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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Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  513 MI BDE AAR                                                                 

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                 1.           The lith Military Intell    igence Company
            TECHINT), Foreign Materiel Intelli4ence Battalion.ch(FMIB
           @egan it@ deployment with the attachment of one T         nical
           Intelligence ( I)-team to the XVIII Airborne Corps' 519th MI
           Battall-on, 525th MI Brigade on the 20th of August, 1990.
           The team provided TI briefings to members of the -corps for
           roughly one week, traveling from FortcBr:yy@ Ng to Fort
           Stewart, GA and Fort Campbell; KY before a    tu       eparting
           for Saudi Arabia on 28 August 1990. The remainder-of the
           company continued to prepare for deplo ent at Aberdeen
           Proving Ground, MD, maintaining the pirtoon configuration
           until iust Prior to deployment wh@n the com    any's acnalysts
           were r&distiibuted to support two additionaipll:-man TI teams
           along with a base analytical element.
                 2.  NJ With the main element not departinq to the KTO
           until iafi@ary, 1991, the company was afforded additional
           time for TECHINT traifiing. A gr@at-deal of time was spent
           with national level ag&ncies in an attempt to maximize-the
           analysts' knowledge of Iraqi materiel.-           AdditionallK,
           foreign materiel exploitations continued at APG with t e
           arrivdl of previously-scheduled projects.
                 3.  @) Due to the potential usage of chemical and
           biological 'weapons by Ira during Operations Desert Shield
           and D6sert Storm, a great 2eal of-emidhatis was placed on
           the bdttalion's' chemical and biomedical samplin4 mission.
           This mission would be an integral part of verifying first
           use by Iraq.       llth Co. M4idical and NBC analysts trained
           extensivelk.during Desert Shield training for this mission
    due to t       inh&rent dangers of dealin§ with such samples,
           along with the high interest of such a mission.           Great
           advancements were made primarily with the types of equipment
           to be used for the collection ahd shipment bl samples.      New
           techniques and e@uipment were developed and produced in
           conaun&tion with t e Intelligence Materi@l Activity at Fort
           Mea e, MD.
                 4.        Two 11-man TI teams were organized to support
           the U.S Army 7th Corps and the Marine Expeditionary Forces.
           Thectia;alytical base element, compris@d of the senior
           fun    onal area analysts and a small headquarters section,
           totalled 28 persohn&l. This made up the Analytical element
           of the Joint @aptured Materiel Exploitation Center (JCMEC)
           located near Dhahran, Saudi Arabii. A fourth contingency TI
           team was not generated out of the base element.
                 5. tQ    on 10 December 1990 the company operations
           officer deployed to Saudi Arabia, along with thb S-@ and the
           S-4, as part Of an advanced party to prepare for the main
           bod@'s arrival. The main body departed APG via Andrews AFB
           on ; January 1990 and arrived  at the Dhahran Airbase on 7
           January 1990 occupying a building in Khobar Towers.


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