WITH THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION IN DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM


Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division

Task Force Papa Bear (RCT 1)
   Headquarters, 1st Marines
   1st Battalion, 1st Marines
   3d Battalion, 9th Marines
   1st Tank Battalion

Task Force Ripper (RCT 7)
   Headquarters, 7th Marines
   1st Battalion, 7th Marines
   1st Battalion, 5th Marines
   3d Tank Battalion
   Company D, 3d LAl Battalion

Task Force Taro (RCT 3)
   Headquarters, 3d Marines
   1st Battalion, 3d Marines
   3d Battalion, 3d Marines

Task Force Shepherd
   Headquarters, 1st Light Armored Infantry Battalion
   Companies A, B, and C, 1st LAl Battalion

11th Marines
   Headquarters, 11th Marines
   1st Battalion, 11th Marines
   3d Battalion, 11th Marines
   5th Battalion, 11th Marines
   1st Battalion, 12th Marines

3d Assault Amphibian Battalion (-)
1st Reconnaissance Battalion
1st Combat Engineer Battalion
   Detachment, 3d Assault Amphibian Battalion

Rear Area Security:

2d Battalion, 7th Marines

   Meanwhile, planning for offensive operations continued and on 16 January
(15 January in the United States), the day prior to the start of the allied air
offensive, General Myatt signed 1st Marine Division Operation Order 1-91. The
order reflected I MEF logistical constraints and shortages in assault amphibian
vehicles and combat engineer equipment. In the I MEF plan, the 1st Marine
Division would penetrate forward Iraqi positions and facilitate a passage of lines