RIPPER 24 FEB 91

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Subject: RIPPER 24 FEB 91                                                

Unit: 1 MARDIV    

Parent Organization: 1 MEF       

Box ID: BX600057

Folder Title: I  MEF  ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION                                                               

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               1204    FROM DIVISION TO TFR: TEMPORARY BOUNDARY CHANGE WITH 2D
               MARDIV AT GRID OT700144 AT PL RED TO GRID UT778229 FOLLOW ROAD
               NORTHEAST TO GRID Q'FS50388 SO 2D MARDIV CAN MOVE NORTH
               1210 - DW REPORTS PROBABLE COUNTERATTACK LISTED ABOVE IS 22,D
               BRIGADE, 5TH MECHANIZED INFANTRY DIVISION
               1221 - DW REPORTS POSSIBLE ARMOR TASK FORCE WITH INFANTRY VICINITY
               OF GRID 01-7829 TO ATTACK ALONG UNSPECIFIED ROAD
               1238 - PASSED TO DIVISION CAPTURED MORE MAPS FROM 19TH DIVISION
               ALONG WITH COMM GEAR RADBN EXPLOITING COMM GEAR
               1254 - TFR REPORTS FULL COLONEL EPW, SAYS NOT MANY FORCES AROUND
               KIA, THEY ARE AROUND AL AHAMDI, MOST T-72'S REMOVED FROM KUWAIT TO
               IRAO
               1200 - 3D TNKBN CAPTURES SA-7
               1315 - FAST FAC SEARCHING OUT BRIGADE CP'S/ALL TARGETS OBSCURED
               UNDER SMOKE CLOUD
               1318 -  3/11 DISPLACING TO NEW POSITION
               1330 -  UNDERGROUND FIELD HOSPITAL FOUND VICINITY GRID 749052
               1338 -  BOUNDARY CHANGE FOR IST AND 2D MARDIV FROM GRID 703140 I'D
               748229  TO 650388 IN AFFECT 1337
               1352 -  REPORT OF UNDERGROUND HOSPITAL TO DIVISION
               1430 -  TFG ARRIVES TO CLEAR AL JABER AIRFIELD
               1430 -  TFR DISPLACED TO ATTACK POSITION
               1433
               A    -  3/11 IN PLACE AT NEW POSITION
               1500 -  EEI FROM 3D TNKBN ON VISIBILITY OVER THE OIL FIELD
               1515 -  3D TNKBN EEI PASSED AN ANSWER
               1534 -  FROM TFR TO 3D TNKBN: MOVE TO ATTACK POSITION BY 1600
               1535 -  1/7 REPORTS ON THE MOVE HAVE COMPLETED FACE TO FACE WITH
               3/7
               1538 -  3D TNKBN ON THE MOVE
               1538 -  CFL 4 IN AFFECT
RENDERING
               AT GRID OT899132
               1544 - TFS REPORT LEAD ELEMENT AT GRID OT775106 MOVING NORTHEAST
               1600 - PASSED EPW REPORT ON EPW FROM 3D ARMOR DIVISION GAVE US
               CENTER  MASS OF DIVISION AT GRID OT6830, AND BRIGADES LOCATIONS,
               BRIGADES AT 75% COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS
               1606 - SURRENDERING BATTALION IS ACTUALLY A SDE
               1610 - TFS HAS ANOTHER BRIGADE SURRENDERING, REPORTS DUG IN T-62
               AND BMP,'S AT GRID OTS70153
               1612 -  TFR DIRECTS 1/7 SCREEN SOUTH PL RED BETWEEN 85 AND 77 GRID
               L I NFZS
               1622 -  1/7 IN ATTACK POSIT10N
               16,30-  TFR IN ATTACK POSITION
               i63O -  UPON ARRIVE RIP'PER-5 C-TRACK HARD DOWN/MECHANICAL PROBLEM
               1630 -  ESTABLISHED TIME OF ATTACK FOR BMN1' 26 FES 91
               1800 -  WENT TO MOPP-4
               1830 -  ALL CLEAR SOUNDED
               1910 -  WENT TO MOPP-4
               1920 -  ALL CLEAR SOUNDED
               2320 -  INTEL UPDATE FROM DIVISION: POSSIBLE COUNTERATTACK OUT OF
               THE NORTH OR EAST
               2@'20 - CPS WOULD BE AFFECTED THE NEXT DAY BY BAD WEATHER
               26 February 1991
               0100 - IST CEB INTEL REPORT ON CAPTURED EOUIPMENT AND MINE FROM
               FIRST AND SECOND OBSTACLE BELT



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Subject = RIPPER 24 FEB 91
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