SITUATION CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: SITUATION CHRONOLOGY                                            

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Folder Title: i  mef time line hand out                                                                       

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            and ammo cache in vic of OS 7767-7865. E>:plosive charges are -Found at
            oil well heads as well as already blown oil wells.


          - Initially Div Reserve in assembly area.
          - 0700, 3/9 dispatched its two Universal Spotter Team vehicles, along with
            STA teams, to recon route to the berm near the Saudi/Kuwait border.
            The STA teams continued to recon movement routes and battle positions
            LIP to the lst obstacle belt.
          - 1300, 1/11's Jump COC and Btry Adv party crossed Kuwait border to est
            -firing position vic of 7466. 1/11 -Fire cap ready by 2200.
          - 1700 - TF goes MOPF' level 2, rested remainder of evening.

          TASI, FORCE TROY
            Consolidated LCC with COC Vic CS 926495. Deployed '- Batteries of
            Howitzer decoys at the border berm. Conducted "OlDeration Flail",
            received jamming on all primary 4reqs. Detach LAI, Snipers, TOWS,
            E 2/1-1 and F'lt D Co, Ist ReconEqn. Sensors activated, illuminated
            tree I) r-.r, @4i Jr. nr@zrs, l@l trL:CI'S see-) bL't not able to determ I me i 4
            friendly or enemy.

          WHEELS/RECOIJ
              r-E --- ;-
          - ,A, o, -.cj Re--on(-) to conduct observation/surveillance -from Or'--,
            (OS 81455'@) in order to provide the Division early warning of ar.
            enemy counter attac@ -From the NE of E.
          - Ist Recon Pn Cr-tac@,eE both motorized and footfnobi)L- recor-, teams tc.
            ls,,l PorcpF.  --cj F,lt, "C" Co, Ist Recon attached to TF Ripper.     -@c Pli t
            '(4" Co, ---o Recon attached to TF Taro.   7,d F'lt "D" Co, Ist Re,-or. atiL@z,,ten
            to TP Tarc%. 2d F,lt, "A" Co, lst Recor, attached to TF Grizzly.       Ist rIt
            "D" Co, Ist Recon attrched to TF Grizzly.      Trr. --, ist F,lt, "A" C;cj, isil
            Recon attached to TP Taro to guide to brerch site.

DEN-1/@@5
                Command Group and "A" Co (-) co-located with Fapa Bear log train.
          - 'IC" Cc lin@,,s-up with T-F Rippers log train.
          - Attached 2d EF'W Team to TF Taro and TF Grizzly.
          - Held 70 EPW's at TF Bri::zly's log train over night.



















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