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Subject: 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91 12 APR 91
Unit: 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization: 2 MARDIV
Box ID: BX600007
Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Document Number: 1
Folder Seq #: 11
UNCLASSIFIED
@,J Marine I)ivi@;ic-til@i mission t,.- P,,:,).d in place on @@iL@ rlitskir,t@i -i@ @Lttqai,@ ',,'itv
,is a show c,l' strliigti-; and contingency force i-t@iti! tile political arifl giiiitai'y
SitiLatiC,rl in Ktttqqit City staL,ili@cd, f)@, part of this Tank
Fq,.itt,ali-:,n ilso maintained the Division's only minefield breachitict capability.
At the .,amp time, Ist Marine Division and other cc,alitic@r,
r,ha@-d withdrawals from the Ki-twai,, Theater of Operations L@@A ]< to Sit-t-li Arab 4
On 23 March 1991, 8t@t Tank Elattal@c,n receivcL-1 its Retrc,graie Warning Dr,@.pr
from 2d Marine Division. The Division w,:!@tl@j cc,@i,Ji.Let ci p,hase,j withdrawal sriLt'L@i
tc, (,amp 1'3- with i at Al--MisFi,@L., SaLi,Ai Arabia to c,f]@'.c,aci ammunition
a@i,l heavy equipment. Items !if heavy E@qj.tipFent, tc, inf--ILt,je tile battalicjn9,@
tanks, WOL[Ill be t,jErLied scatter tr.- the p,crt of Al JLIL@ail@
@.'d Marine Division vi,)Ltld leave 8th Marines (Reiti) behind in Kuwait
temporarily as a contingency force. also -Tank Battalion taskej to de.,t..-@ch
r mission. Movement of tile
Division began c,[i '.'5 March 1991 with 8th Tanks moving cLit@i i.,t, @-I March 1991,
Company B was detached to Bth Marines on the morning of 31 March 1991. The
ba'k,ta3.ion real march was ccrtdlicted smoothly and wiLh-,-,Ltt incident.
S-@'/Intelligence
The section was activate.:I with H&S Cc,mcany, in Rc,c@iester, NY,
,)n the C'Fth of N,)vemLer, I'J90. Initially, the Section consisted of )tie
officer, Capt Wal).isch, one SNCO, SSgt Hart, and one N@-0, Cpl J. I)PC'.ann.
Embarkation if existing intelligence and training M.Aieriil@ was made by Sqqt
Hart and Cpl Decann. Movement of the section to the SIA at Camp Lei@Line, @qC
was cc,mi.,Iete by '@'8 N,)vembir, 1991-A. Capt Wallisch assi,5teJ with the transition
,)f the rpmainirig elements of the battalion tc, the SIA w@iiIE, SSgt Hart area CF,-!.
I)ec!atin began to prepare the ,Pctic,n for movement to SWPI. On 3 December,
Tisch wasi transferred to C gth TkBn and Ca@,t F@. T. Williams 5 U.S.C.
time 552
was made with @el MarDj.v G-2 and daily intelligence b-iefir[gF, were (b)(7)(C)
I:.L,gijri at the staff meetings, The stock @f initial plan@)inp, maps was provided
on 4 Det,emt,or 19'30, rtie S--2 section provided the separate companies witt,
intelligence related classes and large quantities of training materials. The
section aisc, prc,d@tce,J rqaf, products for LtsE., by the staff @c,.cticris and comically
commanders, This @i-tpp,@rt was provided as the secti@r. itself Ltnderwent tile @@'v,,A
training program (frc-7i 2,d @lar,Div), completed medical prc:,-E, and
st.(f,ply and oqtii@,tqetit isst-te. The entire section arrived ,,@ the p@3rt )I' Al
JLt@jail on 'C'@ December 199L?@. rric@vemerit :,f the tc, Carp.@, 15 at Al
was i-tnpvetitfltl . Liaison with @@'d MarDiv G-2 i)lace jti tile same !Jay. The
immediately began distri',Litic@@i of p-lanniiq maps of training areas
within c3WA. if briefings was narrowed to the
sitliatic@ri alone the CC,Llt@leAStertl t'Ltwiti-@/Si,,Ltdi Arabia -border, Pxtetidiriri 4L@
kilometers into l@l-twait. Intelligence briefings were Als,j provide," to c-2NCO's
within each P-riefings on ti-te. cneviv -,,bstaclc! belts was given t-@@@@c:p
d ,, i 1 y . B@tvieen the Sth and 8th of JanuAry tile S.-L-, section moved t@, training
area C'O miles northeast of A). JL@jail. This site was later -iamed the
-",L@n,le,,,b,jlt Ran,e (@@j.,iplax. Tile section was involved in a CAX training
L-Y TEECC-'. from 29 Palms CA shortly thereafter. On several
the 5-2 c@I@l:icei- was Able to make liaison with SaLidi civilians, called
c.,aiiip,@itp tqE,.F,E-, aiiiccnt to 8ti-i -ri
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File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-34
Box ID = BX600007
Unit = 8TH TANK BN
Parent Organization = 2 MARDIV
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY 8TH MARINES APRIL - JUNE 1990
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = 8TH TANK BN COMMAND CHRONOLOGY NOV 90 TO MAR 91
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-JAN-1997