FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN SECTION III G I

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Subject: FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN  SECTION III G I                      

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  513 MI BDE AAR                                                                 

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             B.    ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

                   1.     (u)    The battalion accomplished much during
             OPERATION     DESERT   SHIELD/STORM.          Some     of     those
             accomplishments are as follows:
                   a   @l On August 9. 1990 the battalion       was alerted to
             prepar@ a technical intelligence team to           support XVIII
             Airborne corps.      A team was task organized,    loaaed out and
             deployed to Fort Bra       North Carolina on August 12, 1990.
             Th@y -were attachedgg@o Company A, 519th MI-BDE, where they
             began training soldiers, throughout XVIII Airborne Corps on
             iraqls milit&r      capabilities.-    This team not only trained
             soldiers at For@ Br:gg,,,NC; but also at Fort            - Stewart,
             Georgia and Fort cam          Kentucky@othev continued training
             programs up until th@ir deployment        saadi Arabia oA August
             23, 1990.                                                 1
                   b      No     on August 29 1990 the FNIB deployed its
             initial force of three soldiers @ith the 513th MI BDt task
             force to Saudi Arabia. These three soldiers began to la
             the framework for the mission of providing               technical
             information       and  intelligence     on   the     capabilities,
             limitations, and vulnerabilities of the enemy's equipment.
             They also began to lay the foundation for what turned out to
             be -the theater chemical, biological,          and     biomedical
             sampling missions.
                   C.     t*)    Later in September, the battalion deployed
             three additional soldiers who began responding to numerous
             requests for information    .  This cell began the lash up with
telligence       Community
             integrating and expandinq our databases. Thi@ cell was able
             to p@ovide-the critical information necessary for offensive
             and defensive       Tanning while the JCMEC's main body awaited
             strategic air an@ surface transportation.
                   d.       On January 7, 1991 the main bod of the JCMEC
             arrived t4ith all SerVices represented. TKey immediately
             began an intense review         of    mission   and     collection
             requirements with technical intelligence teams that would be
             de;51oyed in support of VII Corps and the Ist Marine
             Expeditionary      Force  of MARCENT-.      JCMEC became fully
             operational Fwithin one week after arrival in Saudi Arabia
             (January 15, 1991).
                   e. tQ    In addition to the Air Force, Navy, and Marine
             augmentation a technical escort unit from Edgewood Arsenal,
             Maryland was attached to be the theat@              handlers for
             chemical, biomedical and biological samples.             Technical
             escort personnel were prepared to escort samples to CONUS
             laboratories to verify any suspected first use -of chemical
             munitions       Iraq. @ The JCMEC was also augmented with two
             members of @e British Armed Forces.




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