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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 

File Room = sep96_classified    








         Vietnam. The American Eagle departed Jacksonville on 19 August

         90. Each of the ten ships, had onboard a handful of 101st

         soldiers serving as equipment suporcargoes.

              The ten ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean,  moved through the

         Mediterranean Sea, and transited the Suez Canal into the Red Sea.

         They then made the turn around the Arabian Peninsula to the
         Persian Gulf port of Ad Damman, just north of Dhahran.16 The

         average trip took 23 days. The sea transport was not without

         problems, as a number of the cargo ships of the Navy's

         contingency fleet were in poor repair.

              While posturing for movement, the division implemented an

         extensive training plan to prepare its soldiers for duty in the

         desert. The 101st placed emphasis on NBC training, weapons

         skills and increased physical training. A key component of this

         training plan was the division's pre-deployment schools, which

         provided additional training to approximately one third of the

         division's soldiers in such critical areas as field sanitation,
         M60/M249 techniques and combat lifesaver skills. 17

              The bulk of the division's manpower deployed from Campbell

         Army Airfield to Saudi Arabia in commercial aircraft from the

         Commercial Aircraft Reserve Fleet (CRAF). Thirty-six aircraft

         deployed 13,500 soldiers over a twenty day period, from 5 to 25

         September 1990. They arrived in Saudi Arabia at Dhahran Airport,

         and were then transported to King Fahd International Airport

         (KFIA), an incomplete international airport located 35 miles



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Document 96 f:/Week-48/BX001611/DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S/history slides for 101st airborne division:03069709501938
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-48
Box ID = BX001611
Unit = 101ST ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S
Folder Seq # = 127
Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
Document Seq # = 2
Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-MAR-1997