NARRATIVE SUMMARY SECTION 2

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Subject: NARRATIVE SUMMARY  SECTION 2                                    

Unit: 1ST MARINES 

Parent Organization: 1ST MARDIV  

Box  ID: BX600005

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 1ST MARINES FEB 1991                                                         

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          included transportation of CMS material, classified message
          traffic, mail, personnel status reports, and other
          miscellaneous items. This run also enabled personnel c
                                                                    ;o:lnci on
          emergency leave an opportunity to return to the DSA. The S-1
          also joined two Kuwaiti. interpreters on 3 February and sent
          them forward. On 5 February, the S-1. participated in a medevac!
          exercise designed to combine the casualty report functions of
          the S-1 with the duties of the RAS. On 8 February liaison was
          imade with 1/25 on the processing of EF@W's. On 12 February, the
          S-1 attended a medical exercise sandtable discussion, whi.ch was
          followed by a medeiva(@ exercise on 13 February. During the
          ground war, the S-1 processed actual casualty reports from
          subordinate units. TYie S-1 was also responsible for providing
          personnel to Division, joining two new officers, and ensuring
          the Marines of Headquarters Company received a class on tyie Law
          of War. As February drew to a close, the war had ended, and
          the S-1 sent out a Family Hotline Message to inform families of
          Our safety and pending return.

                                      INTELLIGENCE


               'rhrOLicjhout the early part of February, the Papa Bear S-2
          continued to submit Requests for Information (RFI's) to
          Division G-2 to learn more details about the enemy and his
          defenses. Information received from EPW or defector
          interrogations predicted that many Iraqi units had the strong
          potential to surrender or offer minimal resistance.








               On 21 February, Papa Bear S-2 attended a Recon Team
          debrief of the area surrounding TE' Papa Bear's breaching point.
der indicated that
          trafficability was good Lip to the breach point and that the
          obdta(@le belt was I.iqY)tly defended. Another significant point
          was that Iraqi mines were visible on the surface and avoidable.

               On 22 February, Papa Bear S-2A traveled to lst RPV
          Company's remote receiving station at Al Qarrah Airfield to
          observe an RPV flight of the obstacle belts. The RPV camera
          was able to observe Al Jaber Ai-rfield and Papa Bear's breaching
          point along the lst obstacle belt. It could not, however, view
          anything over the task force breaching point at the 2nd
          obstacle belt. Oil wellhead fires from the Burqan oilfield had
          created a huge black cloud that completely obscured everything
          for miles around the task force's 2nd breaching point. A tape





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