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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
iqdt! 1. N
17 Mar 19'31
Fr!)m: H&'D' Company Commander
Tc@: Battalion Officer
COMMAND (,I@RONOLOGY
Ref; MCO 57@@O.IF
A. November 1990 - 21 December 1990
M,Dbilizatic@@i at NY. Tw.) days spent in
equipment and tending to a,Jmiriisitrativo. requirements. T@!rFee weeks s,rjk,.rit
at Camp LejejAne, NC in An organizational m@j@de. D)ticentrati,-,in was on
embarkation of rolling stock and unit PciLtipmerit, as t,4el.t as th,, issltp. of
NBC equipment, flak jackets, Jeserf. camouflage utilities an,4 @ti-ier pieces
of desert gear. fill sections went through a @'WA (South WE@FT
Orientation package, is we' aF@ BZO firing of I.-/U weapons.
.Put forth in estal)li-@ting r@rc,pE@r, T/'O and identific@itic-ri of
B. '@"C Decemter 19,@jZ@ . 31 J@irti-tary 1991
Arrived in SWA i@i,J nagc@tiati@)ri of an 01@JS
encountered were of a mechanical nature as', well as the
,ris--infcjrm,iti,)m3 i@(-. not kti,-jwinq 2,,@a(,tly what wAs -jti the MP'!-
@@f the cqlti@@ment had been on ship s5.ric,.e 1986. Ttipre were @i multitude
technical to overc@,mE?,
the c@rtE;Lt, the company a severe lift problem to ecl@ti@,merit
shortages Being short approximately I'@ 5 t,)ti trucks being bLt@,,jeyiel
with excess [)c-,.rsc,nnel, the ccf@ipitriy had to tighten its LLe.It to lift iL!,it
the bare essential. Each time @i Iisplacement took plAcf-', it was lcne ]:,v
out of necessity. Motor Tratis.ilc@rt assets werp. on @.
regular basis by 6t@i Marines and by Di-visi,in Head,lLkarters, l@l to
facilitate their moves.
A noteworthy move in this was a 110 mile road rqarc,f, from
Raiiu,,t@ c,,jmplex to H@trayb.
Dia@c,citi jc,iripd together t,41'L@i cc--,-,k5 from the Division if,, @4
c@:"IE,(:tive effort @c, get hot meals to the troops in the field@ Tvic@
the -.lay i,ri@,r to the nrr,Lin,l
meals were @,rc!vide.J up until
,@ffensive@
Small arm@ and crew served weapons shoots were conducted t@@tti@IP @t
the ThitidE?rb@ilt Ritiq(@ area.
The greatest achievement was being able to live in the. of the
,jE?ser,t and be 1:ijiicti@)kia' . All the while still tryinc! to -.verec,mp.
the TIPF hcrtai4E,:, .
C. i "391 - 2B February l@'391
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UNCLASSIFIED
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File Room = aug96_declassified
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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
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Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-JAN-1997