127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT

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                                     127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401

                                                    CHAPTER 3


                         OPERATION DESERT STORM (17 JANUARY 1991 - 23 FEBRUARY 1991)


              ON 17 JANUARY 1991 THE AIR WAR - OPERATION DESERT STORM - BEGAN. THE UNIT
              S@-NT THAT NIGHT IN THE BUNKERS AND ON PERIMETER GUARD IN MISSION-ORIENTED
              PF%L@TECTIVE POSTURE (MOPP), LEVEL FOUR.    INTELLIGENCE REPORTS INDICATED LITTLE
              RE7ALIATION FROM THE IRAQ TROOPS WHICH INCLUDED A FEW SCUD MISSILES THAT WERE
              RE=QRTED LAUNCHED FROM HIDDEN IRAQI LOCATIONS. THE AMERICAN MILITARY
              4L-HORITIES HAD FINALLY BEGUN BROADCASTING A RADIO STATION AND ALLOWED NEWS
              RE-@ORTS TO BE HEARD. TENSIONS GREW. COMMAND REORGANIZED THE 115TH MOBILE
              A@Y SURGICAL HOSPITAL AND THE 345TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL. CHANGES IN
              CC'OIMAND STRUCTURES WERE TYPICAL, BUT BY THIS TIME THE ORGANIZATION OF THE
              1-@,7TH MEDICAL GROUP WAS AS FOLLOWS:


              HI-D, 127TH MEDICAL GROUP
                 @@IST COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
                 128Tfi COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
                 377TH COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, CHATTANOOGA TN
                 403RD COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITAL, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, PHOENIX AZ
                 429TH MEDICAL BATTALION, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, SAVANNAH GA
                   142ND MEDICAL COMPANY (CLEARING), ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, HARTFORD CT
                   209TH MEDICAL COMPANY (CLEARING), ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, IOWA
                   507TH MEDICAL COMPANY (AIR AMBULANCE), REGULAR ARMY, TEXAS
                   651ST MEDICAL COMPANY (GROUND AMBULANCE), REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC
F GERMANY

              TI-MSE UNITS TOTALLED APPROXIMATELY 2,000 SOLDIERS. THE CHAIN OF COMMAND BEGAN
              WITH THE 332ND MEDICAL BRIGADE, UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE, NASHVILLE,
              TENNESSEE (AUGMENTED BY THE 30TH MEDICAL GROUP, REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC
              OF GERMANY), THEN THE 2ND COSCOM, REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
              AND AT VII CORPS, REGULAR ARMY, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. THE MISSION OF
              THE VII CORPS WAS TO SUPPORT THE 1ST DIVISION WITH MEDICAL CARE. THE 332ND
              MEDICAL BRIGADE ASSIGNED ALL EVACUATION HOSPITALS UNDER A TASK FORCE EVAC, ALL
              DE MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITALS UNDER THE 341ST MEDICAL GROUP AND ALL THE
              COMBAT SUPPORT HOSPITALS UNDER THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP. IN THE THEATRE OF
              OPERATIONS, EACH TYPE OF HOSPITAL WAS ASSIGNED TO SUPPORT A DIFFERENT AREA
              ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC MEDICAL NEEDS (MORE DEFINITIVE CARE) AND TIMELINESS OF
              THE EVACUATION OF CASUALTIES.

              IT WAS APPARENT THROUGHOUT THE OPERATION THAT A DIVISION EXISTED BETWEEN
              REGULAR ARMY, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD AND UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE UNITS.
              MOSTLY UNSPOKEN ATTITUDES INDICATED THAT THE REGULAR ARMY FELT THAT RESERVE
              COMPONENT SOLDIERS WERE INCOMPETENT AND USELESS.

              T@- FIRST ENEMY CASUALTIES OF WAR WERE RECEIVED AT HOSPITALS ON 14 FEBRUARY
              1991.


              ON 16 FEBRUARY 1991 THE UNIT BEGAN MOVING TO A LOCATION NORTHWEST OF HAFAR AL
              BATIN ON A COLD AND WINDY DAY. OPERATIONS WITHIN THE UNIT CONTINUED BY MOVING
              O@Y PORTIONS OF THE UNIT AT A TIME.


              TF=- UNIT WAS ISSUED DESERT CAMOUFLAGE UNIFORMS ON 23 FEBRUARY 1991.


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