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designated the unit responsible to provide the soldiers to operate the
paint site. This mission was passed to the 176th Maintenance Battalion
who in turn assigned the mission to the 325th Maintenance company (FL
NG). The 593d also provided limited equipment; maintenance tents and 30 x
generators. AMC was given the inission-to provide the materials to prepare
and paint vehicles; CARC paint, aircraft thinner, paint equipment to
conduct spray gun operations, and consumable supplies to protect critical
portions of the vehicle that don require paint.- 2 ACR and members of
VII Corps Artillery were painted duifing this phase.
.(2) Phase II ( Centralized CARC paint operations in the ISA).
From 25 December 1990 through 7 February 1991 the paint operation was
characterized by centralized control/Iiiiison by the Ist IDH(P) with VII
Corps units, AMC and the 593d ASG. The lst ID(F) assumed t e role of
control cell/liaisoii for Vil Corps as the VII Corps headquarters deployed
forward to the TAA. To determine the vehicles to paint in VII Corps, the
Ist ID(F) conducted a staff study. The study considered units, type
vehicles, capacity and paint supplies available. Based on these
variables the Ist ID(F) recommend a listing of priority vehicles and the
I?riority units. Paint operations continued in the ISA at Jubayl and were
initiated in the Port in Ad Dammam during this phase. The paifit site in
the Port of Ad Dammam was established around December 1990 to paint the
priority vehicles arriving in the South. A critical task the Ist ID(F)
performed was liaison to coordinate with the OIC's of the paint sites,
and AMC to ensure supplies needed were on hand or identified as a
r@irement. Based on these variables, the lst ID(F) recommended a
listing of priority vehicles and priority units by port. Following the
II Corps assistant Chiel of staff the Ist ID(F), the
PATF's and the OIC's of the 325th Maintenance Company enforced the
policies at their respective level of command. All of VII Corps priority
vehicles were painted. In addition several thousand other vehicles, track
and wheel, were painted. As paint supplies became available,
modifications were made to the VII Corps priority list and paint
allocation plan. Paint was allocated to units to paint vehicles not
originally part of the VII Corps paint plan. This resulted in
considerable coverage of all vehicles in the IAD, 2AD(F), and 3AD.
Additionally, select vehicles in all five of the combat mechanized
engineer battalions of the 7th Engineer Brigade, track vehicles from two
br@gades of the VII Corps Artillery, and the Long Range Reconnaissance
Unit from 207th MI Brigade were painted. on 14 February 1991 a total of
8629 vehicles were painted; 4730 tracks and 3899 wheels had been painted
in VII Corps.
(3) Phase III (Decentralized CARC paint operations in the TAA).
On 7 and 11 February 1991 paint sites were established in the TAA. They
were established to allow the MSC's to paint vehicles not painted in the
ISA. Shortages of paint during the early stages of paint operations
prompted that request to paint-in the TAA by the MSbls. The two sites
were located in the IAD and 3AD sectors. To accomplish the mission of
CARC painting VII Corps vehicles in the TAA and maintaining the sites in
the ISA'S, the Ist ID(F) conducted close coordination between the Army
Material command (AMC), 593d ASG, and VII Co s units. This coordination
'made possible rapid establishment of paint s-7tes, and the delivery of
material, equipment, and personnel to support the paint operations.
4. ANALYSIS.
Box ID = BX000000
Unit = VII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = PORT OPERATIONS CARC PAINTING REPORTS
Subject = CARC PAINT STATUS
Document Number = 117
Image file name = 00000293.tif
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