HISTORICAL REPORT 2 JAN 91

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Subject = HISTORICAL REPORT 2 JAN 91

Folder Title = 68TH TRANS BN GEN HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AKKY'
513TH TRANSPORTATION COMPANY...
APO NEW YORK 09616

02 January 19.91

MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD

SUBJECT: Historical Report

........ ...

As the month of August 1990 began CNN broadcasted the sketchy-details-of Iraq's
invasion of the tiny oil-rich nation of Kuwa-it. TI@'e 613th Tra'ns'poriaiio"n Comp'any
had just been relieved of a month long desert support mission with.the 2/75th
Rangers at Fort Bliss, TX. Mid-August brought on the realization that the United
States was preparing for a massive deployment to Sout wes-._s,ia@- The,513th.,was'
tasked to provide a Range-r Suppi)rt 'tleme-n'i@ '(RSE). 'E-o di@p'f;'Y' -with Thirtieth Rangers
to an undetermined-destination in the Gulf area. ..The.hand full of@soldiers.-were
required to become war-rea@y.in' 'days. :There. deployment status. cr@@ajted,--ziew-
priorities for our supply and training shops. The intelligence-reports-cl@arly---
defined the standards that had to be met concerning chemical and biological warfare
The NBC threat in this theater was prom3 . ent a
.n nd.historically proven...For two weeks
the RSE trained in MOPP gear and other prescribed tasks directed by the Rangers.

By tbe-last week of August the entire 513th Traiis.'Co. w@i@ notified that it'*as
on the deployment list and we needed to become ."war-readyll.-immediately.. .,The supply
system kicked in and our requests to fill-our wartime ' con 't'ingency and.other re.quired
desert. equipment reached approximately $240,.000,... By--tbp-bp-,gixining. of..September, we,
began our 14-day deployment sequence. The size of our M915 tractors and M872
trailers created special problems for MTMC. In the long run, it-required three
ships to transport our large equipment, a C-141 for the smaller cargo and a
commercial 747 to deploy the 141 soldiers that initi'ally"gtepged off in Satfdi"-"
Arabia. Once our MTOE and other e ers be
_qyipT:@pt_@yer@ 4@p,loved the soldi
------ex.t.e.nsi.v.e--training
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terrorism, first id, deger val e pon
of Saudi Arabia. We also concentrated on combat convoy. SOPS, rear battle defense
operations and security operations in detail. We also organized and met with the
soldiers dependents to create the company "chain-of concern.

The 513th was locked on the TPFDL in mid September;-our-deploy e,c.an
.!P@nt, dat h ged
about five times throughout September and October. Just as the soldiers seemed to
be acquiring the "somebody's crying wolf" philosophy$ we-were-notified on--23 Oct-90
that we were Eo'-d-e-pl-o-y f-rom'M'cChord AFB to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia beginning 1300 25
Oct 90. We had our final moments-with-our families and-friends,.-long-distance-phone
calls, and securing the quarters one last times. -Our last day At Ft."Lewis'was'-'-..,..@
marked by the typical, fall-day-in thi@-P6cifi(f'Nofthdest: cbld,
drizzling. By the time our flight left McChord AFB is @as 'so-61oudy'and"fo'gg .Y-6it'
we couldn't even see Mt. Rainier.

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