XVIII AIRBORNE CORPS CHRONOLOGY

OPERATION DESERT SHIELD

SEPTEMBER 1990


SEPTEMBER 1 (C+25)

----- XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #5 renames Forward Operating Base ESSEX as Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. Additionally it directs the 101st Airborne Division (-) to relieve the 82d Airborne Division at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE, resume control over the EH-60 QUICKFIX element located there, assume control over the 525th Military Intelligence Brigade's AN/TRQ-32 element there, and to assume the screening mission for Area of Operations APACHE not later than 1200 on 4 September 1990.

----- FRAGO #2 to 101st Airborne Division OPORD DESERT DESTINY issued, directing Task Force AVIATION (-) to deploy forward to Forward Operating Base ESSEX. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 23 (1700Z, 1 Sep 90)]

----- Strategic airflow moving the 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, from Lawson Army Air Field resumes. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 23 (1700Z, 1 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment (560 personnel) of the 197th Infantry Brigade arrive in theater. [1st Support Command SITREP 34 (1 Sep<1> 90); XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 2 Sep 90]

0124S Cape Mohican departs Jacksonville, Florida. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 23 (1700Z, 1 Sep 90) which gives time of departure as 0724S and states that it is carrying 2 passengers and 202 vehicles of the 101st Airborne Division; same time restated in 101st Airborne Division SITREP 24, 1700Z, 2 Sep 90)]

0420 24th Infantry Division MLRS ready to fire.

0511 Teams B and D of 4th Battalion, 64th Armor (24th Infantry Division) departs Dammam for Assembly Area LIBERTY.

0600 2d Squadron (-), 4th Cavalry (24th Infantry Division), task force closes into Assembly Area CAVALRY with: Headquarters and Headquarters Troop; Troop C; Team D, 3d Battalion, 15th Infantry; Battery A (MLRS), 13th Field Artillery; and a Stinger section of Battery B, 1st Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery. [Report received per Journal 0615; also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 1 Sep 90]

0711 Teams A and B of 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry (24th Infantry Division) departs Dammam for Assembly Area LIBERTY.

1200 Cape Decision sails with elements of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery; 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery; and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREPs 30 Aug and 2 Sep 90)]

1315 Pollux begins unloading.

1400 Bellatrix arrives at Dammam with remaining 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, equipment, the initial equipment for the division Main Command Post, and some 1st Brigade equipment. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 1 Sep 90; XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 2 Sep 90; 1st Support Command SITREP 34 (1 Sep 90) which says that unloading began at 1800]

SEPTEMBER 2 (C+26)

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO 5 to OPLAN 15-90 directing the 2d Brigade to conduct planning for movement to Ab Qaiq. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 25 (2 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO 2 to OPLAN 16-90 directing the Aviation Brigade to turn over Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE/ESSEX to the 101st Airborne Division. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 25 (2 Sep 90)]

----- Task Force AVIATION (101st Airborne Division) moves to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE with 145 (or 179) personnel, 18 vehicles, 3 UH-60 Blackhawks, 6 AH-64 Apaches, and 2 OH-58 Kiowas. [101st Airborne Division SITREPs 24 (1700Z, 2 Sep 90) and 25 (1800C, 2 Sep 90)]

0120Z Last C-5 carrying 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, departs Lawson Army Air Field. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 24 (1700Z, 2 Sep 90) which also reports that all of the battalion's AH-64 Apaches are in theater and 25 (1800C, 2 Sep 90) which states time of last C-5 departing Lawson as 1500C and that all the AH-64s are at King Fahd International Airport]

SEPTEMBER 3 (C+27)

----- 101st Airborne Division FRAGO 90-3 issued assuming combat screen mission in Area of Operations APACHE effective 1200C on 4 September. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 25 (1700Z, 3 Sep 90)]

----- Elements of 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, begin moving into defensive positions. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 3 Sep 90]

----- Regulus completes unloading. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 3 Sep 90]

----- Cape Alexander completes loading. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 25 (1700Z, 3 Sep 90)]

----- First two C-5 aircraft (of projected five) deploying Battery B (ATACMS), 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, depart Altus Air Force Base. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 3 Sep 90]

0001 24th Infantry Division advances alert to THREATCON D.

