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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             and the remaining equipment pallatized.         A significant
             challenge arose du6 to thb fact that there were no hazardous
             car?o qualified personnel within the company. The pusher
             uni provided no one for 3 days once equipment was ready to
             be loaded.     This caused significant loss of time ih the
             ready for deployment sequence. All challenges concerning
             equipment weie overcome @ith hard work and initiative.
                      (c)  Supplies - Due to the new configuration of the
             detachment', it war difficult to determine -the need for
             specific supplies.    Two types of lists were drawn, one for
               rsonnel and one for the mli;sion.   once these list were
             9'reawn up, a search for the supplies was conducted. Due to
             the lack' of deploying units--at Fort Lewis           and   the
             deactivation of the Division significant supplies vtere not
             available. The wartime ordering 6rocess (9BU Code) was not
             established with the logistical facilities at our home
             station thus inhibiting our detachment from receiving its
             roper suptlies.      An additional challenge arose when the
             Detachment ried to fill a basic load of PLL.              Since
             considerable amounts of PLL had been diverted to operation
             Desert Shield/Storm, there were severe shortages of tires,
             oil, generators, and miscellaneous HUMMWV spare parts.
                  (d) Transportation - The initial information on flight
             time Ana place Fdas inadequate. The detachment did not know
             either th@ time or place of departure or arrival.
                      h(@) Maintenance - The only challenge posed was the
             refurbis ing of seven M998s.    These trucks h-ad been ear
 sitting in the motor
             ool for seven months. All vehicles had to have a DS TI
             @one by DS teams. These teams additionally came to the motor
             ool t6 help our mechanics get these vehicles read@ for
             Deployment.    Due to the la&k of spare.tarts and addi ional
             H     s had to be cannibalized to g         the other seven
             vehicles to standard.

                  (f) Higher Headquarters - U on alert notification, the
             9th Chemical Company was in a transition period between
             Brigades.    Thii; &aused confusion on who exactly had the
             responsibility for pushing the unit out.    Purthermbre, the
             detachment did not know who their higher headquarters would
             be in country. As a result, proper- initial- coordination
             between units could not be conducted to ease the transition
             of the detachment to the AOR.
                .(V) T@aining - Due to the short alert notification,
             training tor those MOS specific soldiers was hindered
             because of the division requirement for them to attend
             mandatory training on M16A2 qualification, NBC tasks and
             chamber,-and basic-goldier skills. The CM/BIO training that
             was received at Aberdeen had to broken dokn into two @hases
             due to the lack of adequate personnel to fill the a lottea
             slots. This increased ihe deployment date by two days.




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Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 513 MI BDE AAR
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Subject = FOREIGN MATERIAL INTEL BN SECTION III G I
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
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Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 11-OCT-1996