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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              renovation services for elements from IS'L CaV awaiting
              displacement.    The entire road march involved over 19,oVitZt
              soldiers and 3,OLAO vehicles using a two larie highway. All
              units closed on TRA Wendy and were            operational on 14
              J,AnLtary 91.

              6. Operation Desert Storm, the air, campaign, began on i7
              Janu,Ry,y i991, is US and Coalition Air Forces bellari a
              devastating air war in response to Iraq'S flilltre to
              withdraw its forces from Kuwait, in accordance with United
              Nations sanctioned deadline of 15 January 1991. The lst
              Cav and the 43rd CSG were prepared and stood ready to
              perform their, %ssigned missions.

              7. Upon closure at -!-AA Wendy on 14 January 1991, the 43e-d
              CSG was attached to 2E@nd SUPICOM, ARCENT during the air
              campaign.   Just prior to the commencement of the ground
              war, on 24 February 1991, 43rd CSG was attached to VII
              Corps. The CSG was then further attached to 2nd COSCOM,
              VII COT-Ps. In fact, the 43@,d CSG was Attached to two
              COSCOlyis, two corps, and one SUPCOM, and changed hiphe'r
              headquarters on five different occasions during the
              deployment. However, it was the mission statement from
              Lieutenant Generil William B. Pligonis, Commanding Gerier@xi,
              22)D SUPCOM, ARCENI- that maintained the liaison between the
              /,3rd CSG and the lst Cav, by keeping the 43rd CS in a
              permanent direct support (albeit OPCON) role to the Ist
              C,xv.  It was this dedicated support relationship which led
              the 43rd CSG to apply new innovative support structures
              which were designed to meet -the unique requirements of .1
ional maneuver, reserve.

              S.  The z@3r,d CSG remxiried at -f'AA Wendy until 6 Febri-tEtry
              1991 while the air war continued. The Ist C@iv received
              the mission, on 12 Jan,-tai-y 1991, to assume Et hasty
              defensive position vicinity Hafir Al Batin (i\IS940456) to
              protect the approach to King Khilid Military City (KKMC),
              which housed major- US ind coalition headquarters and
              logistics br@es. The deployment of the lst Cav was a
              security measure against any preemptive attack by Iraqi
              forces using the Wadi Al B@A-tin approach, which at this
              crucial time could have disrupted the deployment of VII
              Cat,ps forces which were arriving in country and moving to
              staging areas east of L@KMC.     On 30 JEtnLtary 1991, based on
              news -Lhtt the Syritn forces would not Attack Iraqi forces
              on I-r-aqi soil, the Ist Cav moved North to relieve Syrian
              forces along the Iriqi-Saudi border from PTO302OQI to
              PT580189. To facilitate support, 43rd CSG displaced from



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