COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 11TH MARINES 13 MAR 91

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Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY  11TH  MARINES  13 MAR 91                    

Parent Organization = SECDEF      

Unit = HQMC        

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

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Box ID = BX600135




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          proved to be false. This   was mainly due to   battlefield conditinn@
          that included heavy smoke  and an oily mist from the burning      i
          airfields that caused sensors and detectors to give -False reading$.
          The regiment was well prepared -For a chemical attack and conducted
          itself superbly throughout Operations Desert Shield and Desert
          StL)rm.



                               Personnel and Administration


              Throughout Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm the
          personnel and administrative sections focused on supporting
          regimental operations. To accomplish this the Adjutant was located
          -forward at the Tactical Command Post (TAC CP) while the personnel
          section was maintained at Manifa Day Division Support Area (DSA).
          The major efforts -@or the sections were message distribution,
          courier servicl* operation, general administrative support to the
          regimental staff, casualty reporting, and personnel replacements.

              In addition, the S-1 cell in the TAr CP served as the logistics
          liaison to the Forward Logistics Base (FLB), thus allowing all
          logistics traffic to be handled immediately and effectively.



                                           Survey

              Survey operations were fast and accurate. Common control was
          provided all the way from Al Jubail, through 190 ARA[ICO stations
          interlaced with our own survey, to the border ar-d across into
          Kuwait.


              ARAMCO survey control stopped at AL OatAr airstrip. Commc,n
          grid and direction was carried by regimental survey to the
          battalions using 50 surv2y control points. This ensured a common
          grid to all users including Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV), and
          Posi4:ioning, Locating, and Reporting Syst2m @PLRS).

              Posritic)n Azimuth Determining Systi?m (PADS) was a magnificent
          tool and was used extensively in navigation. However, PADS is only
          as accurate a,i the update stations provided along the route. A
          maxim,.im radius of 55 kilometers (Krri) is applicable to PAY)S. Su-Vey
          control was available every 10 Km to ensure maximum accuracy.
          Astronomical observation was virtually 4mpos-;ible in Kuwait due to
          dense smoke coverage.

              The (Blobal Positionirg System (BPS) enhanced navigation but was
          not accurate enough to help survey. Ttie BPS surveyor model 4000
          ST, an accurate tool, which had been scheduled to be delivered to
          the llth Marines prior to the ground offensive, never ar-rived.






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