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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
Marine Regiment and communications with Division cf,.a@eci iq@iilc
to Cnth Marines were activated. Once again tc- sl-Lppc,rt of,eratic,nis the cc,mpi
,"Iatoort sttecessf i.L II y rq a i rat a i net r;kd i :, cc,mm Ltn i c,?,t i on s sulphur t for ttf P. AIph i
Command and Bray-) Command Combat Operati!-ins Center, the Logistics Operations
Center, and the Field Operation Center during Operation Desert
rd e r t,j s cti@Dn ai taimed three
support wire c@)mmlinicati-@ns the wire e m n
tactical automated switching systems to support the Combat Operations Center,
the L,jgistics Op,aratic@ns Center,, and the Field O@,eratic@n Center during
Operation Desert Shield. Liai5c.ri was made with the Gt@t MariF)L, Cc,pir4Ltnic,.@.,tic,ris
Officer in order tc, discuss Lc.-iiimit@iicaticn policy. On 23 4'atiLtary, the-
Battalion conducted a night movement.
I Feb 1991 - 'c8 Feb 1991
During this time peric,,.l emphasis v,@aF, on maintaining and e)4i.",Citig
communications in .-jrIJ2r to provide command and control for the Battalion
Commander, and to c,btair, esential r,F,f,,ratic@nal gLLidarice, itit,@lligericp. ti@,,Ii%,tes,
Prior to Olieraticii
Desert Stci%m, the unit skillfully prepared and c,rganize?d the,. Battalic@ns
e@Ijiipmetit irid personnel for the vital massacre to include the
,Jesign of the AAVC--7 cc,mr4and and control vehicle tc- 51.tppc,rt ctperatic-nal,
intelligence and fire sltppc@rt links. In preparation for enemy electronic
counter measures, the platoon effectively trained its personnel in electronic
counter measures. Throughout Operation Desert Stcrm, SSgt Shawls
technical experience proved vital in maintaining operational
f@)r, the Bittaii!j@i, Formally trained as a fifth echelon
technician, S-qgt c3i Llaw Lxpedipritly made repairs that would nc-ripitlly deadline
equipment for 5everal Jays. His effirts were directly res@,c,nsiLIE@ for the
continual high combat readiness status for, cr,mrqlkriicatic.ris eq@tipmerit c!L@ririq
Operation Desert nK'Leli. Because @f his expertise in his Military
Occupational S.clecialty, gsgt Shaw reality prckided training and
assistance to other units within the Sth Marines t,) include; Combat En,@litlE-,er
Battal4c,n, '17nd AAV I?attalic@n, @'nd Battalion, '@nd Marines, 4th , mrfl Is@
Battalion, 8t@i Marines. In preparAti@l@,. l'or Desert Storm, the cijirtrq personnel
en,jLErc,ci long ard@tc@Lis hours tc. er@,sLir,e the Battalions Cc,mmari@-I Cc,r@tr,:,@
Ae t,) this consummate
atteritic,r% tc, aetail in preparing the Battalions commaLri,J aril control iy--tems,
the Battalion continually exercised effective command and control
communications during Operation Desert Stc-rm. The net requirement frlr
Operation Desert Storm was; Regimental Ttit, 1, Regimental rac 2, Regimental TAC
Regimental Intel, Regimental FSC, Regimental Compiatid, Battalion Tac,
Battalion Adi'L,Dg, Tactical Air C,jnlrcl Party TActipal qir Direction,
Tactical Air Re-ILkE@,,t/Fleic@ Request, Artillery Fire Dir-c?ctic,rt, @,.@irJ Artillery
Fire. A total of 2 Hiu
_jl-t Frequency (HF), I LJltra. High Freq,-Lericy
)t anci 10 Very High Frequency (VIIF) nets. Or, G-.Day
1 -if C,)mba@ were jl-tt,.itatidi@ig , I'I)e Alpl-
.,-tpj),)r4 a Ccmman,J C--7 c,:,wm
Capt Sole gi.tEtrJ;ng Regimental Tac 1,
Regimental Intel , LCpl Velazqi.tez QltAr,Jliig Fire support nets, and L-Cl-@l
T(3P/WP N.+ i-i me wis rqjn@ mal and seldom
rhe Staffs insistence, c@,ci
effective lsi; echelon maintenance was a direct -esilt of the limitec 4n I
failure during cc,robat c,ffensivl, c,peratic,n5 LFi@@'tririg reliable
ntrol communications for the Battalion. DAE? t,) the fluid and rlpi,4 rr.,j V
c@ n t @l E, L-ttlef Pld, PLR' support was nc,n existi@r,,t. On the evetiin "4
LI @ i 0 _q Li , a
February, an Army vehicle strayed into an Iraqi minefield. Due to the
cc@mmi.inicatic@ns plat,,c-r. -2rgariizaticnal skills pi@.r@;crinells triiij-,4rjQ, @@te
UNCLASSIFIED
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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 =
Scan Date =
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