1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY

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Subject: 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY                                 

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Folder Title: AAR  1ST CAVALRY DIV COMMAND REPORT  10 APR 91                                                  

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Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organzation: ARCENT      






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                raid of 1.08 'rockets.       Upon completion team returned back
                -to DIYAR-RY TOC.     A SCUD missile hit -the town of Hafir al
                        close to the division shower point. Berm Buster 11
                ,And Redstrom/Bugle, in iv,@lillery riid/Ilth Aviation Bde
                raid, will take place LC, Feb.           RAUs will be 'repositioned
                to support these opev,,x,tioris.        Network movements will be::
                R44 moves to P'f 25405'Zi, Z32 (radio relay) to PS 40095VI,
                FR43 to P'T 35z@Q)@jz@, E21 (DIYAR-ry) to PI' 325026, E23 (ist
                Bde) to NS 8L)18,Sl.


                16 Feb.      RCiUs and node centers may have to relocate
                forward to support an extended screen line.                 R51 will jLkrap
                to NT 95r@Oe'5 to support lst Bde.           Currently planning to
                free node center 41 in order ,'@o                north around the IZII@L
                N-S gridline to support operations being conducted along
                the berm. Remote RAUs have been deployed far forward and
                have been the key For command and control thus far in the
                berm and 'laid operations.

                17 Feb.      Node centers 43 and 41 will reposition to
                support              and future operations, PS 2CC,968 and PS
                1017-1980.  I'h e 3 Plans section briefs OPL-Aiq Desert StoriTt to
                company commanders ind battalion stqff.                Planning
                finalized for area code 5OC/I network. It will consist of
                node center 'DI, 27th MSB (B74), 4@3rd CSG (B90) and a
                gateway into F@RCEN-F via the 7c)ll sz/4icch.

                18 Feb.      RAU movement will be as follows.              R43 -Lo c2o--
                locate with 15t Bde -[AC 1\1-1' 9C,6li5, R4'. to PS O8O/iO5.              A
          gateway will be established in-La a 2AD (FWD) MSE node
                center, area code 614.

                 1 Feb.      E     (DIVAR-rY) jumped L'o support @i DIVAR-FY
                .Artillery read and then returned to main 'rOC location.

                23 Feb.      -F[iL division is now an @QRCENT asset. I-lowever it
                has not been committed to executing @x specific plan. The
                two major options trc, OViLi-)N Miles, in which the division
                attacks straight up Wadi Al fi@iti.n.           'I'l-iis plan would only
                be implemented should the Iraqi forces in position
                crumb I e.   'I-he other plain is O@,-3LAi\l Bates, which had the
                division move west, cross thv,,-t lst ID(ifi) breach lanes and
                linking -tp with Vi.1 Corps -to complete the destruction of
                the F@GFC.    With only hours to go before deadline of UN
                resolution Iraq launched Scud missile toward Israel.                      Call
                signs irid frequencies are frozen on current time period.
                These were indicators 'that G-Day was going to be 24 Fe!:).
                FFRAGO 91--3[Zl confirmed -this.




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Folder Title = AAR 1ST CAVALRY DIV COMMAND REPORT 10 APR 91
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Subject = 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION CHRONOLOGY
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