HISTORICAL DATA HHD 68TH TRANS BN

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Subject = HISTORICAL DATA HHD 68TH TRANS BN

Folder Title = 68TH TRANS BN GEN HISTORICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Parent Organization = MISC

Unit = MISC

Box ID = BX005606

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HISTORICAL DATA, HHD, 68th Trans Bn

24 Dec 90 The Detachment had.a Christmas'Party. Morale flinds-were used
gi
to purchase munches and "near beer". Names were draw,-, @c,- a small -@t
exchange. The party went well,.and the g@tards't.)ere rotated in and.out of
the party. Nine personnel were not...=kble,to atte.nd..becaLise they were.
working at 3 other locations.

-Dec%-90-' -I'
,O - The S@ -@i
Thtimama6 Air Field. The move went well,.except that the S-1 should have
left a repesentative behind to process any emergency personnel actic5n@i":"'
that could have occurred. Luckily, no actions were required.
31 Dec 90 - the SMO section moved their work. area to the'new Write. The
rest a+ the Detachment prepared to move, and the S-1 ahd'S-4 &@ec@tions
continued to set Lip their new areas. -New Years Eve-festivities were not
held because the unit -was spi it and -Functioning at - 5 -different
I Jan 91 - S-2/3, Commo,.HQ, and,BMO moved to the new site. The move went
I .
well and we +inall 'y -FoLt" a hc3.,qe@ ..Pri-or to this-,-the- so-l-diers called-
-the- term used
themselves "Nomads The 69th Trans E4r,. "Mobile" was an-
frequently after the E5ken evi-ati-n-n end orders telling us to move from the
race
2 Jan 91 - Set up of new site continued.. . ThL-..Iac@@. o..f worker bees and the
-,trx.iggle between the sec:t.i4ons and th.? unit he;;tdquat-t-ers became -vis-ible as.
the work an site improvement slowed.
6 Jan 9'1 - Base defense plan was practiced. The outcome produced a new
plan--a better one at both Unit and Bn level. H.HD i@ -art c4 the Ouick
Reaction Force. We mustered well, but +ailed to issue the M60s. As we
were called upon to r6info-rce weak points, the S-2's instructions wer-e--,
unclear and created a cluster of personnel on one wall of the perimeter.
10 Jan 9 ey staff members aid commanders or.-the
1 COL Brown briefed the
go to war plans and on the problems we were tackling. His brief Aas
informative and brought some relief to the Sta+@'S The ,,4Si+
was worthwhile, but lorg overdue.
was. +in @llk, re +--Rmily-has-begLAn.--
11 7an 91 The unit
7 +
again.
1.2 Jan 91 The Bn had a._pt7,-ictice NBC Att-@kc:!@. The ala..-m was slow
to work and the sleeping soldiers were not woken. The "all clear" sigral
brought confusion. The unit will go through proper unmasking procedures
once the "all clear" signal is given.
14 Jan 91 - The Command Section's tent and a transient tent burned down.
All the contents were lost. The fire was started by SPC Turner as he was
refueling a @ferosene heater. Although the heater was turned off, it was
still burning and ignited. The fire heightened our safety awareness.
16 Jan 91 - S-2/3 had an electrical fire in the TOC. This was caused b,,,

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Subject = HISTORICAL DATA HHD 68TH TRANS BN
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Declassified = 06-MAR-1997