HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION                      

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       operations.
            The Division Support Command (DISCOM) was again to provide
       tailored direct logistical support to all of the'division's
       assigned and attached units. The division sapport area (DSA) was

       to be located in the Tactical Assembly Area (TAA). DISCOM was to

       establish the FOB Cobra base and be prepared to establish a

       second FOB as required. The DSA was to move from the TAA to FOB
       Cobra during Phase III of the plan. Throughput supplies were to

       be pushed by the lst COSCOM, with the division's primary support
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       again coming from the 101 Support Group (Corps).

            The division developed several innovative supply

       procedures. Among these was the use of one fuel, Jet A-1, for
       both ground vehicles and aircraft 71 and the use of configured

       support packages for forward deployed troops. Innovations such

       as these, when combined with the light logistics tail allowed by

       the tailored FOBs and LABS, were critical to our success during
       Operation Desert Storm. 72
            With an offensive plan in hand, and the United Nations'

       approval for President Bush to attack Iraq if Iraq failed to

       withdraw from Kuwait by 15 January 1991, the division implemented

       OPLAN 90-5, Phase I, the logistics buildup at Logsite Romeo. The
       first DISCOM forces arrived at Logsite Romeo on 5 January 1991. 73

       The division also positioned engineer assets at the logsite to

       assist in the eventual preparation of the Tactical Assembly Area.

            As the January 15 deadline drew nearer, there were fears



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