COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM

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Subject: COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM                           

Box  ID: BX000481

Document Number:          1

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  803D MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT                                              

Folder Seq #:         20

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     











         INFORMATION ABOUT ORGANIZATION, STRENGTH, TRAINING AED MORALE
         Strength nd Or!aanization. The 803d Medical Group waslcomprised of
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         22 r           Its including a special burn treatment iaison team
         assembled by the Army and sent from IS, BAMC (see figure D). The
         Group was responsible for a total of 1,954 personnel (including 601
         females) covering the full spectrum of medical, ancillary and
         medical support personnel (see figure E). Over 50 MOS's were
         represented. In addition to the reporting units, the Group also
         exercised daily direction of and eventually fully staffed a SUb-Area
         JMRO which was collocated with the 803d Headquarters.
              Upon arrival in Saudi Arabia we were hosted by the 173d Medical
         Group. They identified several key POC'S. It fell immediately to the
         803d Commander and staff to communicate with these POC'S. With
         respect to personnel matters, information and procedures needed to
         be sought out with great effort because the location the 803d was to
         occupy was not supported by the units at Dhahran nor were those
         support units able to indicate which unit(s) would support the
         Group. The immediate issue was to insure that personnel and finance
         requirements were properly documented so that individual pay would
         be processed correctly for the 803d Medical Group. The next issue
         was to sort out the PSC and MEDCOM requirements and procedures for
         incoming units. This was especially true as it pertained to critical
         MOS shortages within assigned units.
              in order to accomplish the assessment of specific MOS needs,
         each unit had to verify with this Headquarters the MOS Q and
         position of each unit member. Without exception this was
         accomplished within 24 hours of a unit's arrival at KKMC. This
ed us to identify excesses and shortages by MOS
         within each unit. Based on our assessment, we reassigned and
         attached Out 73 individuals within the Group. The MOS shortages
         we were unable to fill from within and excesses were communicated to
         the MEDCOX The 803d was the first Group to do so. As a result of
         this process, the Group established its credibility with the MEDCOM
         which assisted it in obtaining additional people in scarce
         categories. Our relationship with the MEDCOM B-1 also provided the
         Group a heads-up on units added to the Group's trace.
              The management of personnel strength issues while establishing
         the Group was a critical factor in developing the concept of the
         operation. The staff sections worked closely in the development of
         plans and contingencies based on personnel resources available. The
         reliability of personnel information and the integration of staff
         input greatly facilitated the planning process.
              coordination with the Red Cross for Next-of-Kin notification of
         casualties was critical. The S-1 section contacted the Red Cross
         Center in Riyadh and established a dialogue which resulted in the
         establishment of a 12-man team. Each hospital had at least two Red
         Cross volunteers to handle messages between the wounded and family
         members. We were also able to have them process unit member Red
         Cross messages which resulted in the timely handling of those
         personal situations.
              Casualty Reporting was another area in which we varied from

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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-32
Box ID = BX000481
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 803D MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT
Folder Seq # = 20
Subject = COMMAND REPORT OPERATION DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 33
Document Date =
Scan Date = 14-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 13-SEP-1996