0001 101st Airborne Division relieved of Corps MEDEVAC mission, which passes to 45th Medical Company (Air Ambulance). [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 26 (1800C, 3 Sep 90)]

1220 Cargo HMMWV from 1st Brigade, 82d Airborne Division catches fire in brigade's motor pool area at ALL AMERICAN BASE and is totally destroyed when ten TOW rounds and other ammunition explode. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 26 (3 Sep 90)]

ca. 1800 24th Infantry Division sends reinforcements to Task Force 2-4 Cavalry consisting of: Company D, 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry; Company B, 3d Engineer Battalion, and remainder of Battery B (Vulcan), 1st Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 3 Sep 90]

1900 American Falcon sails with remaining equipment of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 4 Sep 90 (Supplemental Report)]

SEPTEMBER 4 (C+28)

----- During night Bellatrix unloading completed. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 4 Sep 90; 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 4 Sep 90]

----- Lead elements of Battery B (ATACMS), 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, arrive in theater and are attached on interim basis to the 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 4 Sep 90]

1200 ALL AMERICAN BASE is renamed CHAMPION MAIN.

1200 Assembly Area LIBERTY is renamed Assembly Area ATLANTA.

1200 101st Airborne Division (Forward) assumes responsibility for Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE [formerly ESSEX] and Area of Operations APACHE from 82d Airborne Division [also cited as 1215].

0655S Cape Juby departs Jacksonville, Florida, with 356 pieces of 101st Airborne Division equipment. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 26 (1700Z, 4 Sep 90)]

1200 101st Airborne Division assumes Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE and Area of Operations APACHE mission from 82d Airborne Division, employing assets of the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation; Company B, 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry deploys to BASTOGNE to assume security. [101st Airborne Division SITREPs 26 (1700Z, 4 Sep 90) and 27 (1800C, 4 Sep 90); 82d Airborne Division SITREP 27 (4 Oct 90)]

0845Z A 1LT from HHB, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery (24th Infantry Division) killed in traffic accident at TJ 870800.

1429 Victory Forward enters XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Satellite communications net for first time.

1259Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #6 tasks Dragon Brigade to deploy on order a Corps Rear Tactical Operations Center in conjunction with the 251st Rear Area Operations Center.

ca 1700 82d Airborne Division elements begin moving to Al Jubayl [82d Airborne Division SITREP 27 (4 Sep 90)]

1730 Final 82d Airborne Division helicopter departs Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE.

1715S Cape Alexander departs Jacksonville, Florida, with 302 pieces of 101st Airborne Division equipment. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 26 (1700Z, 4 Sep 90) which gives time as 0715S]

SEPTEMBER 5 (C+29)

----- 24th Infantry Division reinforces 2d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, with Company D, 3d Battalion, 7th Infantry, Company B, 3d Engineer Battalion, and Battery B (Vulcan), 1st Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 5 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO #1 to OPLAN 15-90<2> directing the 2d Brigade to defend UJ 6770 and retain Ab Qaiq and the oil facilities. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 28 (5 Sep 90)]

----- 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, deploys its Tactical Command Post and Company D (-) to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1800C, 5 Sep 90)]

----- Cape Catoche arrives in Jacksonville to begin loading 101st Airborne Division equipment of the 3d Brigade and division base. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1800C, 5 Sep 90)]

0115Z 390th, 545th and 585th Transportation Detachments depart Fort Campbell, Kentucky. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1700Z, 6 Sep 90)]

0800 Algol arrives in Dammam with last of 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division's equipment, and initial Aviation Brigade equipment. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 5 Sep 90; 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 5 Sep 90]

0605Z Battery B, 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery (ATACMS/MLRS) closes into Saudi Arabia.

1445 Last 101st Airborne Division strategic airlift C-5 departs the United States. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1800C, 5 Sep 90)]

1230Z Cape Ducato begins loading in Texas.

1330(?) Jupiter sails from Houston, Texas. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 6 Sep 90]

1644Z Takoradi sails from Houston, Texas. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 6 Sep 90, which gives time of sailing as 1130)

1800Z Cape Mendocino begins loading in Texas.

2140Z First 101st Airborne Division flight employing Civilian Reserve Air Fleet 747 departs with 394 passengers including the division Chief of Staff and the 3d Brigade commander. [101st Airborne Division SITREPs 28 (1800C, 5 Sep 90), 28 (1700Z, 6 Sep 90) and 29 (1800C, 6 Sep 90); was originally scheduled for 2330C]

2200Z 101st Support Group units complete rail loading at Fort Campbell and depart for Jacksonville, Florida. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1700Z, 6 Sep 90)]

SEPTEMBER 6 (C+30)

----- 24th Infantry Division personnel airflow (16,902) completed. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 7 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division briefs LTG Luck and COL Akers on division OPLAN 15-90. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 6 Sep 90]

