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Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTION REPORT        

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001008

Folder Title: DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS                                                               

Document Number:          4

Folder Seq  #:         11






                                       UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                        04/19/91
                                     JULLS LONG REPORT

            1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 31927-54711 (00218), submitted by RILEY
            AFZN-PTM-0, MAJ MITAS, 856-3684, (913)239-3684.

            2. (U) Operation DESERT SHIELD conducted by USCENTCOM on 03/20/91.

            3. (U) KEYWORDS: SUMMARY, PHASE I.

            4. (U) TITLE-. SUMMARY: Phase I Final Report for Fort Riley,
            Kansas (Continued)


            12. (U) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CONTINUED:


                c. (U) Operations:

                    (1) (U) Unit validation procedures were in place and
            were a recognized requirement for RC Units, but the Active
            Component was neither familiar with nor amenable to the process.
            FORSCOM agreed to validate Ist ID (M) units based upon
            available USR data. However, non-divisional AC tenant units
            were largely ignored locally until the Fort Riley Mob Plans
            Office actively pursued the issue and scheduled Validation
            Committee meetings for these units.

                    (2) (U) Because Ist ID (M) is a POMCUS unit, emphasis
            historically has been on preparing plans for emergency
            deployment via air to Europe. By contrast, Operation Desert
            Shield required lst ID (M) to conduct a deliberate deployment by
            rail with all equipment to its SPOE. This change in mission
            points out the probable need for all installations to prepare
            load plans to their SPOES, for all of their AC units, regardless
            of current contingency missions.

                    (3) (U) Federalized RC units usually were able to
            per,-Form their technical missions, but often were weak in "field
            craft'' such as convoy defense, reacting to ambush or air attack,
P). Many
            units had not had an opportunity during Annual Training (AT) to
            concentrate on these tasks because they were in support of other
            units or because adequate training areas at installation had not
            been allotted. Command emphasis from FORSCOM level is needed to
            ensure units are afforded sufficient training opportunities.

                    (4) (U) Procedures +or the expeditious mass recall of
            soldiers from of+-post schools must be developed and published.
            Fort Riley units in general, and Ist ID (M) particular,
            experienced great dificulty in recalling soldiers to deploy with
            their units.

                    (5) (U) It was apparant early in Operation Desert Shield
            that the mobilization and deployment planners around the country
            were providing the nucleus of institutional knowledge needed to
            execute deployment and mobilization. Some of the conflicting


                                       .UNCLASSIFIED

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Document 517 f:/Week-26/BX001008/DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS/special information for installation after actio:12179611150511
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File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-26
Box ID = BX001008
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTIO
Document Seq # = 4
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996