1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY                                 

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Folder Title: AAR  1ST CAVALRY DIV COMMAND REPORT  10 APR 91                                                  

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Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organzation: ARCENT      






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            navigation aid and assist in FARP site selection in
            support of FRAGO #91-13.

                 27 JAN: Artillery raid and lith Avn Bde feint
            postponed.   D,RAC sent changes to FRAGO 4$91-10 (added phase
            lines and moved location of BP An Khe). Received message
            from DMAIN: be on the lookout for a Jordanian, named
            Jaai,il, driving t blue car packed with explosives. Last
            seen vicinity 1-iafar Al Batin, driving towards Kuwait.

                 28 JAN: DMAIN reports that a British drone will
            overfly the Ist Cav sector, at 0730 hrs. 'Two British Sea-
            King helicopters will transit the Ist Cay area 0730-0800
            and 1300-1330 hrs on 29 and 30 Jan. Advise all soldiers -to
            take advantage of opportunity for friendly helicopter
            identification training.

                 30 JAN: Two OH58Ds placed on standby at D-RAC for
            possible observation of three Iraqi tanks vie PT 567157.
            1-3 Atk Hel Bn is REDCOI\L 2 at 0615 hrs. DTAC sends OH58D
            to observe unidentified explosions vie PT 384101 (220Q'
            hr,s) .

                 31 JAN: OH58D reports explosions observed vie PT
            51C,173 (1800 hrs). One of the continuing problems facing
            the brigade was receiving Special Instructions (SPINS) in
            a timely manner. Transponder codes, Restricted Operations
            Zones (ROZ) and other critical information were often
            received late; when they arrived it was usually only for
            one day at a time rather than the weekly SPINS usually
            i ss@ted.


                 I February found the Brigade Commander, XO and S-4 at
            a division-level logistics sand table exercise. The attack
            battalions were replacing A-model Hellfires with C-model
            missiles3 a faulty lot number of A-inodel missiles had been
ified during earlier test-firing at Jayhawk Range.
            (This later proved to be erroneous, and restrictions on
            the lot were removed).


                 Commander's Assessment comments on the low
            availability of aircraft. Brigade Commander must approve
            all missions except for Fiellfire testing and division
            taskings.

                 OH58Ds responded to reports of 25 vehicles crossing
            the border in column formation vie 29deg 00153"N 4Cdeg
            56100"E.   Two missions were flown during the night of




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Folder Title = AAR 1ST CAVALRY DIV COMMAND REPORT 10 APR 91
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Subject = 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY
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