----- 101st Airborne Division receives XVIII Airborne Corps OPLAN DESERT DRAGON III. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 29 (1800C, 6 Sep 90)]

----- 2d Squadron, 4th Cavalry, completes occupation of Assembly Area SAVANNAH (TL 645001). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 6 Sep 90]

0415Z 390th, 545th and 585th Transportation Detachments arrive in theater. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 28 (1700Z, 6 Sep 90)]

2100 Final 101st Airborne Division C-5 aircraft arrives Dhahran completing Military Airlift Command flow for division [but NOT Civilian Reserve Air Fleet flow]. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 30 (7 Sep 90)]

SEPTEMBER 7 (C+31)

----- 24th Infantry Division Main Command Post departs for Assembly Area STEWART (TK 690270). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 7 Sep 90; 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 7 Sep 90]

----- 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, completes occupation of Assembly Area ATLANTA. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 7 Sep 90]

----- Algol completes unloading by 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 7 Sep 90 (which says also had 197th Infantry Brigade equipment); 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 7 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division planning focuses on adjusting defensive concepts to XVIII Airborne Corps OPLAN DESERT DRAGON III. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 30 (7 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division begins receiving AH-1 Cobras of 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 30 (7 Sep 90)]

----- Company B (-), 326th Engineer Battalion, deploys to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 31 (8 Sep 90)]

0500 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, deploys to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 30 (7 Sep 90)]

0900Z Denebola (197th Infantry Brigade) docks. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 8 Sep 90; 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 7 Sep 90]

0900Z 1st Support Command assumes responsibility for the CEMENT FACTORY complex (VK 017173). [1st Support Command SITREP 39 (7 Sep 90)]

1255[?] Jolly Smeraldo departs Europe [Leghorn, Italy]

1600 Company B, 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, relieves Company B, 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation, of the ready reaction mission at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE; Company C relieves Company B of the 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry's ground security mission. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 30 (7 Sep 90)]

2110 OH-58C from 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation (101st Airborne Division) crashes into sand dune at UK 706230 while conducting night training under AN/PVS-6s; pilot is not hurt, but observer (SPC) is injured (dislocated shoulder) and aircraft suffers major damage. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals]

SEPTEMBER 8 (C+32)

----- Last Maritime Prepositioning Ship [MPS] completes unloading at Al Jubayl

----- 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, briefs MG Johnson on its concepts for the deployment to and defense of Ab Qaiq. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 31 (8 Sep 90)]

----- Battery B (ATACMS), 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, arrives in theater. [Fort Hood SITREP 30 (8 Sep 90)]

0844 24th Infantry Division Tactical Operations Center closes at TK 737213 and enters XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Satellite communications net.

1525[?] Arcade Eagle departs Europe

1448Z Cape Mendocino departs. [Fort Hood SITREP 30 (8 Sep 90)]

1900Z Joint Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions received. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 8 Sep 90]

SEPTEMBER 9 (C+33)

----- Battery B (ATACMS), 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery closes into theater. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 9 Sep 90]

0015 Cape Catoche departs Jacksonville, Florida with 101st Airborne Division. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 31 (8 Sep 90) which says at 0015C on 8 September]

----- Saudi Hail sails from Jacksonville. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (1700Z, 28 Sep 90)]

0530 Denebola completes unloading. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 9 Sep 90]

1030 51 personnel from 24th Infantry Division depart from Dhahran en route to Rota, Spain, to assist unloading of Antares

1040 Cape Inscription (24th Infantry Division Artillery) begins unloading. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 9 Sep 90, says at 1130]

1130 Antares docks in Rota, Spain.

1253 Denebola departs Dammam to return to the United States.

1730 Antares begins unloading at Rota, Spain.

1845 Detachment (50 personnel) from 24th Infantry Division arrive in Rota, Spain, from Saudi Arabia to unload Antares. [24th Infantry Division SITREP 7 (10 Sep 90) gives erroneous information on this subject]

2230 OH-58D from 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry (82d Airborne Division) damaged during hard landing in training area.

