. WILL ADVISE.
LOCATED W TH CJTF PROVIDE COMFORT. ACND(U1~ CEXPECT NEW RECORD MAC T~ROUGHPUT AT INCERLIK TODAY. 24 C-~~S
QUOTE t41'S).
OPER~PROVIDE COMFORTIl 5.*(UJOPES. JOPES CELL NDW WORKING WITH JOC AND C~4 TO EVEN Out
`FERID~25OOD17AP Gl/25235GZAPR911AS OF: 25235~~APR~1/1 FLOWITO TURKEY, PRIORITI2E MOVEMENTS FROM APOO~SPOO TO DESTINATION,
MSGID!GENADM AND COORDINATE THE TWO MOVEMENTS. FLOW INTO TURkEY WORKING FAIRLY
RMKSJl. * PERATIONS WELL, ALTHOUGH CTF UNIT MOVES STILL COMPETING WITH FOOD AND RELATED
A. FOUR MEU COMPLETED 56 MELD RELIEF SORTIES. CTF lS SHIPMENTS. GROUND TRANSPORTATION HAS THROUGHPUT LIMITATIONS AT
CO NED.ABOUT IMPACT OF SUPPORT SORTIES ON HELO RELIEF OPS: SILOPI 2AKHU.
EX STING ATO'S DEDICATE APPROX 25 HELOS (ALL TYPES) FOR VIPIPAX RUNS. ~. ( PS
OF THIS ONLY ONE APPEARS TO BE USMC (CH-5~ ON MEDEVAC ALERT). THAT A. * GEN GALVIN (USClNCEUR) ARRIVED 25APR WILL VISIT CTF STAFF
REPRESENTS MORE THAN 25 PERCENT OF TOTAL OF ~D HELOS (ALL TYPES, ALL AND I 0? AND POSSIBLY 2AKHU.
NATIONS) AND A CONSIDERABLE HELILIFT CAPACITY. HELD IS MOST TGEN FLYNN (COR, 21ST THEATER ARMY AREA COMMAND (TAACOM))
EFFECTI DELIVERY MEANS. CTF IS WORKING TO REDUCE OVERHEAD. VIG 24-27.
B. MEU CONTINUES SECURITY OPS VlC TAKHU. FOUR FIVE COMMANDO C. ~U CCODEL EXXON DUE 27 THRU 2fi APR.
CO C ED NIGHT PATROLS IN ~OWN. UNIT RECENTLY COMPLETED TOUR IN D7 U DUE 2E APR.
NORTHERN IRELAND, SO ~S PARTICULARLY WELL TRAINED FOR MOUT OPS.
C. (U) MEU HAS COMPLETED APPROXlMATELY ?5G TENTS AT ZAKHU CAMP. A. *U DIRECT PHONE (STU-III, DATACOM): AW Dlk-393G/6.
CAMP NOW LACKS UTILITIES, (WATER, SANITATION, ETC.) WHICH WILL BE B. (U UNCLAS FAX: AV D7S-SSID.
CONSTRUCTED BY NMCB 133 AIR DET ARRIVING TODAY. C. U ST U III CLASSIFIED FAX: AV S75~3510 MARK FOR USMC LW TM.
D. (U) LW CELL CONTINUING COORDINATION OF LANDING SPT COMPANIES. D. U USMC JOC WATCH (24 MRS): B7e-3~97./I
RCVD CALL FROM FMFPAC G-4 REQUESTING ADDL INFO ON MISSION RQMTS. DECLIl APRB2I/
WILL PROVIDE VIA TLCF MSG. UNQUOTE
E. (U) CTF CONDUCTED FIRST TAILORED DROPS TO THREE CAMPS, PROVIDING 2. (U . SUBSEQUENT SITUATION REPORTS WILL BE PROVIDED AS INFORMATION
SPECIFI TEMS REQUESTED BY TF ALPHA ASSESSMENT TEAMS ON THE GRO\\ND. BECOME AVAILABLE.
