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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                                  127 MED BP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401



             TF-z MAIN BODY DEPARTED ASHLAND AT 0800 HOURS ON 19 NOVEMBER 1990 FOR FORT
             BE';'%IING, GEORGIA. THE CONVOY CONSISTED OF ORGANIC VEHICLES AND A COMMERCIAL
             B@-. CHEAHA STAGE LINES FROM ASHLAND SPONSORED THE VEHICLE. THE MAIN BODY
             A@=:VED AT FT BENNING AT APPROXIMATELY 102B HOURS, 19 NOVEMBER 1990. FROM THE
             HA@MONY CHURCH EXIT THE CONVOY PROCEEDED TO THEIR BILLETS. ALL PERSONAL
             89@--ZAGE WAS UNLOADED AND THE UNIT OCCUPIED THE ASSIGNED QUARTERS.

             P@-:SONNEL CHANGES


             T@7- FOLLOWING PERSONNEL CHANGES WERE INITIATED: CPT DANNY ROSS BECAME THE
             DE-ACHMENT COMMANDER. THE FOLLOWING PERSONNEL WERE PROMOTED AS A RESULT OF
             MZ@TL12ATION: CPT(P) CLINTON GIVEN RECEIVED STATE PROMOTION ORDERS TO THE
                I
             Rr-,.t' OF MAJOR, MSG BILLY PARKS, SFC ROGER WILLIAMS, SSG WILLIAM PENNINGTON AND
             SC7 LISA GARRETT. SSG JERRY BENNETT WAS ASSIGNED AS PLANS SERGEANT. TWO
             SC-DIERS WERE MEDICALLY DETERMINED TO BE NONDEPLOYABLE. NO ADDITIONAL
             PE='SONNEL (FILLERS) WERE ADDED TO THE UNIT.


             TP@INING AND PROCESSING OF RECORDS (POR)


             TP;41NING REQUIREMENTS WERE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AND REQUIRED REFRESHER TASKS
             wE@E INCORPORATED INTO A TEN-DAY PLAN. THE EMPHASIS WAS ON NUCLEAR,
             BI:)-OGICAL AND CHEMICAL (NBC) TRAINING (INCLUDING A TRIP THROUGH THE GAS
             CHAMBER), WITH TIME PROGRAMMED FOR WEAPONS QUALIFICATION, ARMY PHYSICAL
             F:-NESS TEST, MAP READING, COMBAT MEDIC, COMMUNICATIONS AND EQUIPMENT
             MA:NTENANCE. THE UNIT EXCELLED IN ALL TRAINING AREAS.   IT WAS REALIZED EARLY
             ON THAT THE UNIT WAS EXTREMELY WELL PREPARED. BRIEFINGS WERE ALSO HELD TO
ACTICES,
             LPAS, WEATHER AND A LIMITED AMOUNT OF THE TACTICAL MILITARY SITUATION.

             POR FOR THE UNIT BEGAN ON 23 NOVEMBER 1990, INCLUDING PERSONNEL RECORDS,
             PROMOTIONS, ACTIVE DUTY IDENTIFICATION CARDS, DENTAL EXAMINATION, MEDICAL
             EXAMINATION, IMMUNIZATIONS (INCLUDING GAMMA GLOBULIN, TYPHOID, TETANUS, TINE
             TEST FOR TUBERCULOSIS), BLOOD TEST, FINANCE, LEGAL).

             PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AT MOBILIZATION STATION


             M@ OF THE TRAINING OFFERED BY FORT BENNING WAS BELOW THE NORMAL STANDARDS
             FOR THE UNIT. MANY SOLDIERS BECAME BORED AS THERE WAS NO CHALLENGING TRAINING
             TPAT COULD HOLD INTEREST. AS SEEN IN RETROSPECT, MUCH OF THE INFORMATION
             RECEIVED AT THE MOBILIZATION STATION WAS NOT ACCURATE NOR IN THE END RESULT
             USABLE. TOO MUCH TIME WAS SPENT AT THE MOBILIZATION STATION; THE UNIT WAS




             DEPLOYMENT


             THE UNIT WAS SPLIT INTO THREE GROUPS FOR MILITARY AIR TRAVEL FROM LAWSON
             FIELD, FORT BENNING. THE FIRST GROUP DEPARTED AT 1000 HOURS, THE SECOND GROUP
             AT 1400 HOURS AND THE THIRD GROUP AT 1845 HOURS ON 12 DECEMBER 1990. ALL
             GROUPS ARRIVED AT THE KING FAHD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, DHARHAN, SAUDI ARABIA9
             BY 0330 SAUDI ARABIAN TIME, 13 DECEMBER 1990. EACH TRIP AVERAGED 24 HOURS.
             SAUDI ARABIAN BUSES AND ORGANIC VEHICLES TRANSPORTED THE UNIT TO THE PORT OF
             Drb-iMAM, WAREHOUSE NUMBER 31.

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