SEPTEMBER 10 (C+34)

----- All three maneuver brigades of 24th Infantry Division closed into theater. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 10 Sep 90]

----- 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry (82d Airborne Division) completes deployment into theater. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 33 (10 Sep 90)]

----- Final personnel of 2d Battalion, 502d Infantry, arrive in theater, completing closure of 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 10 Sep 90; also see 101st Airborne Division SITREPs 32 (9 Sep 90) and 33 (10 Sep 90) which identify flow ending with three aircraft, and that intent had been for closure to occur on 9 Sep]

0045 Cape Henry arrives; unloading completed by 1330. [1st Support Command SITREP 42 (10 Sep 90)]

0010R Saudi Hall (final 101st Airborne Division ship) departs Jacksonville, Florida. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 33 (10 Sep 90)]

0145 American Eagle arrives; unloading completed by end of day. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 10 Sep 90; 101st Airborne Division SITREP 32 (9 Sep 90) says arrival was 1545C on 9 Sep; 101st Airborne Division SITREP 33 (10 Sep 90) says unloading completed on 10 Sep]

1330Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #1 tasks the Special Operations Command Central (SOCCE) Psychological Operations Liaison Officer to attache two loudspeaker teams to the 24th Infantry Division for the period 13-18 September 1990.

1825[?] Wadai departs Europe.

2100 TOW HMMWV from Company D, 3d Battalion, 505th Infantry rolls at UK 887565; no injuries but TOW launcher totally destroyed and extensive damage to vehicle.

SEPTEMBER 11 (C+35)

----- 197th Infantry Brigade begins movement to Assembly Area COLUMBUS (UK 090850). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 11 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO 2 to OPLAN 15-90 specifying concept for rear area operations. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 34 (11 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division given verbal warning order to move a brigade headquarters and battalion task force to Ab Qaiq. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 34 (11 Sep 90)]

----- 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Division Ready Brigade 2), begins personnel deployment by Civilian Reserve Air Fleet. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 34 (11 Sep 90)]

----- Company K (Aviation Intermediate Maintenance), 159th Aviation, arrives in Dhahran. [1st Support Command SITREP 43 (11 Sep 90)]

----- Ship bearing two corps area signal centers arrives and begins unloading. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 11 Sep 90]

0600 Cape Inscription finishes unloading. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 11 Sep 90]

SEPTEMBER 12 (C+36)

----- 82d Airborne Division issues Planning Directives 1 and 2 for mature theater defense. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 35 (12 Sep 90)]

----- 101st Airborne Division FRAGO 90-6 issued directing employment of 2d Brigade Task Force (-) at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE beginning 16 September. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 35 (12 Sep 90)]

1114Z CENTCOM authorizes XVIII Airborne Corps to use Main Supply Routes (MSRs) in MARCENT sector with prior coordination

SEPTEMBER 13 (C+37)

----- 24th Infantry Division issues its Phase II (General Defensive Plan) OPLAN. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 13 Sep 90]

----- 24th Infantry Division Artillery occupies Assembly Area VIDALIA (TK 580550) by night march. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 13 Sep 90]

----- Advance detachment of 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, deploys to Ab Qaiq and sets up brigade tactical command post at UJ 601641. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 36 (13 Sep 90)]

----- TARP (6 OH-58D Kiowas) from 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, arrives in Assembly Area EAGLE and is attached to the 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 36 (13 Sep 90)]

----- 12th Aviation Brigade Advance Detachment arrives in Assembly Area EAGLE. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 37 (14 Sep 90)]

----- 407th Transportation Company arrives in theater causing confusion in 1st Support Command because the unit is not carried in the Time-Phased Force Deployment List. [1st Support Command SITREP 45 (13 Sep 90)]

----- Zoella Lykes arrives at Beaumont. [Fort Hood SITREP 35 (13 Sep 90)]

0015 3d Battalion, 73d Armor (82d Airborne Division) M-551 Sheridan rolls off sand dune at UK 393888 and suffers major suspension damage; 1 soldier slightly injured.

0315 An AH-1 has a compressor stall at UK 686454 and makes an emergency landing, but there is no damage or injury. [XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals]

0345 Troop B, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry (82d Airborne Division) OH-58D completely destroyed in accident crashing into a sand dune at UK 66584586; no injuries sustained. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 36 (13 Sep 90)]

0340Z Maine arrives in Houston; begins loading 1800Z. [Fort Hood SITREP 35 (13 Sep 90)]

----- United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 666.

SEPTEMBER 14 (C+38)

----- 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry, relieves 3d Battalion (-), 502d Infantry, at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 37 (14 Sep 90)]

----- SSA portion of the 598th Maintenance [? Detachment] arrives in theater without being listed on Time Phased Force Deployment List. [1st Support Command SITREP 46 (14 Sep 90)]

0603- 2d Battalion, 325th Infantry departs CHAMPION MAIN.

0911

0900 Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, and the 5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, close into the SANG Compound in Dammam. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 14 Sep 90]

0925- 2d Battalion, 325th Infantry closes at Ab Qaiq.

