2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 25FEB91

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Subject: 2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 25FEB91                                 

Unit: 2ND LAI BN  

Parent Organization: 2 MAR DIV   

Box ID: BX600017

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND LIGHT ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION JAN - MAR 1991                          

Document Number:         47

Folder SEQ  #:          3













                                               INSTRUCTIONS FOR KEEPING JOURNAL


            1. H*ading:
                 4. Unit or Section:
                       (1) Enter designation of unit if this is a unit journal for regiment, air group, or smaller unit.
                       (2) Enter designation of section if this is a section journal maintained by a general staff section.
                 b. Place: Enter coordinates or name of locality.
                 c., From: Enter date, time, and time zone that journal is opened.
                 d. To: Enter date, time, and time zone that journal is closed.

            2. Bodys
                 a. Time In:
                       (1) Unit journal. Enter time information is received within unit. In most instances this would be TOR
            at unit communication center.
                       (2) Section journal.  Enter time information is received within   section.
                 b. Time Out:

                       (1) Unitjournal. Enter time outgoing information is delivered to addressee. In most instances this would
            be TOD by unit communication center.             1
                       (2) Section journal. Enter ti;ne outgoing message is delivered to originator's communication center fcr
            transmittal, or time information is transmitted by releasing section.
                 c. Serial No.: Number each entry consecutively as information is received by        keeper of journal.
                 d. DTG: Enter datc/timc group of radio message.
                 e. Incidents, Messages, Orders:
                       (1) Important incidents, messages a@d orders     are recorded as they are made     known.
                       (2) Although brief, entries must include all    vital elements or information, such as what, where, when,
            how, and who.
                       (3) Original entries should not be altered, but should be suppjemcntcd or corrected by later entries when
            necessary.
     (4) A synopsis of written or orai messages is entered in thejournal, leaving the full account (or thejoumal file
            and other supporting documents.
                       (5) Oral messages are reduced to writing and processed like written messages.
                 J. Action Taken: This column is used to indicate administrative action taken, such as, routing to cognizant
            unit staff officer(s), dissemination of pertinent information and/or filing of message. Some of the more common
            symbols used to in8icatc action taken are: "M", posted on situation map; "S", circulated to unit staff; ,r,, infor-
            mation disseminated to troops or subordinate units; "F", filed in journal file.

            3. Endingt
                 a. Summ  'ary: A brief summary of majoractivities, with reasons underlying decisions, is entered in thejournal
            at the close of each day. This is written in narrative form under the column entitled "Incidents, Messages, Orders."
                 6. aosing: journals are closed daily or at the end of periods or phas" prescribed by higher authority.
            4. Journal fit*:
                 journal file is considered a part of thejournal. It contains messages, orders, records of conversation, and other docu-
            ments supporting journal entries.











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Control Fields 17
File Room = oct96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-42
Box ID = BX600017
Unit = 2ND LAI BN
Parent Organization = 2 MAR DIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 2ND LIGHT ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION JAN - MAR 1991
Folder Seq # = 3
Subject = 2D LAI BN DAILY JOURNAL 25FEB91
Document Seq # = 47
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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