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Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTION REPORT        

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001008

Folder Title: DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS                                                               

Document Number:          4

Folder Seq  #:         11






                                        UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                          04/19/91
                                      JULLS LONG REPORT


            obtaining the best prices for deployment related supplies and
            services.


                     (7) (U) The Kansas Army National Guard played a
            significant role in preparing lst ID CM) equipment for
            deployment. lst ID CM) required additional maintenance support
            to enable DISCOM and its organic support battalions to deploy
            early in the division +low sequence. The Kansas National Guard
            MATES site at Fort Riley provided maintenance support which
            encompassed 12-14 hour work days 7 days per week. The MATES
            site completed over 300 work orders on equipment ranging from
            communications and armament equipment to combat vehicles. The
            National Guard also provided recovery, POL and training
            assistance to support Fort Riley's deployment of lst ID CM). The
            ability of lst ID CM) to deploy and quickly build combat power
            in theater can be attributed to a large extent to support
            provided by the Kansas National Guard.

                d. (U) Personnel:


                     (1) (U) Operation Desert Shield confirmed that Fort
            Riley needs supplemental Military Police and other Quick Fix
            Forces or a Garrison Augmentation unit to provide adequate law
            enforcement, security, command and control, and installation
            support once tenant units deploy. Fort Riley requested and
            received augmentation by AG, Military Police, Finance, and Air
            Ambulance units. Command and Control for the many separate
            detachments and companies that mobilized was a major area of
            concern that had to be resoltraed. Units needed administrative,
anic
            capability. We utilized AC units until they were alerted +or
            deployment. However, once the Ist ID CM) was alerted, only
            minimal support was available.

                     (2) (U) Family Care Plans arranged by both AC and RC
            soldiers occasionally named guardians who knew nothing of the
            tentative arrangements until they were called upon to care +or
            the dependent of a deploying soldier. Requlations governing
            Family Care Plans should be changed to require written consent
            by proposed guardians, with annual or biennial updates.
            Commanders must be required to personally contact the guardian
            to confirm they are aware of their responsibility. The other
            solution is to preclude single parents serving in the military.

                     (3) (U) Despite making legal service available on a
            continual basis, SJA was overwhelmed with soldiers requiring
            wills and powers of attorney once their units were alerted for
            deployment. SJA used a well-organized system of client
            screening, +act sheets, and informal interviews to weed out most
            clients while maintaining a capability to handle those who
            genuinely needed individual attention. To reduce the deployment
            workload in the future, SJA recommends requiring soldiers


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Document 517 f:/Week-26/BX001008/DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS/special information for installation after actio:12179611150511
Control Fields 17
File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-26
Box ID = BX001008
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTIO
Document Seq # = 4
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996