FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN SECTION III G I

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Subject: FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN  SECTION III G I                      

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Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  513 MI BDE AAR                                                                 

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                            SECTION III-G-VII    LESSONS LEARNED


                      The materiel collection plan. was based on a
            Protracted war IAW FM 34-54, Technical Intelligence. Due to
             he rapid tempo of the Desert Storm ground phase, tactical
            units were never able to implement collection and'evacuation
            plans causing the JCMEC to modify its Plans for materiel
            collection maneuvers Limited transportation, extended lines
            of communication with forward based teams and the extensive
            size of the battle area eroded the JCMEC's forward t6ainst
            ability to "cover all bases." Further confusion ensued when
            .DIA, Army and other service elements began too,forward
            additional    materiel   collection    requirements    to    the
            collection plan. Rapidly moving opera ions require the G2@
            G3, and G4 to increase emphasis on the reporting and
            evacuation of captured enemy materiel. consideriltion should
            be given to OPCON rotary assets for battlefield recon and
            OPCON   HETS    to evacuate priority foreign materiel to
            evacuation points.
                      O@ganic tranastortation assets were notoladequate
            for tne mission   .         one time the JCMEC had s diets at
            twenty-one different locations transportation assets were
            stretched so tight that ali vehicle movement had to be
            monitored at the battalion level to ensure all missions were
            accomplished.     A request to 22nd SUPCOM for 5 civilian
            vehicles wag never supported         and   the    JCMEC    faced
            prioritizing    all   missions    because vehicles were not
            available t6 support all requirements;     Transportation was
            accomplished by personal visits to the ACOFs transportation,
Center and the 93d Movements Control
            Team.    Transportation was the most difficult challenge of
            all to accomplish. A bot ms;u
                                            r@orap
                                                ,tyroach was taken in order
            to establish the JCMEC@os                and credibility for
            theater and below trans ortation assets.          This Process
            required-many man-hours o@ work and diplomatic dialog7le with
            the transporters in order to get what trans ortation we did
            receive.     A priority for the JCMEC seould have been
            established and-a top-aowh approach taken to educate the
            transportation arena.      All- attached or OPCON personnel
            augmenting JCMEC capabilities should deploy with their own
            organic assets.
                  rc     The JCMEC did not have adequate assets to
            communicate with teams at twenty-one locations over 3 corps
            areas.    This problem was identified before the whole JCMEC
            arrived.     Golawinq systems were requested        but    never
            supplied.     The bittalion's initial requests to the G6 for
            ta@tical and international phone lines went unnoticed.       Not
            until ARCENT G2 pushed the request did phones ever get
            hooked up at the JCMEC. The Foreign Materiel intelligence
            Battalioh should make charges to-TOE/TDA to add long range
            secure communications
            systems.



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