2ND BRIGADE OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM

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Subject: 2ND BRIGADE OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM            

Unit: 101ST ID    

Parent  Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Box ID: BX001608

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Document Number:          2








                 FORWARD OPERATING BASE BASTOGNE - SEPTEMBER

                          In September the@ brigade                                           to
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                 of t.t-ie            infantry                                                    to FOB
                               f@.)F'       days at,
                 Bastogne were very                     The area was r.-.jverp,-i
                 c@iiifi);-il carcasses           r@tr@riurc--,. The TF began to                   up the
                 area and build defensive pr)--j.ti.c)ns.
                          TF           not at FOE.'                    c6yitj.yii-AexJ to build
                 in and around CE11                  COrl-@t.JCt- 9LAarCi                     This
                 continued until the. division closed -@vi ci@i CEII and                                 other
                 tzftF,P-. forces c.,::-t-4ld             the 2d EDE TF.


                 FORWARD OPERATING BASE OASIS - OCTOBER


                          In late September 2cl EDE TF.receivc-d the mission to
                 for and build FOB OASIS, around the town of C@1F.%ryat al St.Afl.a.
                 In early October 1/602 IN was the first unit. t-o deploy the
                 170 miles to FOB OASIS by BLAS, helicopter and military ground
                 convoy.       ]'hp c)-iginil plan called for each infantry battalion
                 t.f--i spend a tei-i- day t-rainii-i-@ cycle at. FOB OASIS their rotate
                 back to CEII and be replaced by another infantry battalion.
                 The cycle was extended to thirty days and the whole TF
                 trained in the FOB @OASIS area FAL. --)nE, time.
iiej as a
                 Covering Force Operatioi-i..               The I'F developed t-hrec- scenarios
                 for an Iraqi attack ii-itzl i@.5-sector and began conducting
                 various exercises and rehearsals.
                          On October 18 a TF                                  Exercise (COMEX)
                 tested the Brigade's Command FM, HF, cbservatijdn a)-id
                 intelligence (0/1), administrative and logistics (A/L) FM, FD
                 nets and the battalion internal nets. During the COMEX the
                 brigade TAC CP displaced.
                          On October 19 a TF sand table rehearsal Was Conducted
                 f@r the Northern sector.
                          On October 20 the TF conducted a full-force rehearsal of
                 the covering force mission. Occupation of sector,
                 engagements within sector, and delay to passage points were
                 rehearsed. The rehearsal provided an opportunity to work the
                 command and control and synchronization of the TF mission.
                          The TF CP at FOB OASIS was located in the town Qaryat al
                 Sufla. Sufla was an abandoned when the neighboring town,
                 Qary@t al Ulya, was built a decade or two earlier. The Emir,
                 or ruler, of Ulya had jurisdiction over S6fla. The TF
                 command group was oft-en in contact with the Erj)ir, Liaison
                 was necessary because in the event of an Iraqi attack Ulya
                 would have to be quickly evacuated. Civil Affairs
                 specialists were also involved in the planning and
                 coordination of the evacuation.
                          The TF divided Sufla's buildings into two main sections.
                 One section was used as living quarters for the TF staff and

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File Room = jun96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001608
Unit = 101ST ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = DS-S 2ND BDE 101ST ABN DIV AASLT HISTORICAL NARRATIVE
Folder Seq # = 63
Subject = 2ND BRIGADE OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT S
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Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Declassified = 05-JUL-1996