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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                OB48.-  1/12 ENGAGED TWO TANKS AND THREE BMP'S       AT GRID
                        US 654 584; ONE BMP DESTROYED AND REMAINDER OF         THE FORCE
                        TURNED TO THENQRTHWEST.

                0900:   11TH MARINES JUMP CP DISPLACED NORTH NEAR KUWAITI BORDER
                        AT GRID QS 581 627 ASSUMINCI CONTROL OF THE REBT AT 1226.

                1000:   1/11 DISPLACED AND OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID
                        QS 74 57; MISSION SS, PRIORITY CALLS FOR FIRE TF
                        SHEPHERD AND TF TARO.


                1040:   B/l/10 ENGAGED 120MM MORTAR POSITION IN SUPPORT OF TF
                        GRIZZLY WITH 2 MORTARS AND I TRUCK REPORTED DESTROYED
                        AND 8 IRAQI KIA CONFIRMED.


                1540:   E/2/12 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITION AT GRID TM 102 506 AND
                        FIRED 4 MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF TF TROY. ENEMY OP-S,
                        BUNKERS AND VEHICLES WERE ATTACKED WITH VEHICLES AND
                        BUILDINGS REPORTED DESTROYED AND NUMEROUS SECONDARY
                        EXPLOSIONS REPORTED. FROM 1640 TO 1801, 85 ROUNDS OF
                        HE, 6 ROUNDS OF WP, AND 12 ROUNDS OF DPRCM WERE EXPENDED
                        ON THE FOUR MISSIONS. THE BATTERY DISPLACED AT 1810
                        AND RETURNED TO ITS     ASSEMBLY AREA POSITION.


                2300:   5/11 AND --112 FIRED    SERIES WHITE IN SUPPORT OF TF
                        GRIZZLY.


                2400:   5/11 AND 3/12 FIRED     SERIES RED IN SUPPORT OF TF GRIZZLY.


           23 Feb 1991             Operation    Desert Storm B-1. Battery "E" 2/12
                                   completed    operations with the Division's
                                   deception    force, TF Troy, by firing a mcck
                                   preparation as part of Operation Flail. The
                                   battery fired on five targets in the Al Wafrah
                                   forest dispersing enemy personnel and
                                   registering secondary explosions. After
                                   completion of the Operation Flail prep, the
                                   battery returned to 3/11's assembly arec,.
                                   Early in the afternoon, 3/12 displaced a
                                   battery across the torder in order to support
                                   continued TF Grizzly operations with improved
                                   conventional munitions. B/l/10 thus became
                                   the first artillery battery to occupy firing
                                   positions inside Kuwait. At 1300, battalion
                                   reconnaissance, survey knd advance parties
                                   crossed the border to identify and prepare
                                   firing positions. After assuming Mission
                                   (3riented Protective Posture (MOPP) level one,
                                   the regimental main CP, 1/12 and the remainder
                                   of --@/12 crossed the border at 1600 to occupy
                                   positions approximately 4 Kilometers south of
                                   the first obstacle belt. By 1630, 30 minutes
                                   sooner than planned, 3/12 and 1/12 were firing
                                   capable in position to support TF Grizzly and



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