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Subject: 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91
Unit: 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization: 2 MARDIV
Box ID: BX600007
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Document Number: 1
Folder Seq #: 11
UNCLASSIFIED
a,@, T.-, n i yc@ this !I-, L,j before arr i v i )i at the "r@. Each li@ii-irte @q s@
that @ii, I'@ED, ID @i r i , -J -@ g t -1 rA a r,. ti s (@ i, v c. z@ r e c j r @' w A i u, t
d a t L@ q ri ri F% e @t @l -Y I it s@ s; o. 5 w c r% F., c, i i c 1 Lt c t p @i @' c, r t@. it ci @l a r i i -i e a r , d @l-i i ,i Ti vn c,. ci i e
f a pi i I y t p r j v i @J ethem necessary information -Iti VIIA, medical , leqa I
4
Insurance comRi@;si@,y and ex-@tatiqe t,tti@,f its :@ttier, and
aqriec.,ts ,f active Ti@ I i ta.,,y Iel@l@:,ymetit A f imi ly
group al.s@, formed.
On 28 November '@-@ic individual c, m @T. O. - r@ I a .1.
for movement to tl-!c '@1A. (@i af va@ic-e of the bait@,! i ,i
a c 'c i v a t i c, i-i , @'D rci,t) it r,, -y s e ri t -@ 7 p c@ r@ s; c@ n.,-i e I s a ri MFIS a d v @t ri c@ c- @, @i r t v t c@ r l@,@ I k
t I-, @:, ii r e,l Li i r- Fri e t) t ti t 1-i @, i@IP'@ s h i p p I n g advance
the Bt@i TanP, Ba'6tal.-,c@n's activation.
I'he battalion arrive-4 throughout 'he !ia,@ @it SIA, Ciml:, [4,-j r t l@;
on 2e, staff moved i.@)tc,
a ri c w
t e,4 by 1',i @i @ Da t ta I i c, n Bi 1 1 o' i n q viA s @q i ti) i n wa I k i no J s I nd
barracks withr..@(L t@tre.. During t' e
I that
preparing for overseas iii-tilierril.Ls re,liiirements haJ to be
in several These areas medical, sktp@,ly,
I:,er3,:,@inel , idvarice I:,artie,@, and multiple equipment shortages.
Numerous medical rf-,,ILtiremetits had tr, be ne@ before the
depi@,y. Physical and @ental txams were raliaire,i for all
required considerable time tc, acec,mpl:i @i. A host of immLini@,a@ic,ris were
needed, And all medical and dental records had t@, be updated. This was
complicated by a one week delay in the arrival of our Navy @'esc@rve Mt@dical
pprs,,nrl.(@l and our iqL,,AicAl records.
-@i-tp@-ly vi@is A critical stand Lt," irc,.jt that r,eq@tired extc@nFiv(.- time. @nri
L@att,.iii--jnls entire slt@,ply account had to be est@lbl iql-led from
in the S-,kp@,c@rte@l Activity Oi-tpply Systpm (SASSY) Eyten ivc,.
was provided by a leJicated Field S@tl:,ply ati,J MAintetiatice Analysis Office
(FS@1(40) team vi@ic, hard ir, hand with jtLr supply personnel.
problems were enc,)ijn@pred in the acquisition -,f Contingency and 1-rAining
E,lLtipmerit (C-I-E@) NBC eqltiprgerit. -r[,L, gear was not provided in
Cap 5,izi? distributions. A great deal @:,l time and energy was exr.,e@ide@j to
correct the lack of correct sizps. 'IFip sizf-, distribution of the akiei
Mission Oriented Pcst@irc (OIOVJP) @i-iits was Great
were ei'sc, Pricc,Ltr@tered in Lqkti.;,pinQ all battalion r@ersc,tinpl. with
Ml 7q; and @i25 (Armored Ve@ti@le Crew) iqasks, pers,inal decontamination kits and
personal chemical antidote drugs. The shortage of M25 gas
.
"reF,@ir,ing for P.,Abar@14at4,-iri on both air tr@ansi@,c,rtati,lri @rid follow
,:,@l @il-iippirif@l WAS an task ditrinu the battalions stay ;.it Caiiip Le,iPtkne.
Air s@iip-TrFrts had t-Eeri pric@r tc, the arrival to the
'@' .1 A . T @i e @ e cs.!-i i p iq h ii t, s m n 9 ei c L d 1-i f, I j:l e i J p ri t i l@ i e d sl-icrtgl@s @il' T/E
arrived. was forced to establish @i rear embarkation P!,%r@y t'rdn,
Captain L. 1 -r-)CIdA]' continue the [,,r,:,cess of e@lui[)inent that arrived
the battalion had left for SWA, Because if the Jli@f-.LcLt).ty :,f getting
his r.-arty manifested -Dti i@i Aircraft, the re?ar, party was not able to
re
.join the batta,.Li.:-ti in until late Jan@tary
frc,,ir,itig of pers@,nr,.F.@. was a high
L@,i46tAlion while
at the ETfl@ f@ll battal@ on personnel the, five day 2d MarD@'.v
giedicil., envii-@,noierit,@l and
in OWA and riavigatic,r,. and in the desert. an a,
arm,, firing was there was no -)Ir@p---,rtunit,,, i:@-
:,r The
L!:, i.itilize the Staff FAL,@ i L,,
UNCLASSIFIED
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Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization = 2 MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
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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 = 02-JAN-1997