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Subject: 1ST COSCOM OPERATION ORDER DESERT STORM                         

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000040

Folder Title: OPERATIONS PLANNING FILES  JAN-MAY 91  1 OF 2                                                   

Document Number:          5

Folder Seq  #:         60








             U.S. control. If DA Form 1155 or 1156 is not available. any
             alternate means or type of paper may be used to collect the
             necessary data. Casualty reports will be forwarded
             expeditiously through Battalion PAC to the PSC, and an
             information copy to the CPSCOM 01 at the MAIN and REAR. Any
             additional information concerning a casualty will be
             submitted to the ?SC and info copy to COSCOM 01 as quickly as
             posgi@le. See casualty information flow chart at enclosure 0.
             Under no circumstances will units exceed 24 hours to reach
             the PSC. Transmission in by mesa Iage. precedence priority or
             higher. Alternate method is by telephone or courier.

                         (c) (U) Notification of Primary Next-of-Kin
             (?KOK). PNOM will be notified telephonically by DA when
             soldiers are wounded-in-action and declared very seriously
             ill. Soldiers where PNOX is also in the AO are handled in
             the following manner. DA Casualty would notify ARCENT
             PERSCOM a death of a spouse, child or parent has occurred
             which requires notification of PNOX in theater, this is
             accomplished telephonically. ARCENT PERSCOM would notify the
             XACOM to which the soldier is assigned for notification.
             Upon notification through the chain of command. The name of
             person doing notification and the date and time of
             notification must be forwarded back through the casualty
             chain ASAP.

                         (d) (U) The letter of sympathy will normally be
             prepared by the commander most knowledgeable about the
             casualty. The letter will be written within 24 hours after
             the time of the incident or the time the initial
             casualty report is submitted. The letter will be signed,
 PSC is responsible to
             verify the accuracy of the address. See Enclosures 7 and 8.

                         (e) (U) All commanders should retrain from any
             type of personal notification of casualties back to COMUS
             Rear Detachment. spouses, or friends until there is a
             verification that NOX has been officially notified.

                   3. (U) ADMINISTRATION

                        (a) (U) Existing procedures for submitting
             recommendations for awards through AG channels remain in
             effect until further notice.

                        (b) (U) Line of Duty (LOD) Investigation.
             Death or injury due to hostile action will be presumed as in
             Line of Duty; however. it is recommended that injuries be
             well documented (DA Form 2173 may be used to document such
             injuries as well as medical treatment records). Injuries
             occurring not involving hostile action will be investigated,
             either informally or formally, by an investigation officer
             appointed by the next higher command having Special Courts


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Document 117 f:/Week-15/BX000040/OPERATIONS PLANNING FILES JAN-MAY 91 1 OF 2/1st coscom operation order desert storm:12269616083622
Control Fields 17
File Room = apr96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-15
Box ID = BX000040
Unit = XVIII CORPS
Parent Organization = ARCENT
Folder Title = OPERATIONS PLANNING FILES JAN-MAY 91 1 OF 2
Folder Seq # = 60
Subject = 1ST COSCOM OPERATION ORDER DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 5
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 = 26-DEC-1996