68 U.S. MARINES IN THE PERSIAN GULF, 1990-1991 commanders into believing that the main effort would come into Kuwait only and that the supporting attacks would come through western Kuwait and from an amphibious assault. In concert with General Schwarzkopf's plan, General Boomer's deception objectives included causing the enemy to concentrate assets to prevent a breach in the vicinity of the III/IV Corps boundary near the bend of the border at Al Manaqish, convincing the enemy of I MEF's preoccupation with the defense of Saudi oil fields and its own lines of communication, and finally, to simply overload the enemy with excessive bogus and misleading inputs. Based upon Iraqi dispositions and conduct on G-Day and beyond, the deception program appeared to be successful. Specific measures included: * The formation of the deception task force, Troy, noted earlier. * An electronic ruse to perpetuate the radio emission signature of the I MEF command post after it had displaced to the vicinity of Al Khanjar on 15 February. * The employment of General Boomer's command vehicles with a two-star impostor at the border near Manaqish on January 16th. In addition there were other operations nearby such as artillery raids, leaflet drops, berm cuts, and the like on a continuing basis to demonstrate intent to penetrate in that vicinity. * The use of mock artillery pieces and tanks west of Al Qaraah near a fake combat service support area beginning 17 January to mask ArCent and MarCent movements. * Special Operations Command reconnaissances and other actions along the coast of Kuwait to promote a belief that amphibious operations would be undertaken between Mina Saud and Ras Al Qulayah. I MEF Moves Forward On 14-15 February, General Boomer relocated his command post about 180 kilometers west northwest over dusty roads from Safaniyah. He originally intended to relocate near Kibrit, but after the adoption of the second breach, the force's senior communicator, Colonel "Glenn" Hill, realized that KibritFirst Page | Prev Page | Next Page | Src Image |