Notes

1.  Southwest Asia was defined as the land area encompassing the Saudi Arabian
peninsula, the Red Sea, and the Persian Gulf area.
2. 7th MEB ComdC, lJul-3Sep90.
3. 7th MEB calendar of events, Aug90, hereafter 7th MEB calendar. The calendar was
a compilation of significant 7th MEB situation reports; 7th MEB ComdC, 1Jul-3Sep90.
4. High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles or HMMWVs replaced the Jeep used
since World War II. The HMMWV existed in several versions ranging from the lightly
armored TOW-armed vehicle to the canvas-sided, four-door utility.
5. 7th MEB ComdC, 1Jul-3Sep90; 7th MEB calendar.
6. Maj Mike F. Applegate intvws w/author dtd 6 and 13Dec90 at 1st Battalion, 7th
Marines, campsite, Saudi Arabia, hereafter Applegate intvws. Maj Applegate was then
coinmanding officer, Company D, 3d Assault Amphibian Vehicle Battalion, attached to
1st Battalion, 7th Marines. Company D deployed to Saudi Arabia as a part of the 7th
MEB.
7. 7th MEB calendar; Applegate intvws.
8. 7th MEB ComdC, Jul-Sep90; 7th MEB calendar; Applegate intvws.
9. Strength and equipment figures were based on 7th MEB calendar; 7th MEB ComdC,
Jul-Sep90.
10. 7th MEB calendar.
11. Intvw with BGen James A. Brabham, USMC, "Training, Education Were the Keys,
Naval Thstftute Proceedings, Nov91, p. 52, hereafter, Brabham, "Training"; intvw with
LtGen Walter E. Boomer, USMC, "Special Trust and Confidence Among the Trail-
Breakers," Naval Institute Proceedings, Nov91, p. 48, hereafter, Boomer, `Special
Trust;" 7th MEB calendar, pp. 1-4; author's field notes, Mar91.
12. 7th MEB ComdC, 1Jul-3Sep90; 7th MEB calendar, pp. 4-6.
13. LtCol Ronald S. Eluk intvw w/author, 3Dec90 at Hq, 1st MarDiv, Saudi Arabia.
LtCol Eluk was then Commanding Officer, 3d Assault Amphibian Vehicle Battalion.
14. Boomer, "Special Trust," p. 48.
15. 7th MEB OpO 003.1, 26Aug90.
16. Stenographer's transcript of I MEF morning briefing, Nov90.
17. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Jul-Sep90.
18. Col Joseph R. Holzbauer, "Combat G-1: New Perspectives from the Desert War,"
Marine Corps Gazette, Aug92.
19. "How We Put It Together: A Synopsis of the 1st MarDiv Deployment to Saudi
Arabia," 1st MarDiv report dtd 9Nov90.
20. Unit assignments based on 7th MEB and 1st MarDiv daily situation reports to I
MEF.
21. The evolution of the division's practice of naming task forces was drawn from 1st
MarDiv ComdC, Jan-Feb9l; 1st MarDiv Commanders' Meeting, 16Mar91; and BOen
Thomas V. Draude intvw, 13Aug92, hereafter, Draude intvw.
22. 1st MarDiv OpO 2-90, 31Aug90.
23. 1st MarDiv FragO 10-90, dtd 111230Z Sep90.
24. FragO 16-90 to 1st MarDiv OpO 2-90, 18Nov90.
25. 1st MarDiv ComdC, Nov90.
26. Descended from "Desert Rats" of World War II.
27. ComUSMarCent msg, subj: ComUSMarCent Reinforcement Order, dtd 251026Z
6Nov90.
28. Ibid.