COMMAND REPORT OP DESERT STORM 17JAN 91 THRU 17 MAR 91

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Subject: COMMAND REPORT OP DESERT STORM  17JAN 91 THRU 17 MAR 91         

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  244TH MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT                                             

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            3. INTELLIGENCE/OPERATIONS


                A. INTELLIGENCE

                 Daily operations and intel brief ings were conducted in the
            briefing room at the 244th S2/3 section.     The intel portion was
            given by SFC Perillo from January 17 until January 30 1991 when SFC
            Sackel assumed responsibility. Information which was disseminated
            to the subordinate commanders or their representative at these
            briefings was obtained in the following ways:
                      1. Distribution of daily ARCENT Intsum from the 513th MI
            Battalion.
                      2. Distribution of daily SITREP from MEDCOM.
                      3. Attendance at ARCENT G3 briefings.

                 Significant information would be gathered from these sources,
            and appropriately posted to the Situation Map. Following this, the
            subordinate commanders would be briefed daily.     The information
            was accurate, concise and provided in a timely manner.            it
            appeared, at times, however, as though CNN had some of the
            information before it was provided at our briefings. This was due
            to the Army's policy of not publishing unconfirmed information.

                At 0300 hours Saudi time of January 17 Operation Desert Storm
            began. Intel highlights are as follows:

            Jan 18:   Iraq launches 7 conventional SCUDs at Israel.      Patriot
            Missile makes its combat debut intercepting and destroying SCUD
            headed for Dhahran.

            Jan 19: Patriot Missiles and 150 U.S. Technicians to operate them
            are airlifted to Israel.

            Jan 20:   Seven allied airmen captured.

            Jan 21:   10 SCUDs fired at Riyadh and Dhahran, 9 intercepted by
            Patriots  one landed in Gulf.

            Jan 22:   Navy aircraft sinks Iraqi patrol boat in gulf.

d 6 allied
            planes lost.

            Jan 24:   Iraq withdraws its troops and boats from Qaruh Island,
            U.S. Navy captures island killing 3 and capturing 51 Iraqis.

            Jan 25:   Iraq sabotages Kuwait's main supertanker loading pier
            dumping million gallons of crude oil into the gulf.

            Jan 26: Report that Iraq is flying aircraft to Iran. U.S. bombs
            oil facilities in Kuwait to stop flow of oil into gulf.

            Jan 27: Four Iraqi Mig 23s reported destroyed.

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