F. CLEARANCE RECEIVED FOR CTF TO TAKE CONTRACT TRUCKS INTO IRAQ 3. (U) FOC THIS HQ G-3 LTCOL P. MELSHEN (AV) 235-3410, G-4/WWMCCS
~ AS NG AS EACH VEHICLE HAS MILlTARY ESCORT ABOARD. THIS ISA MAJOR LTCOL M.E. MCCORMICK (AV) 235~3411./J
STEP TOWARD INCREASING THROUGHPUT OF SUPPLIES INTO SECURE ZONE VIC DECL/30APR92// ET
ZAKHU.
G. ( CVBG CONTINUES TO PROVIDE NIGHT CAS ON AIRBORNE ALERT (A-B'S
AMNO (U C~EY Al 6 SUPPORT PLANNERS MET AT SILOPI TO COORDINATE CLOSE
AIR SU PROCEDURES.
I. D ROE IN EFFECT FOR UNITS IN IRAQ.
2. ANNED OPERATIONS
A. FARF PLANNED TD~RELOCATE FROM SILOPI TO VIC 2AKHU, TIME TRI.
MEU ALSO CONSIDERING MOVING REMAlNDER OF MEU (MSSG, ACE) TO ZAKHU,
WHICH I S INCREASED SECURITY REQUIREMENT. .......-
B. US HAS ISSUED DEMARCHE TO IRAQ, DEMANDING IRAQI FORCES
WI R W FROM EXCLUSION ZONE 30KM RADIUS FROM ZAKHU. APPARENTLY . . . . ... ..- ---------~-.............. ~ I
KURDISH LEA S HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT WITH SADDAM.HUSSAIN REGARDING .. ...........--- .-.- S
SECURITY . KURDS 1W A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS AREA ...........-.
*1 CTP HAS PREPARED OPLAN TO FORCE IRAQIS OUT SHOULD THEY NOT . . ,. J
C WITH DEMARCHE. OPLAN HAS POUR PHASES: ANNOUNCEMENT ~COMPLETE .. ............ .
25APR) BUILD-UP (ONGOING WITH ARRIVAL OP 3RD BN, 325TH INF (ABN)), i-,:..... - ... - ...~---. -............
ISOLATE., AND CONSOLIDATE. OPLAN MAY BE ODE, AS AGREEMENT MAY BE MADE
TO~REMOVE ALL BUT SD IRAQi TROOPSIPOLICEMEN FROM AREA. INTEL
INDICATES HER UNITS MOVING TO SOUTH AND EAST. HOWEVER, PHASES ONE...................................... ------,- .--. . S
AND TWO OPLAN ELL UNDER WAY,
(2 PSYOP EPORTS MAJOR CIVILIAN (TURKISH) CONCERN ABOUT :~~t~.;:~;r.~~~~~~ - -.-..............
UL ATE 6 ITY OF KURDS IN CAMPS. , , - .-...- .. - .- - .- .-. , . .....
C. C RD 6W, 325TH IMP (ABN) DEPLOYING FROM VICENIA, ITALY TO TF ,.....
BRA AOR. WILL ARRIVE BY MAC ~GROUND TRANS, NOT BY AIRDROP. UNIT
NORMALLY IS PART OF NATO ACE MOBILE FORCE, LAND AMF-L . AND IS C -~
ESSENTIALLY LIGHT INFANTRY. IT HAS A LIM1TED CS CAPA ILITY, BUT WE ..,.. -`di.. n~ d
ARE NOT YET RE WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS BRING1NG. 31325 ARRIVES VIA Dec13 ~~ie
SEVEN C- ND TWO C-141 BETWEEN 2O1?3D1 AND 2111452.
3. COMMAND RELATIONSHIPS. ARRIVAL CF 31325TH AND REMAINDER OF CG M
CMC WASH DC ADV 29 psst~~cE)eF Maino
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