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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit  = 101ST ID    

Box ID = BX001611

File Cabinet = Week-48 

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       Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

             The first combat force to deploy from the division  was the

       first Division Ready Brigade (DRB-1). The DRB-1 was made up of
       an aviation task force and the Second Air A@'sault Brigade Task

       Force. Two C5A and three C141 Air Force jets carrying the first

       wave of the DRB-1 equipment departed Campbell Army Airfield at
       2230 Zulu on 17 August 90.9

             It would take thirteen days for fifty-six C141s and

       forty-nine C5As to transport the task forces' 2,742 personnel,
       117 helicopters, 487 vehicles and 123 equipment pallets.  io Th@s

       strategic deployment was done multiechelon and started well.

       However, several last-minute adjustments to the Time Phased Force

       Deployment List (TPFDL) were made by higher commanders. This

       caused the deployment to become hectic and required constant
       reconfigurations for transportation. ii once in Saudi Arabia, the

       DRB-1 force was configured to provide division command and

       control and a brigade task force with attack aviation and
       sustainment support. 12

             The DRB-1 movement, as well as the movement of the rest of

       the division and the 101 Support Group (Corps), was coordinated

       and controlled primarily through the division's Energency

       Operations Center (EOC) at Fort Campbell. The EOC monitored

       movement requirements and progress, requested transportation

       assets, and positioned liason officers at the Jacksonville port.

       The EOC also coordinated the movement of the 2-229th Aviation




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Box ID = BX001611
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Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S
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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-MAR-1997