545TH MP CO ALERTED FOR DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTWEST ASIA

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Subject = 545TH MP CO ALERTED FOR DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTWEST ASIA

Folder Title = DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM NOTES-BRIEFS-MEMOS

Parent Organization = VII CORPS

Unit = 1ST CD

Box ID = BX001114

File Cabinet = Week-49

File Room = sep96_classified

i:ing Kaleed Military C-ity and :@.:-Ic,e-ated with the Elivisi,:,n Rear-.
I.- --A/545th Flit, 3/545th PI', Pr,:)vc-st imarshal
r-,r one month the .4.lz L
Office and the attached '::ID Detachment tried to sLLpp@-.,,-t the
Platoons from approximately a three hour drive away. The theater
was not configured in the @@-aditi.--.nal m-annet- with .-,--,rps and
t 'Lieat@-e assets to the T-ear of the decision boundary. Instead, the
corps cage and general Support @:,--Ir-p MP iir,.its wei-e +,:. the front ::-f
the D-rpa@-. Thi-@- prohibited the forward m.-.vernent of the 545th MP
1-@-.fnpany (-) from moving .:!,--,set- to the Division Main and l@lanliev.@Rr-
brigades.
The 545th MP Company rn,-,,.,,ed forward 4,:. an area west :.f Hafat-
al Eaten just days bef,-,t-e the g,-,--L-nd war began. Once aoair. all
MF' platoons of the 545th -are committed to some sort of base
defense with. 3/545th platc,or, being the only Platoon fle>,.ible
enough to pull -a team or two for general support missions.
A concerted effort between the 545th MF' CO, and the 59th MP
CO., assured the smooth movement --,f the lst C:av Division from the
Tactical Assembly Areas to RCIM sites, and eleven various
breech sites through the Iy-ac;@ b,---@.-::ier.-and rnine fields, and on to
battle positions.
Once in Position tne lst, 2nd, 4th and '--th platoons
supported their respective elements.
The Provost Ma@-shal. Company -.-commander and three teams from
-::/545th plat,-..jT, moved through the br-ee-:@l-. int,:. lc,g base
Nelligan in ir-ag. The AL)C(E;) 'ae,ad -he unit wth identifying
and margins -- rc-l-ite fr,:,rn L.:,g ):;ace NelligaT, +.@ tt-.e
F'%elease P.-lint, some T-ii-iety miles away, located :,ri role n--,rthwest
border of @"'uwait. The mission wp-s received and accomplished,
thus all-Dw4ng L.-@g train Ml--VeTneTIt.
lipc.Ti i-et,,::-gv,aciing from Ir-a-1, all 545th plat.:,,--,.ns -,@i'@lied at
the D-Reav- in the v'.:inity of Hafat- a! r@@;at-2n, Second and @ifth
Platr-,@-,ns were tasked tc, move to @--p P,:,i-- of Eiammari t.@ assis@ -t!,ie
lst Cavalry Division ir,. redeploying thr-oi-igh wash points and
ck..,st@:,ras inspections.
The following atta,:-,,nents deta'l the individual
contributions to Operation Liesert Shield/ Stc,@-rn.

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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-49
Box ID = BX001114
Unit = 1ST CD
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM NOTES-BRIEFS-MEMOS
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = 545TH MP CO ALERTED FOR DEPLOYMENT TO SOUTWEST ASIA
Document Seq # = 17
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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