AAR 1ST MARDIV IN SWA

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Subject = AAR  1ST MARDIV IN SWA                                          

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = AFTER ACTION REPORT 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN SOUTHWEST ASIA   WDID SWA 0073                       

Document Number =          1

Box ID = BX600145


                                  UNCLASSIFIED




                                UNITED'STATES MARINE CORPS
                                lit-B6ttallon, 7th Marines
                              ltttMariinL- Division (Rein), FMF
                                 "OPL-Pt@tioi-i Desert Storm"
                        FPO San  Francisco,.Caliiornia 96608-5512


                                                                5750
                                                                 3/SUMMARY*WPF
                                                                14 Mar 9ir

          From:  -Commanding Officer,'dst   Battalion, 7th Marines
          To:     Commanding General,, dstvmarine Divisi-on

          Subj:   OPERATION DESERT STORM IST BATIALIONG 7TH MARINES MANEUVER
                  SYNOPSIS


          Encls:  (I)-,Maneuver Chronology..

               The 1/7 commanders and.:Staf i. Meet@ng on .6-1 ended with
          Colonel-Mattis:@i7emarkingi./tUseii-ire supportfto.-the maximum extent
          possible,and tel:e care of yoLir-.men." Staff-and officers bid luck
          to comrades and returned to their sections and units to pass final
          word.
            . Lit.-tle remained undone.   We donned MOPP suits at 1700, Joking
          about odd sizes and finally receiving some clean -uniforms. -Earlier
          in the day Battalion Aid Station (BAS) had finished administering
          the anti-bott-ilism vaccine so with the nerve agent pretreatment
          tablets and the Cipro anti-biotic, 1/7 was prepared-4or Iraq's
          chemical threat.   The Marines spent the rest of the evening trying
          to sleep, most to no avail.
               1/7 mcved from Our Assembly Area as part of Tasi: Force
          Ripper's (TFR) standard wedge iocnation at 0001 o@.6-Day.       "The
          First Team" units deployed in a Battalion Vee wi-th Team Mech on
          the left-as base -of movement, Team Tank on the right as 4nain
          effort, and C Co behind Bimm Mortar Platoon as the center point of
          the Vee.  The Main CP and Combat Train were in trace of C Co while
          the Jump CP@ toolt up a forward position between lead elements of
          Team Mech and Team Tani, to enhance control.    Further forward, CAAT
          2 had certain elements in front with the remainder easing down our
          right +Ian@"   In trace of CAAT .2 on the right -Flank was CAAT 1
          re2n+orcL,d with Tow :,.  li7 would remain in this formation until
          punching through the far side of the second enemy obstacle belt 34
          kilometers inside Kuwzit. The battalion linked up with Captain
          Donald Schutt and his Forward Air, Artillery, and Naval Gun-Fire
          (FAANS) vehicle, elements of Sergeant Thomas Ryan's Surveillance
          and Target Acquisition Platoon (STA), and three of Captain Ricl,
          ManCln2 's tani,s which had been uploaded with "Roller Dudes" and an
          Israeli mine roller appro.,.irrately 1 Kilometer southwest of the
          f,uwait border.  FAANC,: and SIA had moved across the border on G-1
          as part of a TFF, q-.-crterina party in order to recon and marl. Our
          route, secure the attaci, position, and ensure


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