1347 [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 37 (14 Sep 90)]

0845Z 1LT Tommie W. Bates of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery (24th Infantry Division) is killed in vehicle accident at TJ 870800.

1200 101st Airborne Division relieves 82d Airborne Division of commitment to guard corps ammunition supply point. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 37 (14 Sep 90)]

1400Z XVIII Airborne Corps consolidated in-theater strength report shows 45,695 soldiers. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 15 Sep 90]

1445Z Antares departs Rota, Spain

1500 XVIII Airborne Corps meeting establishes base camp requirements

1610Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #8 attaches 3d Armored Cavalry to the 24th Infantry Division effective upon the regiment's arrival in Saudi Arabia.

2000 Last 197th Infantry Brigade convoy departs Dammam port for Assembly Area COLUMBUS. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 14 Sep 90]

----- United Kingdom announces it will deploy 6,000 personnel.

SEPTEMBER 15 (C+39)

----- 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, tactical command post departs Camp EAGLE II for Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE by ground convoy and air movement. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 38 (15 Sep 90)]

----- First flight with 360 personnel of main body of 12th Aviation Brigade arrives at Camp EAGLE II. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 38 (15 Sep 90)]

0630 197th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, closes into Assembly Area COLUMBUS. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 15 Sep 90]

1900 101st Airborne Division has decision briefing on divisional OPLAN 90-2 DESERT DESTINY (supporting XVIII Airborne Corps OPLAN DESERT DRAGON III) and MG Peay approves the concept. [101st Airborne Division SITREPs 38 (15 Sep 90) and 39 (16 Sep 90)]

----- France announces it will deploy 4,000 personnel.

SEPTEMBER 16 (C+40)

----- Battery B, 2d Battalion, 44th Air Defense Artillery, deploys to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 39 (16 Sep 90)]

----- Task Force 9-101 Aviation placed under the operational control of the 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 39 (16 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment of the 4th Materiel Management Center arrives in theater. [1st Support Command SITREP 48 (16 Sep 90)]

----- Headquarters, 525th Military Intelligence Brigade arrives in theater. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 16 Sep 90]

----- 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, deploys tactical command post and forward support battalion to Assembly Area MIDWAY to prepare for shifting of divisional brigades. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 16 Sep 90]

0130 CH-47 from Company B, 7th Battalion, 101st Aviation (101st Airborne Division) drops two M-102 105mm howitzers from 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery during sling load operations 4 kilometers northwest of King Fahd International Airport (UK 750320), damaging both. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 39 (16 Sep 90)]

0600 3d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division trail party closes on Camp EAGLE II; subsequent flights start flow of 1st Brigade personnel. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 39 (16 Sep 90)]

0300Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #9 tasks the 82d Airborne Division to release the 1st Platoon, Battery A (MLRS), 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery to XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery control effective 1600Z on 18 September 1990.

1200 Task Force 2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division relieves Task Force AVIATION of the mission [Task Force STRIKE] at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 39 (16 Sep 90)]

----- President Bush makes televised speech addressed to the people of Iraq.

----- United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 667.

SEPTEMBER 17 (C+41)

----- XVIII Airborne Corps briefs GEN Schwarzkopf; GEN Schwarzkopf and LTG Luck then visit Camp EAGLE II and 82d Airborne Division Tactical Command Post. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 17 Sep 90; 101st Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90); 82d Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO 3 to OPLAN 15-90 changing mission statement. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- Aviation Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, grounds all AH-1 Cobras until compressor stall problem can be resolved. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- 3d Battalion, 504th Infantry, conducts first live fire at GEORGE Range. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- BG Scholes (XVIII Airborne Corps Chief of Staff) and BG Shelton (Assistant Division Commander for Operations) visit Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- 2d Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, closes. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

----- Cape Douglas, Callaghan and Lyra arrive in port carrying 101st Airborne Division equipment including 111 helicopters, 22 howitzers, and 32 TOWs. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

0330 Convoys of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 18th Field Artillery Brigade; 5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery; and 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, depart for Assembly Area HINESVILLE (TK 574675). [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 17 Sep 90]

0016Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #10 (Change I to DESERT DRAGON III) announces change in ARCENT/MARCENT boundary.

1300 82d Airborne Division releases MLRS platoon from attachment in accordance with XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO 9. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 40 (17 Sep 90)]

1245Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #11 announces change in 24th Infantry Division boundary.

