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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