COMMANDERS SITREP COMBAT 4

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Subject: COMMANDERS SITREP COMBAT 4                                      

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Folder Title: DAILY JOURNAL ARCENT 23 JAN 91                                                                  

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Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     


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   SUPPORT WHILE MAKING PLANS TO ROAD MARCH SELECTED UNITS
   TO THE TAA IF TACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS DICTATE. 2-1 FAt
   2-1 AVN AND 7TH SPT GRP CONDUCTED LIVE FIRE ON ESKEY
   RANGE TODAY.
       B.  @ 3AD. THE DIVISION CONTINUES TO COMMAND AND
   CONTROL ITS UNITS WHICH ARE OFF LOADING AND STAGING
   VEHICLES AT THE PORT. UNITS CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR
   COMBAT; IST AND 2D SDE HAVE CALIBRATED ALL TANKS IN THE
   TAA; 3D BDE IS PREPARING TO CALIBRATE 8 FLOAT TANKS
   TOMORROW. SMALL ARMS RANGES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED
   THROUGHOUT THE TAR AND ARE NOW BEING UTILIZED AS THEY
   BECOME OPERATIONAL. MORTAR FIRING POINTS ARE BEING
   ESTABLISHED AT SPEARHEAD RANGE. RECONS OF ROUTES TO
   POSITIONS IN FAA BUTTS WERE CONDUCTED TODAY. THE DMAIN
   IS DEPLOYING TO THE TAA; THE DTAC WILL DEPLOY TO THE
   FAA (IN 22 SAN. ADDITIONALLY, THE DIVISION IS
   COORDINATING PLANS WHICH WILL EXPEDITE SELF DEPLOYMENT
   OF COMBAT, CS, AND CSS ASSETS FROM DAMMAM TO THE TAA.
       C. 4" IID(M). BLOCKING POSITIONS OCCUPIED TO
   DEFEND LOS BASE ALPHR7 AND COUPLE THE DEFENSE WITH



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   AGGRESSIVE LOCAL COUNTERATTACKS TO DEFEAT POSSIBLE
   PENETRATIONS OF FORWARD DEPLOYED ALLIED FORCES. THE
   DIVISION'S COMBAT POWER IS RAPIDLY INCREASING TO LEVELS
   WHICH WILL SUPPORT OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. SOLDIERS ARE
   CONDITIONING THEMSELVES TO DESERT OPERATIONS AND
   FORTIFYING THEIR ASSEMBLY AREAS, BRIGADES ARE NOW TASK
   ORGANIZING. ENGINEERS ARE IMPROVING MSR NORTH. 1-1
   AVN IS CONDUCTING HELLFIRE TRAINING, 1-34 ARMOR IS
   CALIBRATING THEIR TANKS9 1-5 FA IS FIRING, AND 5-16 IN
   IS CONDUCTING BRADLEY LIVE FIRE. TRAINING IN BREACHING
   OPERATIONS CONTINUES. DISCOM IS DISPLACING TO LOS BASE
   ECHO AND 121 SIGNAL IS INSTALLING COMMUNICATION LINKS
   TO SUPPORT OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. SUBORDINATE
THE CS ON THEIR PLANS FOR OFFENSIVE
   CIPERAI'IONS AGAINST IRAQI FORCES. THE FIRST CONVOY FROM
   3 BDE/2AD ARRIVED TODAY. DIVISION CONTINUES TO BUILD
   COMBAT POWER IN TAA, PREPARING FOR WESTWARD MOVEMENT.
   B TRP/1-4 CAV WILL MOVE TOMORROW TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO


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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX000436
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = DAILY JOURNAL ARCENT 23 JAN 91
Folder Seq # = 24
Subject = COMMANDERS SITREP COMBAT 4
Document Seq # = 33
Document Date =
Scan Date = 01-AUG-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 = 23-AUG-1996