VII CORPS SITREP 2 APR 91

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Subject: VII CORPS SITREP 2 APR 91                                       

Box  ID: BX000494

Document Number:         42

Folder Title: TACTICAL OPERATIONS CENTER LOGS  TF FREEDOM  1 - 9  APR 91 -1                                   

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Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     






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                (2)      (AMBER) REQUEST THAT THE 512TH AND OTHER EOD
        TEAMS NOW GS TO VII CORPS BE PLACED OPCON TO CORPS. PRIORITIES
        FREQUENTLY AND QUICKLY CHANGE AS NEW HAZARDOUS AREAS ARE
        DISCOVERED. AN OPCON.COMMAND RELATIONSHIP WOULD ALLOW CORPS TO
        BETTER DIRECT AND CONTROL TEAMS SO AS TO MAXIMIZE EFFORTS TO
        RENDER AREAS SAFE FOR SOLDIERS AND DISPLACED CIVILIANS. POC VII
        CORPS ACE, LTC CANDIDO, TASS 9-9977-617.
        4. @ COMMANDERIS EVALUATION:
            A. @ CORPS MAINTAINS SCREEN ALONG DML, OUTPOSTS ON HIGHWAY
        8, AND IS POSTURED TO RESUME OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS IF REQUIRED;
        CONDUCTS CL     CE OF ZONE; PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE;
        CONDUCTS CONTINUOUS SEARCH AND RECOVERY OPERATIONS FOR U.S.
        VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT IN IRAQ; CONTINUES PREPARATION FOR
        MOVEMENT TO RAA'S AND DEVELOPMENT OF RAA'S.
            B. @ UNITS ARE IN FINAL STAGES OF ENEMY EQUIPMENT
        DESTRUCTION AND ASSISTING TACTICAL INTELLIGENCE UNITS IN
        EVACUATION OF SELECT ENEMY EQUIPMENT.
            C. 4" DAILY EPW COUNT STILL REMAINS HIGH. WANT TO ENSURE
        SAFE AND EXPEDITIOUS EVACUATION AND CARE OF EPW'S BEYOND VII
        CORPS. BELIEVE THIS IS AN AREA WE MUST CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN
        THEATER AS HEAT RISES. CORPS CONTINUES TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF
        IRAQI MILITARY UNITS COMMITTING ATROCITIES AGAINST LOCAL
        POPULATION IN THE LOWER EUPHRATES REGION. DETAILS ARE SUBMITTED
        DAILY IN INTELLIGENCE CHANNELS. THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF
        IRAQIS IN THE U.S. SECTOR ONCE VII CORPS LEAVES IS OF MAJOR
        CONCERN. BELIEVE WE SHOULD USE EVERY CHANNEL AVAILABLE TO
        ENCOURAGE INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES AND ICRC OR EVEN POSSIBLY THE UN
        TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION FROM U.S. OCCUPATION TO IRAQI
        GOVERNMENT CONTROL. CONTINUE TO BELIEVE OUR BEST COURSE FOR THE
        NEAR TERM WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH CIVIL MILITARY GOVERNMENT
NANCES AND PENAL CODES IF ONLY IN SAFWAN.
        DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD STUFFS TO INCLUDE FOOD AND MEDICINE FOR
        INFANTS CONTINUES. NEED TO KNOW WHEN CIVILIAN RELIEF AGENCIES
        WILL BE PREPARED TO ASSUME OPERATIONS. HAVE A GROWING DC CAMP
        OUTSIDE SAFWAN. THE CAMP CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 6,500 CIVILIANS
        AND GROWS DAILY. NEED AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL CAMP OR
        NEED TO VACATE AREA WITH GROUND FORCES AND SCREEN THAT PORTION OF
        IRAQ BY AIR. AM ALSO PREPARED TO WITHDRAW 2ACR AND 1AD FROM IRAQ
        TO RAA'S AND COVER RE14AINDER OF SECTOR AS ECONOMY OF FORCE. ALSO
        BELIEVE WE SHOULD WITHDRAW HIGHWAY 8 CHECKPOINTS AND LET ALL
        CIVILIAN TRAFFIC PROCEED. CAN BE IN POSITION TO INTERDICT
        MILITARY TRAFFIC AND TO OFFER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AS
        REQUIRED. CAN IMPLEMENT THIS MISSION IN 24 HOURS. CAN BEGIN
        2ACR AND 1AD MOVEMENT IN 48 HOURS. AS WE APPROACH THE
        REDEPLOYMENT PHASE NEED TO BEGIN GRADUAL DISENGAGEMENT, FIRST
        ALONG HIGHWAY S.
            D. @ INTENT IS TO POSTURE VII CORPS TO MOVE OUT OF IRAQ
        WITHIN A PERIOD OF 5 DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF EXECUTION ORDERS.
        INCREASED TIME DUE TO LONGER DISTANCES, REDUCED CL IX
        AVAILABILITY AND HEAT. CORPS REDEPLOYMENT OBJECTIVES ARE: FIRST
        IN FIRST OUT; SXFETY, CARE, AND DISCIPLINE OF SOLDIERS;
        DISCIPLINED ACCOUNTABILITY OF RESOURCES; AND REDEPLOYMENT IN A

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