DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW

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Subject: DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW                                   

Box ID: BX001608

Unit: 101ST ID    

Parent Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Folder Title: DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C                                                    

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           DSIT-AE-103: COL Roy E. Beauchamp


           I-raq,.a little later. But I had a brand new staff that
           didn't know each other and a brand new organization, the
           likes of which nobody had ever seen because it was the only
           one in the Army at the time operating under that structure.
                So the first thing we did was get acquainted and we
           spent about three, four weeks in a very intensive
           orientation process where we worked through the mission. We
           thought we had that well-defined for both the defensive
           phase and the offensive phase. But we went from what is the
           requirement for support in our area; what is our capability
           in the group to provide that support; what is the structure
           then, the task organization structure which should flow from
           that. And we used that as a vehicle for the training of the
           staff. We went through and derived from scratch what we
           thought the support problems would be based on the supported
           density--the number of people we would be supporting, we
           thought. For Class I, Class II and IV, Class III (Package
           and bulk)--fuel food, ammunition, maintenance support,
           transportation support. So we went through that again. The
           staff worked through what is the requirement, based on the
           supported density; what is our capability in the group in
           terms of the units we had to provide that support; and what
           should the structure look like as far as the task
           organization. So we went from requirements to capability to
           structure. Over and over again we went through that. We
           looked at it, tried to reduce things down to digestible
           pieces again.
                What is the problem? Why is it a problem? What should
           be done about it? Who should do it? And when should it be
at I kept pounding over and
           over again. We had to quickly bring ourselves up to speed
           to think and function as a group because we were a brand new
           organization. So the model for that became what I called
           the five key questions. Where are we located on the
           battlefield? Why are we located there instead of someplace
           else? How do we support from that location, logistically;
           how does the group support from that location? How do we
           get support at that location by those who must support us?
           How do we displace from that location, considering when we
           displace, to where we will displace, and in what sequence we
           displace to maintain and provide continuity in support to
           the group?
                We went through those kind of battle drills, those kind
           of combat logistic drills with the staff and worked through
           those for every class of supply, for every supply and
           service function that we performed in the battlefield. And
           it was a very intense period. Lots of 24-hour days as a
           matter of fact. There were occasions when the staff was
           briefing me at 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. We had to work
           back through those. But it pain big dividends for us, the
           staff and the officers and the senior NCOs just responded

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Box ID = BX001608
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Folder Title = DSS 101ST ABN DIV INTERVIEW CDR 101ST SG - C
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Subject = DESERT SHIELD-STORM INTERVIEW
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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 = 01-OCT-1996