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Subject = HISTORICAL REPORT OPERATIONS DESERT STORM DESERT SHIELD
Folder Title = 5TH MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL-HISTORICAL REPORT-14 MAY 90-15 APR 91
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Box ID = BX000081
File Cabinet = Week-48
File Room = sep96_classified
5rCftE-T- UNCLASSIFIED
-UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF TH
-IF ARMY
5TH tjlc)i3rLE ARMY -SUFZ-BICAL HOSPITAL
tRAt3G, NORTH CAROLINA 28307-@@-OOCi'@
T
-HISTORICAL REPORT
OPERAtibNE@ DESERT STORM/DESERT SHIELD:
(U) MAY 14, 1990 EncoLtraged.to scrub PROFJ-.S list for accuracy @@d send wel-
.-ccime packets.'--,@o indication of impending deployment but war
and ru,6ck-s of iviar were rampant @,hroudhout-ttie world.'-'
(U) AUGUST 3, 1990 - 44TH Medical Brigade, 5Tk MASH put on.alert to the Persian
.Gulf.
Profes a! Fi I I ers (PROFIS) and Fiii-6rs L-d) 06r@
AUGUST 5, 1 SI.ON !6nl@4-'s@E
(U) sonnel begin to arrive. They were incorporated into our in-
tensive training program. Primary focus was on training all to
c,.-5TH MASH standards. Special. emphasis on NBC,. Weapons qualifi-
-F
.@tationi field sanitation, ATLS, ACLS, combat li iisaivei@ sl.,ills,
survival skills, PT and :)EPMEDS.
(U)AUSUST .12 1990 - Advance party departs -F@o- Saudi Arabia. 'This.includes.FST,
-XO and 2 ANCS, CPT Salter and MAJ Walli-s.
0030 met at the company
- 0200 report'to 28TH CSH parking lot with A-lia@'4-:'and rltck'.
- 0300 depart for green ramp, Pope-Air Force Base.with lift-
off four hours later.
AUGUST 13, 1990 - Desert cammoflouge uniforms available-far issue. -Cposs
(U) issued.
(U) AUGUST 21, i990 - X@sinall prot ective masl,, not ava4lablei'. C+@ 3. ANC'S- ri-i3:n-
deployable until proper fitting masks can be obtained. -.N-c3.ne..
available in Army system at this time.
(u) SEPTEMBER 4i 1.990 - ETS's and unqualified resignations are suspended un@6r-
-the provisi-onm of the Stop Loss Pro
gram.
(U) SEPTEMBER 167 1990 - 62 PAX d.epart for the Persian Gulf. X-small protective.
-mask arrive.
(u) SEPTEMBER 17, 1990 - 23 PAX depart for the Persian G@lif.-'Inideq6ate;&@6unts@
of gamma globulin and hepta-vacs available to complete immuni-
-zations. This was a worldwide shortage..
CN, 5TH MASH. @irrives in Saudi Arabia and beg "to go over..
d-hc3spital layout with CWM, XO, H6s@pi-tail -designer
propose
and DCCS.
Temperature, 88-104 degrees with 4% humidity,
SEPTEMBER 9 1
(U) 1 990 Has@pi construction begins in I
ADVANTAGES: site located on secure AirbasL:;--'MODA 3.
proximity. -lylpdj@ provided unique learning'ei.,periencL-s in re-
gprd to foreign,medical practices, sophisticated lab, x-ra@/.,
-z-.-@:and OR capabilities, disposal of hazard6ug and . am ated
waste. We @@r also within wall, t
tracted consolidated mess. Quarter master laundry' av-ailitile.
DISADVANTAGES: Cl-i3se pro>:i'mity to petrol6um..f.@!rn, which hous-
ed a! 1 of, the. jet fuel"for the basd. Site too smal 1.@ fat;
.r-appropriat6'.dir*tL*.nring of -Field sanitati@
biileting @@d"mbtor pool fron hospital:.. 6ni@
ssiflcationat (DAN" under Section
3.6 of Executive Order 12958.
Cl..X@@dbyPOE@.,2OSt.-'96je .4.
pi
UNCLASSIFIED -SE-eftE.T.- @ASON: 1.5(c) DECLAS: O@R
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