AFTER ACTION REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA

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Subject: AFTER ACTION REPORT ON DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTHWEST ASIA             

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Folder Title: ARMY EOD IN DESERT STORM VOL 4 543 EOD TEAM EODCT                                               

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      AFFU-543
      SUBJECT- After Action Reoort



      these radios. That no one's fault but their own.- it's a CTA item and a
      unit should order as manv as thev need. This radio is suderb +or
      controllina convovs and also works well between EOD members resoondina to
      incidents. Everv soldier should have one.
         We had  CEOI's for everv unit within both coros as well as all the EAC
      units and  Marines. Thev were relatively easv to use and included a master
      call sion  cross-reference book. There were no authentication tables nor
      any means  a+ encrvotina. MSG Hall of the 147th EOD devised an ingenious
      method of  encodina arid coordinates bv usina suffixes.


      7. TOOLS   AND EQUIPMENT.


          a. Small Arms. While we at control didn't have a lot of hands-on
      experience with the various EOD tools. I do have some Dersonal
      observations. A lot of attention was    a3.ven to small arms disruotion. and
      rightfully so. since this method accounted +or manv hundreds of
      submunitions beina sa+elv destroyed. Althouah I anlv fired the      Barrett
      +or Dractice  and not at an actual munition. I can sav the thina   is not
      worth the bulk. eXDense. and waste a+ ammunition. Nothina I know of that
      was shot at could not have been handled bv a smaller caliber weadon.
      Hav:@Lna actuallv ootted submltnitions with an M16A2 and various Kalashnikov
      rifles. I can sav the 5.56mm and 7.62mm familv a+ cartridoes are ouite
      adeaua@e. mv recommendation is a scooed M16 and scooed 7.62mm NATO
      caliber rifle Der team.


          b. Navioation. In the desert environment. an electronic naviaation
      aid was essential eauidment. We had issued a Loran svstem in the form of
      one of the "Vovacer'; models. This is a commercial item Drimarilv     desioned
      for boaters. While it worked. it is COMDlicated and subject to be
      inaccurate. Some units had a MILSPEC device thev called "Sluoaer".
that is the correct nomenclature. I have seen it
      advertised in "Armv" maaazine and is ouite ruaaed and simole. Almost EOD
      tech-oroo+. Units should be authorized one Der vehicle.


          C. Micro-fiche.   Our c)ortable microfiche viewers could be iMDroved.
      It should have MUltiDle Dower sources inclltdina solar. Microfiche is nice
      and comdact. but sure is a oain in the butt to use.


          d. Generators. The consensus is that the comercial 2.2 and 3.3kW
      aenerators are the wav to ao. These aenerators were a bia success storv.
      Easv to use and maintain. thev keot units ooerational Iona after the
      militarv Dieces of iunk died. At control. we used both a 2.2 and 3.3kW UD
      until we obtained a militarv 15kW   diesel model. at which time we suodlied
      Dower to both ourselves and the 75th EOD. This    aenerator worked well.
      althouch we had no c)rime mover for it (the 75th  oulled it to Kuwait with
      the SE@).

          e. SEE. Mv exoerience was onlv to watch the SEE in action dicaina
      bunkers and +iohtinc3 oositions. The bunker it allowed us to build at KKMC
      .orior to the Scud attacks was an encineerina wonder. It had a roo+ made
      a+ two 463L Dallets and could hold all 19 of us Dlus chemical defense

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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 = 04-NOV-1996