LESSONS LEARNED ON OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 25 NOV 90

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Subject: LESSONS LEARNED ON OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 25 NOV  90           

Box ID: BX001411

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: NTC LESSONS LEARNED INFO PAPER FOR CG   2 DEC 90                                                

Folder Seq #:         14

Document Number:          3

Document Date: 

Scan Date: 20-MAY-1996











               CONSTRAINTS.     G3 WAS BORROWING ACETATE      OFF  OF  US, WE   WERE
               BORROWING 110    MPH -RAPE FROM THEM, ETC,     ETC.
                     SUPPLIES   PLJRCF]ASING WAS STARTING 1-0     KICK IN, ONLY
               BR@CAUSE 'I'HE ADVANCED PURCHASERS HAD GOTTEN THE BALL ROLLING
               FOR US. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WERE SPENT IN'DETTING THE
               PORT READY TO RECEIVE SOLDIERS AND SHIPS, GETTING THE TOC PUT
               TOGETHER, ANI)   GETTING THE DAILY BRIEFINGSUNDERWAY AND
               STRUCTURED.     ALSO STARTED WERE WARPLANNING CONFERENCES WITHIN
               TI-IE b@l'F'@LE STAFF. I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF PUT-[-ING TOGETHER           THE
               PLAN FOR THE DIVISION, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE BATTALION
               COMMANDER. INCLUDED WERE PLANS FOR THE PRb,rECTION OF THE
               PORT AREA ITSELF, BOTH AIR AND GROUND ATTACK PROTECTION.
                     MANY THINGS WERE LEARNED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
                     OM FREQUENCIES ARE DIFFICULT TO COMMUNICATE OVER IN                 THIS
               PARY'biz THE WORLD. MULTIPLE FREQUENCIES, CHANGED AT VARIOUS
               TIII-MS'UF DAY ARE REQUIRED FOR AM COMMS. WORKING THROUGH THE
               SPECTRUM, AND GE'-.-'TING CORPS APPROVAL OF A SET 6F FREQUENCIES'
               1'001- MANY DAYS, AND TI-IE BSO TO FINALLY GET IT STRAIGHT. IN
               IF!"- MENNI'IME, WE COMMUNICATED OVER A SET OF'SIMPLI;:IED
               FREQUENCIES AS THE DISTANCES INVOLVED WERE SHORT BETWEEN US
               AND OUR EARL.Y WARNING NODC AT THE PATRIOI' UNIT.
                     EARLY WARNING OF AIRCRAFT HAD TO BE ATTAINED. WE WENT
               TO THP PATRIOI' BATTERY AT rHE PORT AND HALF CONVINCED THEM
               THAT WE NEEDED TO LOCATE THERE FOR OUR EW               I.T ACTUALLY TOOK@
               A LOT OF PLEADING BEFORE THEY WOULD ROLL OVERAND GIVE US
               ANYTHING. WORKING Wl'rii OUR OWN ADA BRE-RHEREN, WE FOUND,                WAS
 BE TOUGH AT TIMES. "fx'E EilD EVENTUALCY LOCATE THE
               NODE WITH THEM, AND I GAVE MY ONLY 1'.'250;;OOO.MAP'(3F THE               AREA
               TO CPT REID FOR HIS USE THERE.            OPERATED COMS CONTINUALLY
               FOR A WFirLE; THEN DID CHECK IN      ON TH@ HOUR..
                     THE CS WAS CONCERNED OVER      THE POSSIBILITY OF A MISTHKE,
               AND SO STINGERS WERE TO REMAIN       6ASED,A@b UPLOA'JING VULCAN
               AMMO WAS TO BE ONLY TO THE DRUM, NOT-THE.FEEi) C@iU'fE."'
               EVENTUALLY HE RELENTED TO AMMO'BEING UPLOADED TO THE BARRELS,
               BUT WITH THE CONTACT PIN REMOVED.'
                     CONSTIPATION, (.)ND DIARRHEA WERE LEARNED FIRST HAND
               80'['H HAD GROUNDING IN THE BODY DEFENSES BREAKING DOWN FROM
               .THE [IEA'F AND HUMIDITY, AND Do-rH WERE BROUGH- ON BY DIETARY
                                                              IT  IS THOROUG'
               AC@ION. DON'T EAT LOCAL PRODUCE UNTIL                           iLY;"
               CLEANED (I STILL WON'T EAT ANY AFTER MY BOUT WITH DIARRHEA).
                     CLEANLINESS IN AN AREA SUCH AS WE WERE IN IS VITAL, BUT
               IMPOSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE. MANY OF US HAI) A SKIN RASH KNOWN AS
               PRICKIIY HEAT, ALL OF US SPENT OUR DAYS SW-MA'rI.NG PROFUSELY."
                     OPSEC IS VII'AL. OUR MODE AT PORT WAS UNKNOWN TO MANY,
               INCLBDING THE RATE Al' WHICH THE SHIP OFFLOi2iDING WAS GOING.
                     CHANGE HAPPENS DAILY. OUR PLANS FOR DEPLOYING THE
                                                              ONSTANT Y CHANGING
               ..DivisrON WEREPREDICATED UPON A SET OF'
               RESOURCES.    ROLLING WITH THE CHANGES BE(fAkE 'A 'IVART OF L:IFE.
                     'I FIRST'.IDENTIFRIED THE N@EEi-F'b@"f-AE::'915@66."SEC-rioN.To-:
               .HAVE ACCESS TO A   COMPUTER   DURiNd O@ 'STAY' 6T TH@ PORT.
R I TTEN,
                       'IT MORE THAN ONCE
                 -H OF
               .mur                           (NO COPIIRS ITPER)."IF HIS
               MACHINE WAS THERE    THEN, THE DAILY INFORMATION.COULD AVE                BEEN
               CAPTURED ON DISK,    RATHER THAN WAITING TIL-L      TOE MIDDLE OF

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File Room = may96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-20
Box ID = BX001411
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = NTC LESSONS LEARNED INFO PAPER FOR CG 2 DEC 90
Folder Seq # = 14
Subject = LESSONS LEARNED ON OPERATION DESERT SHIELD 25 NOV 90
Document Seq # = 3
Document Date = 01-JAN-1980
Scan Date = 20-MAY-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 07-JUN-1996