2000 Liaison team meets with the Eastern Province Area Command G-3. [XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals]

SEPTEMBER 18 (C+42)

----- Company B, 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry, relieves Company C of the same battalion at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 41 (18 Sep 90)]

----- 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, closes into Camp EAGLE II. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 41 (18 Sep 90)]

----- Cape Lobos arrives in port. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 41 (18 Sep 90)]

0900 Cape Douglas departs Dammam for United States.

1200 1st Battalion, 101st Aviation, relieves the 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, of the ready mission at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 42 (19 Sep 90)]

SEPTEMBER 19 (C+43)

----- 101st Airborne Division issues FRAGO 90-7 directing the establishment of the Division Assault Command Post at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE 20-21 September. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 42 (19 Sep 90)]

----- Task Force STRIKE command post plans to deploy from Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE to Forward Operating Base REDSKIN (QR 835440) 21-22 September. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 42 (19 Sep 90)]

----- Tactical Command Post of Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, departs Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 42 (19 Sep 90)]

----- Last personnel of the 101st Airborne Division Artillery close into Camp EAGLE II as do the final personnel of the 2d Battalion, 327th Infantry, and the first personnel of the 3d Battalion, 327th Infantry. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 42 (19 Sep 90)]

----- 18th Field Artillery Brigade closes into Assembly Area HINESVILLE. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 19 Sep 90]

----- 2d and 3d Battalions, 319th Field Artillery, at Range GEORGE (UK 0500) become first artillery units in XVIII Airborne Corps to conduct live fire exercise. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 19 Sep 90]

0338Z Merchant Premier sails from Beaumont. [Fort Hood SITREP 41 (19 Sep 90)].

0400Z 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, wheeled convoy departs Assembly Area ATLANTA for Assembly Area MIDWAY (TL 450100). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 19 Sep 90]

0630Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #12 attaches the 12th Aviation Brigade to the 101st Airborne Division effective 1400Z on 19 September 1990.

1030 Task Force 2-7 (24th Infantry Division) departs.

1400 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, passes command and control of brigade from Tactical Operations Center to Brigade Rear and begins displacement to Assembly Area MIDWAY. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 19 Sep 90]

1553 PFC Torres of Company A, 3d Battalion, 504th Infantry (82d Airborne Division) is injured slightly in leg by fragments from a 105mm artillery round fired by Battery C, 3d Battalion, 319th Field Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals]

1700 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division Command Post and Task Force 2-7 Infantry close into Assembly Area MIDWAY.

1400Z Saudi Abha sails from Houston. [Fort Hood SITREP 41 (19 Sep 90)]

1430Z 5 RV-1D Mohawk aircraft from 224th Military Intelligence Battalion self-deploy from Hunter Army Airfield to reinforce 15th Military Intelligence Battalion at Stuttgart, Germany.

1442Z USNS Pollux arrives at Houston; begins loading 1800Z. [Fort Hood SITREP 41 (19 Sep 90)]

1500Z Washington arrives back in port to be transloaded into American Condor. [Fort Hood SITREP 41 (19 Sep 90)]

----- Hazardous duty pay is authorized.

SEPTEMBER 20 (C+44)

----- Request submitted to Saudi authorities for establishment of a forward base at Qaryat as Sufla (QR 865435) and reconnaissance of site conducted; name for this site now changed from REDSKIN to OASIS. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 43 (20 Sep 90)]

----- USNS Cleveland due in theater as first ammunition ship. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 16 Sep 90]

----- 24th Infantry Division reports that Cygnus is due to dock at 1900 and begin unloading at 2100. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 20 Sep 90]

----- 101st Airborne Division Assault Command Post displaces from Camp EAGLE II to Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE; advance detachment consists of the Jump Command Post with BG Shelton (Assistant Division Commander for Operations). [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 43 (20 Sep 90)]

0600 XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO 90-8 attaches 12th Aviation Brigade to 101st Airborne Division. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 43 (20 Sep 90)]

0620 82d Airborne Division suffers first fatality when M-966 TOW HMMWV from Company D, 1st Battalion, 505th Infantry falls off sand dune UK 599713, resulting in death of gunner SPC Robert A. Noonan. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 43 (20 Sep 90); XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals give coordinates as UK 602705, but have Noonan's rank wrong, and specifies that two others were injured, one requiring hospitalization]

1100 Jolly Smeraldo docks at Dammam carrying 12th Aviation Brigade equipment [first vessel arriving with brigade materiel].

1500Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #13 relieves 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, from the 18th Aviation Brigade and attaches it to the 101st Airborne Division effective 1700Z on 20 September 1990. It also attaches the Target Acquisition Platoon of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, to the 101st Airborne Division at the same time.

