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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 Review
          Executive Summary

          theater and the need for 'constant vigilance for the safety of
          the troops.

              f. The danger of being in Kuwait after the destruction
          and pillaging of the country by the Iraqis was real. Kuwait
          was blanketed with mines, grenades, and other ordnance that
          knew no difference between soldier and civilian, young and
          old. Grim, sobering accounts of innocent victims killed or
          maimed by explosions became all too commonplace.
              g. The last of the VII Corps soldiers boarded their
          planes and the last of their equipment left the theater on 15
          August. Upon the deployment of the VII Corps, the 22nd
          SUPCOM then moved into the second phase.

          5. Phase II - Materiel Movement

              a. The central focus of actions during this phase was
          the movement of all the supplies and equipment out of the
          theater. The massive amounts of rations, fuel, tents,
          ammunition, and repair parts had to be packed into containers
          and shipped to either CONUS or Europe. This required a
          concentrated effort on each private, sergeant, and officer to
          direct their energies to this effort. In order to meet
          stringent U.S. Department of Agriculture standards designed
          to prevent the import of dangerous pests/diseases to the
          U.S., this command formed 2 companies of 150 personnel each
          to clean and wash the materiel prior to shipment. Over
          339,000 tons of classes 1, II, IIIP, IV, and IX, and 280,000
          tons of class V alone had to be processed and loaded into
          containers. Additionally, our fleet of 1830 aircraft had to
          be inspected and wrapped for protection from the salt air
          before loading. Lastly, 117,298 wheeled and 12,526 tracked
          vehicles were retrograded to port and prepared for shipment.

              b. During Phase 11, the llth ACR completed its mission
          and began redeployment operations on I September. They were
          replaced by a task force of two armored and two infantry
          battalions from the Sth Infantry Division in Europe.

              c. During this phase the decision was made to establish
          prepositioned stocks in Kuwait, along with Theater War
          Reserves (TWR) and Operational Project Stocks (OPS) to be set
          aside from the stocks being retrograded. The groundwork for
          this and subsequent actions was laid in May from a report
          prepared by the HQDA Disposition Team. The "Murray Report"
          became the basis for the command's early propositioning
          activities. In July the CJCS released a memorandum providing
          further guidance pending a negotiated agreement with the
          government of Saudi Arabia on prepositioned stocks.
          Prepositioning in Kuwait became a viable alternative after
          the Saudis made clear their position not to allow Army
          prepositioning in their country. The numbers associated with

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