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Box ID = BX005102

Folder Title = 22ND SUP COM AAR THE FINAL CHAPTER XII                                                          

Unit = 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Org = ARCENT      






                               AFTER ACTION RMEW


                                MCUTM BMOMRY

         1. The primary mission of the 22nd Support Command during
         the period 25 May to 15 December 1991 was the redeployment of
         personnel and retrograde of materiel stockpiled for operation
         Desert Storm. Hundreds of thousands of personnel who
         participated in the air and ground operations and the massive
         amounts of materiel that supported their mission had to be
         brought out of the SWA theater as quickly and safely as we
         had brought them in. This was a formidable task. Closing
         out a theater of operations had never done in American
         military history. we formulated a plan, which was later
         modified, to deal with this tremendous challenge. This
         executive summary delineates this plan and chronicles the
         events which occurred during the course of the plan's
         execution.

         2. The plans which the command used to open the theater and
         to prosecute the ground war are covered in detail in volume I
         of this AAR. By way of si,nnary, however, here are those
         plans:

             a. 3-Point Initial Plan - Reception, onward movement,
         and sustainment of U.S. forces deployed to the SWA theater.

             b. 6-Phase Plan for Desert Shield/Desert Storm -
         Preparation and prepositioning, movement of the Corps, ground
         offensive, defense of Kuwait, redeployment, and restoration
         of Kuwait.

         3. The first plan during the redeployment (25 May - 15
         December 1991) was the Prepositioning and Retrograde Plan.
         This plan divided our actions into three phases:

             a. Phase I    Retrograde and Reception

             b. Phase II    Materiel Movement

             c. Phase III    Transition to Closeout

         4. Phase I - Retrograde and Reception

             a. The focus of this phase was the redeployment of the
         XVIII and VII Corps and the reception of 22nd SUPCOM
         replacement personnel. Soldiers of the VII and XVIII Corps
         began to redeploy almost immediately after the initial cease
         fire on I March 91. This redeployment brought the war
         fighters home at an average rate of over 5000 soldiers per
         day through March, April, and May. while redeploying the
         soldiers that saw action in Desert Shield and Desert Storm
         the command began replacing its own personnel. Closing out
         the theater not only required maintaining a presence, but

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