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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
V a I- i !:@ i.ts a IV it,-, r c@ i O. 5, were @c, t f C% it i
t I'l E, -j f @ 1. -j A -I L @i Ei i ?i d r, r Fj p a r 8 c, nMk"" i.t i-) ir, @2 @i t D e 3t
ii c- @@ h a v J. r, g @:, F, i 'u 1. @ @ @, a t P. d i @l @l Fl Wi P S a i Fi n pc, @ ec. ie li a t t@ ai c, ii
w .i sAble to achieve a good vj,j r i@ i ri g l@ no w e @j q F,. ) f MPS qy An Eq;.tipme@it
Recp.r@ti,:@n Flarty @El@T-1) u@iJE?r, M@i.j,jr J. G@ TEf3ZEI-i Artc! r@f /it.,
l(@.t:t t-@aiip Lc@,jel.@ne on 10 December 'L@49@) iri establish a battili,jrz
MP@S 4ti @-IP. '@One officer on 8 De2-mber 1990 the
@@)iirvey Re(,,-,@inaissa@ice Part,) A if ,, an e n
w,i 5, 5 u- i,@ t @ c@ c@.-I J. 0 D e c. (-@ fg t, c@ p s @) it r t c! 1: t @@i e 0 f f I c- a d P r e p a r, a r, F% t
board the TOPF Helps.
and
re,lLiisitione,J the battalion was At SIA. As of 'I December I')90, ti-@c
gi-Vi 'rar,,k P@@t'cili-,n @ia@l the fc@ll.C@VJJ,rl" tli7rl-
and 36'@" ML@5 gas mA,@lis, 830 sets )f 1,Frs@jt)al @,c,,4y arm@,v,, 850 chemical
C,rC,tpCt.-V_ -7( -rOW thermal Hughes, ztri,:i
[IYP571 I 6 KY57's@ @L?t
s I z i @ig def i c i en(- i Ps r, C i desert c atT.@-jj-tf I arif@. i@it i I i t i LS
i LtriF@Q the @,er%ic,,J thaf. 84[i -fank 1--fattztlirln was in the @i
I:! i I ri @@i a n g t@ 5 to prepare the Lini@ for i.te
,M" c a r r i e,J o ii y a C C, M D i n v t a ri k L, a t t a 3. i c! ri a s -, i@ i, C,,:@ ni L - r,,@ w @'t
i s s,-, I y e,JD C,-j m p i n y I s p p i- so n ri e I w e r p s t r i 1-@ u t eJ A m,j @i L,, t 1-i a h o rt) k
ti @lt
were Lis;P,J to fill ir@@l MOS mismatches a 4- the c--,mpriy
staff ).Pvcl, Sever@, I of f i cF..r s i@ i I cl i. v i s i staf f b I I I et-, .
Seve@,a I Irspec 16,)rl I nsti-ijc,cjr 1 ikcc@imp ir, i ed the batta J, t@j the
SIA@ I n i ti a I i.y t' @q@? r e tc, return t.:, /,. t@i Ilar i ii&? Di @, i si c@n I@ity this
battalion I ft tl-ie- '@'IA. l@istead, ti-iei-, I + 1 ijE-,rs,iriiiel were into
the in critical billets t@ikc@r, t,j F@WA with the -1 h i --
i,,,a s a d @ c i s i on A ade t are at)tige ) f the I + I I s exr@er i e nv e anl e x@,e r t i .,e .
I @,c,.r5,:!rinel t@l@-. L@att2..@iC,Fl c@ri extended -rni) c,r,,.Iers r-r,:@iq
,j I., i (, L
..Pir parent fjp@,e fi.trt@ier exten@Je,J by CRIC (M(@-ss@IqL! Jan
AIF@C! the CIA st@iri,:;--tc@ r@e-ic-d. the @!attalic,n
ranged from
personnel wric@ were not Tc,@ ci
t !I 5 p @.) ef, C! li- t.? @l @ 1%@ L I J. a s 'I-Iti 0 b A'--, t a I i o n I s f L m a 1 p p er s on n e we r
ta n sc r r e c! o He E, d cl ,.the r t q F@'a t t @ I i ! n f r f i n at J i s p, c, i t i c, ti c, r a @;,3 i..n n ir, e n t
,i ij t I-, @@ r i @- P,.i i, ei r, a r e A b i I 1,@ t s .
2P Doc 1990 31 Tan 1991
-Ir@E) De,
Tat,.I( arrived in ",WA c,@i @P91t@eF% at Cal@ir.- .1', jkt,@t
t@olst of the @f Ji-tb@iil, C')a@idi Arabia. Ur-@Dr,. a,,,rivil , the battal !C,tl
I'] CC @ 'A DW a S@ i.nrc5m@.,'A
@ir,(?a C of Ccim, i'j. CC.E,. @ql-fc?n the tattalic,;i
arri,@erJ, and @-,f concrete G;-@ and style
werc@. a few -Jay t c-. iy i 4 h
pit@5 s i nci 1-ir@)v i de-J i @i a certr a I i zed c..ipip mess i 1ty
E@ic,rt.@ y i:tpr -@rt%iv@,ng a@ Camp 15, the batt@, I @ c@n L@j,@s tasked with r..ii
the assets t!) create "I-a,.;I@ F-)rce @A minefield breaching team consisting
tr core, gth ank, I?attal i,.tn' of eleven 'uarks e s t,, t a ti k s; w E., r t,, e,@ P. @q j@ -c. @i
Tl,iL@-t.@ assets were issiQned to
t - a 5. r I i n 'LI a -) d L' TP. p I c@ y !@. E'. @) tP. 1 c, s s P. @ E',
adult tl,lc. battalion with three ta@ik ,f tirii
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Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
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Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
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