1815 Tampa Bay arrives in port carrying 1st Support Command equipment. [1st Support Command SITREP 52 (20 Sep 90)]

2215 Jolly Smeraldo begins unloading 12th Aviation Brigade equipment; it is carrying all of brigade's helicopters. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 44 (21 Sep 90)]

2400 24th Signal Battalion Tactical Operations Center closes into [? location not given]. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 30 (sic) Sep 90]

SEPTEMBER 21 (C+45)

----- 15th Military Intelligence Battalion aircraft begin self-deployment to theater. [Fort Hood SITREP 43 (21 Sep 90)]

----- Tampa Bay begins unloading equipment from 82d Airborne Division Support Command; 82d Signal Battalion; 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery; and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, at Dammam. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 21 Sep 90; 82d Airborne Division SITREP 44 (21 Sep 90)]

----- Task Force 3-7 Infantry closes into Assembly Area MIDWAY. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 21 Sep 90]

----- 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, reported "Green" in personnel readiness for first time. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 44 (21 Sep 90)]

1200 Battery B, 5th Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, assumes XVIII Airborne Corps Ammunition Supply Point guard duty rotation (until 1200 on 28 September). [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 21 Sep 90]

1830 Cygnus completes unloading of equipment. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 21 Sep 90]

SEPTEMBER 22 (C+46)

----- 1st Cavalry Division completes rail and road movement to port. [Fort Hood SITREP 45 (23 Sep 90)]

----- Last of 1st Cavalry Division advance detachment arrive in theater on two aircraft; total composition of advance detachment is 323 personnel and 52 vehicles. [1st Cavalry Division SITREP, 22 Sep 90]

----- 4th Battalion, 64th Armor (1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area MIDWAY. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 22 Sep 90]

----- Advance detachment of 4th Battalion, 325th Infantry (2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division), begins movement to Ab Qaiq. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 22 Sep 90]

----- 101st Airborne Division Assault Command Post assumes command and control at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 45 (22 Sep 90)]

----- Company A, 1st Battalion, 502d Infantry, relieves Company B of the same battalion of the mission at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 45 (22 Sep 90)]

----- Final personnel of 5th Battalion, 101st Aviation, close into theater. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 45 (22 Sep 90)]

----- Elements of the 171st Support Group (particularly the advance detachments of the 176th Maintenance Battalion and 361st Transportation Company) arrive in theater. [1st Support Command SITREP 54 (22 Sep 90)]

----- 249th Supply Company (Repair Parts) becomes operational in theater and begins to issue Class IX items. [1st Support Command SITREP 54 (22 Sep 90)]

----- Main body of 27th<3> Engineer Battalion arrives in theater. [XVIII Airborne Corps Engineer Update, 22 Sep 90]

0900 MG Johnson briefs LTG Luck on concept for defense of Ab Qaiq; LTG Luck's approval will result in issuing of 82d Airborne Division OPLAN 18-90. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 45 (22 Sep 90)]

1340 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment liaison team (80 personnel) arrive at Dhahran in one airplane. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREPs, 22 and 23 Sep 90]

2300 Jolly Smeraldo completes unloading 12th Aviation Brigade equipment. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 45 (22 Sep 90) which adds that on this same day one additional OH-58D Kiowa arrived by C-5, raising total of aircraft in theater to 102]

1900Z USNS Pollux sails from Houston, but returns due to minor maintenance problems. [Fort Hood SITREP 45 (23 Sep 90)]

2000Z Paci sails with partial load of 3d Armored Cavalry equipment from Gulf Banker and the residue of the equipment from the 553d Support Battalion and artillery units that would not fit on the Washington. [Fort Hood SITREP 45 (23 Sep 90); note 101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (1700Z, 28 Sep 90) states that ship sailed this day from Jacksonville and carried some division equipment]

SEPTEMBER 23 (C+47)

----- Imminent danger pay authorized. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

----- 101st Airborne Division begins training in the vicinity of Forward Operating Base 2 (QR 910410; later redesignated Logistical Assault Base OASIS). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 23 and 26 Sep 90]

----- 4th Battalion, 325th Infantry, begins movement to Ab Qaiq. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

----- Commanders of the 75th and 212th Field Artillery Brigades arrive in theater. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

----- 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, complete drawing equipment from Tampa Bay. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

----- 46th Support Group deploys a platoon from the 8th Ordnance Company to establish Ammunition Supply Point HEISER. [1st Support Command SITREP 55 (23 Sep 90)]

0015 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry (lead battalion of 197th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area COLUMBUS. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

0150 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment advance detachment (240 personnel) arrive at Dhahran. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

0440 2d Battalion, 69th Armor (197th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area COLUMBUS. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 23 Sep 90]

1000 4th Battalion, 64th Armor (1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area MIDWAY.

