MARINES SUMMARY OF ACTION

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Subject: MARINES SUMMARY OF ACTION                                       

Unit: 3D BN 12T MA

Parent Organization: 11TH MARINES

Box ID: BX600025

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 3RD BATTALION 12TH MARINE REGIMENT JAN - JUN 1991                            

Document Number:       1001

Folder SEQ  #:         10





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              FIRE SUPPORT TO TF RIPPER.


      0630:   5/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT BY ECHELON TWO      BATTERIES   AT A TIME.  4,R/5/11   ANDI
              T/5/11 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID OT 62.13, FIRECA@_READY,AT
              0938.


      0700:   H/3/11 TOOK APPROXIMATELY 150 IRAQI EPW'S. IITH         MARINES COORDINATED
              WITH TF GRIZZLY TO TAKE CONTROL OF EPW'S.


      0830:   CFL 5 IN EFFECT.


      0858:   3/11 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID QT 76 17 WITH ENTIRE          BATTALION
              FIRECAP READY AT 0905.


      0910:   5/11 TRAILING BATTERIES DISPLACED WHEN FIRST LEAD BATTERY REPORTED
              FIRECAP READY. Q/5/11 AND S/5/11 LEAPFROGGED PAST LEAD BATTERIES AND
              OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID UT 83 25. ENTIRE BATTALION WAS
              FIRECAP READY IN NEW POSITION AT 1315.

      0927:   REGIMENTAL AMMUNITION TRUCK HIT ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE NEAR FIRST,OBSTACLE
              BELT AT QS 701 803. TRUCK SUFFERED MINIMAL DAMAGE, NO CASUALTIES.

      0930:   1/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT BY ECHELON WITH A/l/il AND H/3/14 MOVING ON
              LEFT FLANK OF TF PAPA BEAR AND I/3/11 REMAINING IN POSITION TO SUPPORT
              TF PAPA BEAR'S MOVEMENT. A/l/11 AND H/3/14 OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS
              NEAR GRID QT 78 1-@, FIRECAP READY AT 1147.

      1000:   3/12 DISPLACED FORWARD TO LEAPFROG PAST 3/11 AND OCCUPY FIRING
              POSITIONS TO SUPPORT TF RIPPER'S ATTACK ON MEF OBJECTIVE C.


      1150:   TF TARO GIVEN MISSION TO MOVE TO KUWAIT AIRFIELD TO CONDUCT CLEARING
              OPERATIONS. 1/12 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT OF C/l/12 AND F/2/12, MOVED
              APPROXIMATELY 20 KILOMETERS, AND OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR GRID
              QT 76 26, FIRECAP READY AT 1700. MISSION DIRECT SUPPORT TF TARO.
              A/l/12 REMAINED DEDICATED TO TF GRIZZLY SECURING AL JABER AIRFIELD AND
              THE DIVISION LINE OF COMMUNICATION (LOC).


NUED DISPLACEMENT WITH I/3/11 DISPLACING FORWARD AND
              OCCUPYING FIRING POSITION NEAR GRID QT 78 23, FIRECAP READY AT 1400.

      1230:   BASED ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM IITH MARINES CO, 1/11 DISPLACED A/l/11 AND
              H/3/14 FORWARD TO FIRING POSITIONS TO RANGE MEF OBJECTIVE C BY 1400.
              ENTIRE BATTALION WAS FIRECAP READY NEAR GRID QT 78 23 AT 1450.

      1230:   3/11 BEGAN DISPLACEMENT AND OCCUPIED FIRING POSITIONS NEAR UT,         80:@l
              FIRECAP READY 1530.


      1233:   6/3/11 RELAYED A 1/7 REQUEST FOR FIRE TO 1/11. HOWEVER, IN
              COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMMANDING SENERAL'S INSTRUCTIONS TO GET AS MANY,
              BATTALIONS POSITIONED AS FAR FORWARD TO SUPPORT THE ATTACK ON MEF
              OBJECTIVE C AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, NO UNITS WERE IN POSITION TO          FIRE   ON
              THE TARGET AT THAT TIME.


      1335: AFTER FORCING THROUGH TF      PAPA BEAR UNITS WHO WERE ENGAGED IN        CLEARING


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Subject = MARINES SUMMARY OF ACTION
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