11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

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Subject: 11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS              

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Folder Title: I  MEF  ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION                                                               

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                                    Pretreatment (NAP) pills and the Ciprofloxin (Cipro)
                                    antibiotic pills. Specific noteworthy events included;

               0236;    3/12 FIRED TIME-ON-TARGET (TOT) MISSION IN SUPPORT DF TF GRIZZLY.


               0358:    3/12 FIRED TOT MISSION IN SUPPORT OF TF GRIZZLY.


               1236:    3/11 OCCUPIED POSITIONS IN TF RIPPER'S ASSEMBLY AREA AT GRID OS 58 46
                                             nO; MlqRIGN DS TF

               1640:    5/11 DISPLACED TO GRID DS 5P A5 FlRp7racD r
                        PRIORITY CALLS FOR FIRP T@              -


               1835:    DIVISION INSTRUCTED i       P'        T'


               2047:    REg7--             .9-THAT HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTS (HET) PROVIDED BY
                        DI
                                    1. UNSUITABLE FOR TRANSPORTING ENGINEER EQUIPMENT THROUGH BERM
                        INTEI KUWAIT.


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               22 February          Operation Desert Storm 13-2. Early in the morning as 1/11
                                    and the Regimental jump CP moved forward to positions along
                                    the border, 1/12 engaged what was believed to be an Iraq,
                                    armored reconnaissance force of 2 tanks and 3 BMPs moving
                                    south just across the border. While awaiting Cobra support,
                                    1/12 destroyed one BMP and turned this force to the
                                    northwest. The engineer effort to improve firing position
                                    areas near the border continued. lith Marines engineers
                                    alsc) participated in cutting numerous wholes in the bermline
order in order to allow the
                                    ground forces to move across the border. As the
                                    regiment occupied final position areas short of the
                                    borde?r. the organization for combat was:

                                    1/1): GS, Priority Calls for Fire IF Shepherd/TF Taro.
                                    3/11% DS TF Ripper.
                                    5/11: GS, Priority Calls for Fire TF Shepherd/TF Grizzly.
                                    1/12: DS TF Taro.
                                    3/12,. DS TF Grizzly.

                                    Just before midnight as TF Grizzly prepared to begin
                                    clearing across -he border, 3/12 and 5/11 fired several long
                                    t-ange missions on the first obstacle belt to destroy some
                                    Iraqi bunkers and psychologically harass the Iraqi
                                    defenders. Because of the large expenditure of Rocket
                                    Assisted Projectiles (RAP) required to support all the TF
                                    Grizzly and the extensive anticipated requirement for RAP
                                    during the ground offensive, Ilth Marines requested that
                                    Division limit RAP expenditure. The Assistant Division



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Box ID = BX600057
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Subject = 11TH MARINES OPER DS SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVEN
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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 = 12-NOV-1996