AFTER ACTION REPORT ODS 14JUN91

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Subject: AFTER ACTION REPORT ODS  14JUN91                                

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Folder Title: 1ST EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL GROUP                                                           

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                         Activity in Kuwait involved the operation of a combined
              (United States, British, Canadian, French, Saudi Arabian, and
              Kuwaiti)/ joint (U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine) EOD
              Control    Center. A series of meetings was held to d4-vide
              responsibility by geographic sector and type of work. Although
              there was no written authority for this concept the level of
              interest and cooperation was high and each organization signed
              up to clear whatever it was capable of or wanted to do. The
              Br4-@@ish had an excellent in house map making capability which
              proved valuable and they shared with the other participants. The
              U.S.    Army operated a safe disposal/hold4-ng area accepting
              ordnance and explosives from everyone. The U.S. Air Force did a
              thorough clearance of the International A,-rport and a military
              airfield.    French soldiers cleared the beaches in Kuwait City of
              mines and obstacles.

                         Kuwait served as a base for some of our units assisting
              VlIth Corps with its efforts to destroy Iraqi ammunition and
              equipment. Distances were not great to the missile base at Umm
              Qasr or the large ammunition supply point west of Basra so this
              was   a    very    convenient arrangement. Conducting demolition
              operations simultaneously with combat operations, looking out
              for refugees, and capturing prisoners involved more coordination
              and control than normal for EOD.

                   Kuwait City also served as a base for ordnance intelligence
              gathering activities from the Tech Center at Indianhead NOS,
              Picatinny Arsenal, and Defense Intelligence Agency. As these
              organizations arrived they were provided life support, equipment
 transportation, escorts and guidance on likely places
              to look. Other than needing to get on the ground sooner their
              efforts were fairly successful. Supplementing them the 146th EOD
              did considerable gathering on their own in areas further west.

                    Units based in Kuwait City swept and cleared large areas in
              and around Safwan in support of the peace talks and various
              other humanitarian activities.

                         Considerable support was provided to Hr. Getz a retired
              General officer who was gathering up Soviet ammunition to
              distribute to our allies who happen to have Russian weapons
              systems. There was a great deal to collect. The Iraqis had large
              quantities of. ammunition and pushed it far forward. Many of the
              storage sites were contaminated with air dropped munitions.

                    One of the problems encountered in clearing Kuwait City was
              the large volume of unfired ordnance left by the Iraqis. EOD did
              not   have    the lift or transportation capacity to move a
              significant part of the abandoned ammunition. Because there was
              no conventional ammunition unit with Task Force Freedom we were
              expected to try. Another unforseen mission we were tasked with
              was clearing  Iraqi tanks and guns   of ordnance. The Iraqis

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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996