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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
Company is attached to Sth Tanks inci itll but one @)'F TOW
Company remains after ittachmpnt if sections t@-@ every batt.AI4@Dti in the
regiment. Btt, 'ranks; defended n --,:,me with jtic, riilc two tank
companies and a tAi,ik/I'OW combat )Ltt@,ost from wcs@ t,j east. he
remainder of Al (-row) Company was in several areas of s@tr,[)citt of the
battalion. All vehicles were diig-iti ,,nd with
forward JLp,jc,yeJ LAI was accomplished tr@ Facilitate their
rearward passage )f line, if re,4Ltired. Counterattack plans were
developed and adopted by Bth Marines for use by St@l Tanks tc,
any -armor penetration in the regimental zone.
Change in Division OF, plan calls for 2d Dlvj.-,,ic@ri to a@tak@k,
abreA-1, if 1,;t Marine Fth Marines is qiveii as
t,rE-at@@t force. on 7 Feb 1991, 6th Marines is Fc@lic,.vf@d in St@!
@larines, Otli Tanks is )cci-tpied by C'@j Ti@il( Sth Marines
moves sc,lit@i to conduct breach training in the vicinity c@F
V,ibrit. Stl) Tanks jcc@Epies issembly area @)IC US 74'@'C'g (Kibrit),
Road march '@,j final assembly area at US Fair 14 Fpt, 1991.@
Operations at final assembly area included r.:.i-tto norm to attack
positions in Saudi Arabia and road march tC, D@,5it).c,ris in
Arabia and road march t,l attack position in 2:,j FE-L, 'L991. 09VIO, '@-11 Feb
1995., F@n I'l@,F,ORI) issued at CDI,.
B. !'RAINIiJG@ 1-@-,x Company 2/'@, and "C" Company det@t(,!, fair% 1:in.A' task,
organization within Fth Marines and t@, c,:,tidLic.1- !@t,c@iLch training. S'--I,3
Feb 199', On participates in regimental rehearsals for movement
through assigned t,reach lines Red I and Red At @iria). assembly
,area, battle staff a CPX )n 9 Feb 1.991.
Personnel and Administration
26 Nov 1990 - 22 Dee lr3gl
life i,Jmi@ii5trative and personnel activity i@iv,:,Ive-@,4 @@i activating a reserve
battalion and prpraring it for deployment iF, Every Marine
screened at his
arric,ry. rhis was followed by an administrative upon Arri.k'al @l'@
the SIA. Finally, individual Marines who, for various reasons, could not be
kept ii the unit had tc, be transferred or discharge. All of the abr.,,,e@
though time )ccLtrred without ma.j,jr difficulty Juring this
battalic,n's activation and standlip at Caqtp LE?@jettne.
The two If difficulty encountered were in tr;.ktisitic@@iitig the
Unit Diary irom REM@,'@' tc, JUIPS and in correcting individual pay I' Fi
many instances, problems in one area also contributed tc, problems il the
other.
Upon activation, the home armory administration sections, L@ri@lc@r the
supervision -@f their respective Inspector - Instructor counterparts, removed
their reservists from REM'S and attempted tc, j,--@in them into
SUMPS under the Battalion Reporting Urii@ Cc,,JL,. Almost without exce'.)ti,@n,
FIrc,ce.E@E, failed to jC,i@) the Marines into JUMPO@ A, a result, tL
I[ iii-i
9@id tc, L,,@ lrti-,.uLtE,.,J i@itc, SUMPS completely from a str@nqtl-i level once it
arrived at Cairr@ Lr,,
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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