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File: 070996_jun_decls19_0009.txt
Subject: 2ND BRIGADE OPERATION DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM
Unit: 101ST ID
Parent Organization: XVIII CORPS
Box ID: BX001608
Folder Seq #: 63
Document Number: 2
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PREPARING FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS
During t,'-ie Wh@lt.@- Cyf-.Ic,. t.-hr- TF St.zi-@f ri to C,I'l
several future plar@@. On Deceicit-.@!r :30 tt-ie TF
iiot4.f i*@d t@ikt it will i-icit. be returning time LAB .2c! sr,)F,.
training. By Ji-.trii.4ziry A i-l-ie of s@iy
CEI I .
On January 5 the TF twice:: bi,4efE.,,r@ the
its future operations plan. Two -Jays later, 7
December, the TF was to i@5s-,UL= it.-, ra.irig CT-)
future operations to its subordinate but. it was
delayed. The Division was ran its plFil-1. On
January 8 the TF was working off the Divisicn's revised plan.
During the delay tl-ie TF soldiers to prepare t.@,
move on short notice. By .Tai-iuary 8 the TF was r@.-2a,:Iy Lo
deploy. I
On January 9 the TF received -L-fic- or,:Jey@ to move
'bri the VII Corps sector z@ii@.i come under the
Tactical Control of the Ist Cavalry Division, VII Corps.
DEFENSE OF QAYSUMAH JANUARY
See Annex B and C for supporting documents.
The Iraqi army had been moviiii;) its troops near t.@ie
Iraq-Saudi-Kuwait boarder and it seemed that the Iraqis may
sions to captur 'e the
towns of Hafr Al Batin, Qaysumah, and King Khalid Mili-@Fil-Y
City (KKMC) while controlling Tapline Road.
On Januai,y,9 the 2d SOE TF came uiijer the tactical,
control of the Ist Cavalry Division. By the end of t@t-ic- day
fourteen of forty ground convoy serials had departed for
Qaysumah, 270 miles from CEII, at-ill four of forty C71-@o lift-s
had departed for KKMC. The soldiers and their equipment
would be transported from KKMC to Qaysumah by ground
transportation. By 112345 January the last C-130 lift of 2d
BDE TF soldiers arrived KKMC.
Just after uki,:inig@it @-in January 12 the TF CP published
FRAGO 91-9 DEFENSE OPERATIONS VIC HAFAR AL BATIN. The
Mission statement:
2d SDE defends in sector from NS690435 to NS960376,
retains the AL QIJYSAMAH (vic PS105350) (AD STRIKE)
NLT 1206ABC JAN 91 and assists in rearward passage
of lines for 1-7 CAV Sqdn in order to allow 2d BOE,
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File Room = jun96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
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
Document Seq # = 35
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 05-JUL-1996