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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR THE PERIOD 1 JAN TO 13 APR 91 Unit: 2ND MARDIV Parent Organization: 2 MEF Box ID: BX600014 Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND MARINE DIVISION 1 OF 10 JAN - APRIL 1991 Document Number: 4 Folder SEQ #: 4 UNCLASSIFIED 0800 One Bn from Tiger Bdo screening directly north of logistics base at Kibrit. 0957 2d LAI Bn chopped to CO, 6th Mar (covering force commander). 1008 lst MarDiv requests to coordinate 5/11 fires into 2d MarDiv zone. 1026 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, 116, one Co of Bth Tank Bn, and three batteries of 2/10 moving north as covering force. The 44 east/west gridline is boundary between 2d LAI Bn and 6th MAR. 1103 Division HQ advance party abandons new Pwd CP site and returns to Main CP. 2102 COe 6th Marines orders MOPP-3. ujuz 6th Marines downgrade to MOPP-2. 31 JAN Screening continues north from QS656597 to TMO93505. 0455 RPV reports 300 vehicles Vic OP-2 (TMO93566 to TMI90574). 0620 Second RPV overflight, 250 Vehiclas dua into berm Vic OP-2. 0700 Co C, 2d LAI Bn reports no vehicles visible along berm. 0705 MOPP-0 set for all units. 0707 G-2 reports Vehicles Vic OP-2 probably Saudis. 1210 Contact with Saudi Special Forces Liaison officer reveals Saudi forces on east flank have pulled back south of 48 east/west gridlins. No one is covering berm gaps (TH149570 to TH165573). 1741 2d LAI Bn moved to road junction at Q6916375 and established screen oriented north. 2010 Co D, 2d LAI Bn chopped to 1/6 to perform Two sections of TOW HMMWV of 6th Mar OpCon to Co B. 2145 G-2 reports 100 vehicles moving south from TM227574. 2201 Air attacking vehicle column vie TM2155 column turned back to north. UNCLASSIFIED III-7