127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT

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Subject: 127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT                                    

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Folder Title: 127 MED GROUP HISTORICAL REPORT OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-STORM                                   

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                                    z7 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401

                                                 CHAPTER 2

                       OPERATION DESERT SHIELD (17 NOVEMBER 1990 - 16 JANUARY 1991)


             PREMOSILIZATION


             THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP WAS ALERTED FOR ACTIVE DUTY ON 12 NOVEMBER 1990 AND
             SUBSEQUENTLY ACTIVATED ON 17 NOVEMBER 1990 FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS. SIX
             SOLDIERS WERE ACTIVATED IN ADVANCE OF THE UNIT TO ASSIST IN PREPARING FOR
             DEPLOYMENT. THESE SOLDIERS WERE MAJ RONALD DEWBERRY, CSM RAYFORD BRAND, MSG
             CHARLES MORROW, SFC OSCAR ROBINSON, SGT JAMES WRIGHT AND SPC JOSEPH GORTNEY.

             NONDEPLOYABLES


             A REVIEW OF RECORDS WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THOSE SOLDIERS WHO WERE
             NONDEPLOYABLE AND APPROXIMATELY -'5 SOLDIERS WERE TRANSFERRED, REASSIGNED OR
             DISCHARGED.


             MOBILIZATION


             UNIT PERSONNEL WERE MUSTERED AT THE ASHLAND NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY ON 16
             NOVEMBER 1990 AND THE PREPARATION FOR OVERSEAS MOVEMENT (POM) WAS CONDUCTED BY
             SOLDIERS FROM THE HEADQUARTERS, STATE AREA COMMAND, ALABAMA ARMY NATIONAL
             GUARD. PERSONNEL RECORDS AND INDIVIDUAL CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT WERE
             INVENTORIED AND/OR UPDATED. ALL PRIOR PLANS FOR MOBILIZATION. INCLUDING FOUR





             FAMILY SUPPORT


             THE UNIT'S FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM TREMENDOUSLY ASSISTED ALL UNIT PERSONNEL IN
             GETTING READY TO DEPLOY. NATIONAL GUARD DEPENDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND
             ENROLLMENT IN DEERS WERE COMPLETED AS WELL AS POWERS OF ATTORNEY, WILLS AND
             BRIEFINGS. MARTHA GRIFFIN, WIFE OF MAJOR CHARLES R. GRIFFIN, WAS THE
             PRESIDENT OF THE FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM FOR THE 127Tti MEDICAL GROUP. SHE
             ALREADY HAD A PROGRAM IN EFFECT AND, WITH STRONG COMMUNITY SUPPORT, THE
EST.


             MOBILIZATION AT MOBILIZATION STATION


             THE ADVANCE PARTY MOVED TO THE MOBILIZATION STATION, FORT BENNING, GEORGIA, ON
             IS NOVEMBER 1990. CPT NORMAN MCNATT, MSG CHARLES MORROW, MSG BLOYCE HARRIS,
             SFC TOMMY HICKS AND SFC CHRISTINE SCHAFRIK REPORTED TO THE EMERGENCY
             OPERATIONS CENTER (EOC) AT THE HEADQUARTERS, INFANTRY SCHOOL, FORT BENNING,
             WHERE THE INITIAL INFORMATION WAS DISTRIBUTED AND PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE
             ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN BODY AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. THE ADVANCE PARTY WAS
             INTRODUCED TO THE MOBILIZATION ASSISTANCE TEAM (MAT), MAJ NOLAN AND SGM
             GRIFFITH, WHO HAD BEEN PLACED ON ACTIVE DUTY FROM THE 87TH MANEUVER AREA
             COMMAND (MAC), UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. THE MAT TEAM
             WAS THE LIAISON THAT ASSISTED THE UNIT IN ADJUSTING TO ACTIVE DUTY. BILLETS
             AND LINEN WERE DRAWN AND INFORMATION WAS PASSED TO FACILITATE OPERATIONS
             DURING THE UPCOMING DAYS.

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