HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

Folder Title = DRAFT COPY OF 101ST ABN DIV AALT OPERATIONS DS-S                                                

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        the French 6th Light Armor Division, to the west, would be.,
        attacking to seize As Salman. The 82d Airborne Division was to

        support the French. The 24th Infantry Division would attack to

        our east and position their forces north of Phase Line Viking,

        while the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was to screen and
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        establish -a blocking position along the corps' eastern flank.

              Like OPLAN 90-4, OPLAN 90-5 defined four maneuver phases.

        Phase I was again a logistics buildup in preparation to support a
        short duration, high tempo, high consumption ground offensive.

        Phase 11 called for the-division to reposition its forces from

        Camp Eagle 11 and the covering force area into a tactical

        assembly area several kilometers southeast of Rhafha, Saudi
        Arabia. 68

              Phase III, offensive operations, of OPLAN 90-5 contained

        four subphases. Subphase A was the seizure of FOB Cobra, deep in

        Iraq, by the division's First Brigade TF. Subphase B was the

        buildup of a robust FOB Cobra by DISCOM in order to support

        security operations in the FOB and prepare for further air

        assaults into AO Eagle. Subphase C was an armed aerial

        reconnaissance into AO Eagle. Subphase D was the attack by Third

        Brigade TF into AO Eagle on the second day of the ground war.

        This attack would cut Iraq's lines of communications along the

        Euphrates River. Second Brigade TF would then attack into the

        Tallil Airfield (Objective Strike) on the fourth day of the

        ground war to prepare for further strikes during Phase IV, future



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