COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 11TH MARINES 13 MAR 91

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Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY  11TH  MARINES  13 MAR 91                    

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Unit = HQMC        

Folder Title = 11TH MARINES COMMAND CHRONOLOGY  JAN  FEB  91  SEC 1 OF 2                                       

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                                            UNCLASSIFIED

                                     UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS
                                              Ilth Marines
                                  lst Marine Division (Rein),       FMF
                            FPO  San Francisco, California 96608-5515

                                                                              5750
                                                                              S-3
                                                                              13 Mar 1991


           From:    Commanding Officer, llth Marines
           To:      Commandant of the Marine Corps (Code HDH-4)
           Via:     (1) Commanding General, Ist Marine Division (Attn!
                         Historical Officer)
                    (2) Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (Attn:
                         Historical Officer)


           SLtbj:   COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JANUARY TO 28 FEBRUARY 1991

           Ref:     (a)  MCO P5750.IF
                    (b)  FMFPacO 5750.BE
                    (c)  DivO 5750.7C


           Encl:    (1)  llth Marines Command Chronology
                    (2)  Ist Battalion, Ilth Marines        Command   Chronology
                    (.3) Z5rd Battalion, Ilth Marines       Command   Chronology
                    (4)  5th Battalion, Ilth Marines        Command   Chronology
                    (5)  Ist Battalion, 12th Marines        Command   Chronology
                    (6)  3rd Battalion, 12th Marines        Command   Chronology
                                                                                                    ct

           1. Per    the references, enclosures (1)         through   (6) are
           submitted.


           2. Downgrading and dec:lassification authority             are given to
           Headquarters, United States Marine Corps Code H and or INT.

           3. let Marines continued training in all areas until Operation
           Desert '3torm began early on 17 January, 1991.             As the operational
           tempo increased and the adrenalin -Flowed -Faster, the regiment
           solidified its plan to support lst Marine Division's offensive
           breaching scheme. On the 21st, llth Marines fired its first
           mission against Iraqi forces when First Battalion, Twelfth Marines
           conducted an early morning surface artillery raid just south of
           Khafji. This raid was the first in a series of llth Marines
           artillery raids conducted along the Saudi/Kuwaiti border both on
           the Persian Gulf coast and also along the southwest border area
           near the Al Wafrah and Umm Gudair oil fields. The raids were an
           unqualified success in keeping the Iraqis confused as to the actual
           offensive date, attriting Iraqi -Forces, and greatly affecting the
           enemy's will to fight. Ilth Marines developed an air qltick-fire
           net that linked the Target Processing Center with the Tactical Air
           Commander (Airborne) allowing rapid engagement of enemy counter                            r-P
           fire targets by Marine aircraft.

           4. As the ground offensive began on 24 FebrLiarv. Ilth Marines was
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           already inside Kuwait provid-in         "Ials If In bgLi9W@pVefLO'TqSk' Fc)rc6@a
                                                  Marine Corps History and Museums
                                                  in accordance with the provisions
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