WrrH THE I MARINE EXPEDIrIONARY FORCE IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM   S7


Aerial view was taken on 21 February 1991, of a portion of Marine Aircrafi Group 26's Landing
Zone "Lonesome Dove," located near ihe southwest corner of the Al Khanjar Combat Service
Support Base. Sikorsky CH-53D Sea Stallion and Boeing-Vertol CH-46E Sea Knight helicopters
occupy the aluminum matting hardstands.

Wing headquarters at Jubayl, Major General Moore sent his assistant wing
commander, Brigadier General Granville R. "Granny" Amos, to Lonesome Dove
to set up a helicopter Tactical Air Command Center.
   The    1st Force Service Support Group stepped up an immense flow of
material to Khanjar from its ports at Jubayl and Mishab.  Shipping activity in
the Commercial Port of Jubayl reached its high point the previous month in
January \~991 when 88 vessels passed through the port followed by 51      in
February.
   The overland "line haul" operation from the ports to combat service support
areas became known as the "Baghdad Express" and it operated more than 10,000
round trips.   With adoption of the double breach plan, General Brabham
immediately began to build up Saudi Motors from the 450 civilian trucks on
hand in early February to more than 1,400.  Some trucks came from as far
away as Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. These mainly hauled ammunition
and the Baghdad Express moved 15 days' worth in a total of 3,755 runs in only
10 days.   The roads took a terrible toll on Saudi Motors, however, and at one
point more than 575 contract trucks were out of action.    Most of them lay
strewn along the Kibrit-Khanjar route.
   At the other end of the reliability spectrum was the force's organic tactical
motor transportation operation built around the workl1orse logistical vehicle
system (LVS) of the Direct Support Command's composite 8th Motor Transport
Battalion.  puring the shift westwards and in the assault, the battalion logged


   `By user and nationality they were: Jan91 (88 total); MarCent (33), British (33), ArCent (20),
Polish (2). Feb91 (51 total); MarCent (24), NavCent (2), ArCent (4), British (1), Polish (4), and
Canadian (1).