92ND ENGR CBT BN HVY UNIT HISTORY

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Subject: 92ND ENGR CBT BN HVY UNIT HISTORY                               

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

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            the maneuver forces, the battalion was ready to tailor the
            equipment to meet the mission.

               Unfortunately, lack of a clear mission on the objective
            required the Headquarters and Support Company (HSC), of the
            battalion, to move with excess equipment. If the aroup
            Headquarters had provided the battalion with better guidance, HSC
            could have stayed in the rear and provided better support to the
            battalion.


            RECOMMENDATION: Task organize aL combat heavy engineer battalion
            into a mobile task force to support division requirements while
            the battalion is DS to the division. This will allow the
            battalion to pool its assets (TPUS, water trucks, compaction
            effort, haul assets, and etc) to better support the battalion and
            division.


            ISSUE: Timely INSUMs were not provided to the battalion along
            with friendly force disposition during the.war.

            DISCUSSION: From G-1 to G+100, all during the war, INSUMs were
            not disseminated to the battalion. Due to the fast movement of
            the division, and communication voids, current/timely INSUME did
            not get to the rear. The battalion would try to get the
            information from the group headquarters but they didn't have it
            either. They also couldn't give the battalion the friendly or
            enemy force disposition.

            RECOMMENDATION: Automate the INSUM process and provide the
            supporting units with a location to pick up an automated disk.


            ISSUE: Communications during Operation Desert Shield / Storm.

            DISCUSSION: Communications proved to be the ultimate challenge
            in the desert. The battalion found the maximum operating range
            to be around 35 miles using OE 254 antennas. Dust and
            overheating were not a problem. They were something the
   battalion had to overcome. Everyday, operators cleaned dust off
            the radios with small brushes bought by the battalion before
            departing FT. Stewart. To combat the heat, the battalion applied
            window tinting to vehicles to out the direct sunlight. The
            battalion also instructed operators to operate on low power and
            go to high power only when required. The battalion experienced
            though, that if one keyed the radio longer than nine seconds
            without a break in communications, over time, this normally
            resulted in radio failure.




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Subject = 92ND ENGR CBT BN HVY UNIT HISTORY
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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 = 28-JAN-1997