USMARCENT OPLAN DS BASIC PLAN 15 DEC 90

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Subject = USMARCENT OPLAN DS BASIC PLAN    15 DEC 90                      

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Folder Title = 3D MAW - MARCENT OPLAN                                                                          

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                                          COMMAND ELEMENT
                                          U. S. MARINE.FORCES CENTRAL COMMAND/
                                          I MARINE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
                                          AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA
                                          15 DECEMBER 1990

         USMARCENT OPLAN DESERT SHIELD
         BASIC PLAN


         References a4 CINCCENT OPLAN XXX"t!@*.
                    b. JCS Pub 1-02 DOD Military Dictionary and Associated
                       Term -@6W
                    C, JCS Pub 0-2 Unified Actions Armed Forces (UNAAF)
                    d; JCS Pub @'N-01.2 Joint Doctrine for Theater Counter-Air
                      1Operation's -N!R.
                    e. JCS Pub   02 Joint Doctrine +or Amphibious Operations
                       (4#*
                    4. JCS Pub 1_-02.1 Joint Doctrine for Canding Force
                      'Operations -"I+'
                    9! FMFM-1 Operations
                    h. FMFM 6-1'Ground Combat Operations 4W
                    i. I MEF DESERT SHIELD Operations SOP I,&)

         MAPS: Saudi Arabia, KuWait, Iraq Sheets 1501: NS 3B-Z; NO 38-4; NO
         387; NG 38-8; NG 39-1;'NB 39-5; NH 38-7; NH 38-8; NH 38-11; NH 38-12;
         NH 38-15; NH 38-16; NH139-9; Iran NH 39-5 1:250,000

         TT@I.TASK ORGANIZATION: ANNEX A

         1. dtM SITUATION
             A.-M@@ GENERAL. Economic sanctions and political
   C*4
         pressures have +ailed to force the unconditional withdrawal of  Iraqi
         forces from occupied K@wait. Iraqi forces appear determined to
         continue to occupy Kuwait for the foreseeable future.
   C4
   LO
   LO        B. -@64 ENEMY. Ann.'x B.

   Cl)           (1) (S        KUWAIT THEATER OF OPERATIONS (KTO). Iraqi
         Forces  are defending the KTO with 28 Divisions (18 Infantry, 5 Armor,
         4 Mechanized', and I Sp4cial Forces.) The KT(2 defenses are organized
   LO    an a three-tier concep@ with infantry divisions along the FLOT and
         coast, regular army heavy divisions as operational reserves and the
         Republican S@tards Force Corps (RGFC) divisions as strategic reserves.

         CLASSIFIED BY:
         DECLASSIFY:-BAGR@
         Infantry divisions on the FLOT are augmented with armor and
         artillery brigades andloccupy defensive positions behind extensive
       Reviewed by DON GVVDP on 12-Juh-1997

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                                       ,Marine Corps Historv and NiuseumS
             UNCLASSIFIED              in accordance r.-ioh the iorovisions
                                       of CAQO Itr S,@r 009Da231-'--2095 of
                                       21 yol). 1979
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