DESERT SHIELD STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT PHASE 1

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Subject: DESERT SHIELD STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT PHASE 1                 

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001045

Folder Title: AFTER ACTION REPORTS PHASE I MOBILIZATION AND DEPLOYMENT                                        

Document Number:       2002

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                                                                         06/25/91
                                       JULLS LONG REPORT


                      (3)Minimum essential time was scheduled -For ihe
              in-theater NBC Threat Brief.

                      (4) During the time period between the railroading of
              equipment and the actual deployment of soldiers by air, Post
              Chemical office instructor personnel sized$ outfitted, and
              tested in a CS Chamber approximately 600 divisional replacements
              before sending them to their respective deploying units. This
              was done because excess unit stocks of protective masks had
              already been loaded and deployed. This work with the
              replacements was a very time-intensive activity.

                      (5) Units completed common task training and final
              preparations while their equipment was at port or at sea.
              When FORSCOM had mandated individual proficiency in
              eight NBC common tasks, Ist ID (M) tasked unit commanders with
              the responsibility of validating their personnel. One of the
              more difficult tasks to validate was "Use of the Latrine," while
              the easiest was "Mask Confidence Exercise" at the CS Chamber
              using CS powder melted in paraffin wax. since ICS capsules were
              not available.

                      (6) In  retrospect, the success of the division's
              deployment from an NBC standpoint depended primarily on the
              identification and resolution of the logistics issues mentioned
              above. Annex 0 to OPLAN Lexicon Danger provided ample guidance
              to lst ID units. However, the many hours during the August thru
              October time frame that Division Chemical Office personnel
units was
              time well spent. Operation Desert Shield was essentially a
              logistics exercise.

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File Room = jul96_declassified
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Box ID = BX001045
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = AFTER ACTION REPORTS PHASE I MOBILIZATION AND DEPLOYMENT
Folder Seq # = 16
Subject = DESERT SHIELD STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT PHASE 1
Document Seq # = 2002
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 26-DEC-1996