11TH MARINES SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS

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Subject: 11TH MARINES SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS                      

Unit: 1 MARDIV    

Parent Organization: 1 MEF       

Box ID: BX600057

Folder Title: I  MEF  ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION                                                               

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              *2300      1 AND 3/12 FIRED SERIES WH!TR- IN SJPPORT 07 TF GRIZZLY.
             f2400        l@ AND 3/12 FIRED SERIES RED IN SUPPORT OF TF GRIZZLY.

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               23 February        Operation Desert Storm G-1. Battery OEO 2/12 completed
                                  operations with the Division's deception force, TF Troy, by
                                  firing a mock preparation as part of Operation Flail. The
                                  battery fired on five targets in the Al Wafrab forest
                                  dispersing enemy personnel and registering secondary
                                  explosions. After completion of the Operation Flail prep,
                                  the battery returned to 3/11's assembly area. Early in the
                                  afternoon, 3/12 displaced a battery across the border in
                                  order to support continued TF Grizzly operations with
                                  improved conventional munitions. B/l/10 thus became the
                                  first artillery battery to occupy firing positions inside
                                  Kuwait. At 1300, battalion reconnaissance, survey and
                                  advance parties crossed the border to identify and prepare
                                  firing positions. After assuming Mission Oriented
                                  Protective Posture (MOPP) level one, the regimental main CP,
                                  2/12 and the remainder of 3/12 crossed the border at 1600 to
                                  occupy positions approximately 4 kilometers south of the
                                  first obstacle belt. By 1830, 30 minutes sooner than
ion to
                                  support TF Grizzly and TF Taro infiltration of the first
                                  obstacle belt. 5/11 and 1/11, who had remained in positions
                                  just south of the border until 1/12 and 3/12 were firing
                                  capable, displaced across the border by 1900. By 2200, all
                                  four battalions were firecap Ready just south of the first
                                  obstacle belt. 3/11 remained in the TF Ripper assembly
                                  area, prepared to follow in trace of TF Ripper through the
                                  first breach. The organization for combat as all battalions
                                  assumed their preassault positions was:

                                      1/11: DS TF Papa Bear.
                                      3/11: DS TF Ripper.
                                      5/11: GSR 3/11.
                                      1/12: DS TF Taro, on orde- Rein 1/11.
                                      3/12: DS TF Grizzly.

                                  At 1930, the Q-36 radar positioned with 1/12 was struck by
                                  what was believed to be a friendly HARM missile. One Marine
                                  was killed instantaneously, one Marine was wounded, and the
                                  radar emitter and one HMMWV were destroyed. Efforts were
                                  .made to identify frequency spectrums to prevent further
                      friendly engagements of radars, Specific noteworthy events       from the
               day included:

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Box ID = BX600057
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Folder Title = I MEF ACCOUNTS OF COMBAT ACTION
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Subject = 11TH MARINES SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
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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 = 22-NOV-1996