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 power of the force assembled there, but also in size., The

       TAA encompassed approximately 3200 square kilometers. The

       division's combat power was dispersed across this great
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       expanse.

             One gained an understanding of the relative isolation of

       the division's units when one viewed the TAA from the air. The

       unit positions appeared to be little clusters of activity with

       acres of barren desert separating them from each other. Unit

       positions were easy to spot from the air despite the extensive

       use of desert camouflage nets. The nets did serve a purpose in
       masking the type of unit in each position. ioi The main terrain

       features in the TAA were Tapline Road and the oil pipeline from

       which the road took its name. Tapline Road had earned the

       nickname "Suicide Alley" due the treacherous volume of traffic

       during Operation DESERT STORM. Local drivers weaved violently

       through slow moving military convoys. The loist Military Police

       Company took up positions along Tapline Road to enforce safe
       speed limits. 102 The incidence of accidents involving loist

       soldiers and equipment was in fact remarkably low throughout.both

       Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, given the tremendous

       amount of movement and maneuver by vast numbers of forces.

             Once in place, the division focused on preparing for

       offensive operations in Iraq, while continuing local security of

       the TAA. In order to plan an air assault mission, one must first
       conduct an intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB).  103

       The first stages of the division's IPB involved extensive



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Subject = HISTORY SLIDES FOR 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
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