1015 1st Battalion, 41st Field Artillery (1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area MIDWAY.

1230 Altair docks at Dammam with last equipment from Aviation Brigade and Division Support Command of 24th Infantry Division. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 24 Sep 90, and 16th Military Police Brigade SITREP 6 (23 Sep 90) which states that it also carries vehicles of the 118th Military Police Company but which cites docking time as 1400]

1211Z Saudi Riyadh arrives at Beaumont. [Fort Hood SITREP 45 (23 Sep 90)]

1900Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #14 directs the 101st Airborne Division to detach Company A, 8th Battalion, 158th Aviation from the 12th Aviation Brigade and attaches it to 1st Corps Support Command effective 1200Z on 24 September 1990 and concurrently tasks 1st Corps Support Command to provide Aviation Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM) support to the 12th Aviation Brigade.

SEPTEMBER 24 (C+48)

----- 1st Brigade, 24th Infantry Division completes movement into Assembly Area MIDWAY and 2d Brigade begins movement to Assembly Area HINESVILLE. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 24 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO #4 to OPLAN 15-90, reattaching Company B, 3d Battalion, 73d Armor, to its parent battalion. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division issues a warning order to its Aviation Brigade for movement to Al Hufuf. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

----- The final brigade (3d) of the 82d Airborne Division begins conducting live-fire training at GEORGE Range. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

----- 101st Airborne Division conducting planning for OPLAN 90-3 DESERT DESTINY to support XVIII Airborne Corps OPLAN DESERT DRAGON IV. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

----- Last 12th Aviation Brigade equipment from Jolly Smeraldo arrives at Camp EAGLE II. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

----- Platoon of 8th Ordnance Company and first 19 Class V containers arrive at site of Ammunition Supply Point HEISER. [1st Support Command SITREP 57 (25 Sep 90)]

----- Initial elements of the 15th Military Intelligence Battalion arrive at King Fahd International Airport on one C-5B and two C-141s. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 24 Sep 90]

0001Z XVIII Airborne Corps begins use of CINCCENT Joint Communications-Electronics Operating Instructions. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 24 Sep 90]

0530 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, and 1st Battalion (-), 320th Field Artillery close. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

0800 Wadai docks at Dammam carrying 12th Aviation Brigade equipment. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

1100 Cape Mohican docks at Dammam carrying 101st Airborne Division equipment. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 47 (24 Sep 90)]

0840Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #15 directs the Aviation Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, to relocate to the vicinity of Al Hufuf not later than 1700 on 1 October 1990, and the 18th Aviation Brigade to relocate to CHAMPION BASE not later than the same time. [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 48 (25 Sep 90)]

1230 Cape May docks at Dammam carrying XVIII Airborne Corps equipment; 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, begin drawing equipment. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 24 Sep 90]

2200Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #16 tasks the 1st Corps Support Command to have a chemical company identify potential decontamination sites not later than 28 September.

-----United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 669.

SEPTEMBER 25 (C+49)

----- 82d Airborne Division issues FRAGO 5 to OPLAN 15-90.

----- Final 101st Airborne Division Civilian Reserve Air Fleet aircraft arrives at Dhahran, raising division strength in the Joint Operating Area to 16,506. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 48 (25 Sep 90)]

0600 Company C, 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, joins Company A and the 1st Battalion (-), 320th Field Artillery, at Logistical Operating Base OASIS by conducting an air assault. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 48 (25 Sep 90)]

1030 La Paix docks at Dammam carrying 75th Field Artillery Brigade and 212th Field Artillery Brigade equipment; 75th begins unloading. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 25 Sep 90]

1130 Cape Juby docks at Dammam carrying 101st Airborne Division equipment.

-----United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 670.

SEPTEMBER 26 (C+50)

----- Range GEORGE renamed Range SULTAN (TK 9503-UK 1503-UJ 1593-TJ 9593). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

----- Altair completes unloading. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division begins unloading American Falcon. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 49 (26 Sep 90)]

----- USNS Denebola arrives in Houston. [Fort Hood SITREP 48 (26 Sep 90)]

----- Cape Mendocino departs Spain, but subsequently returns to Cadiz for additional repairs. [Fort Hood SITREPs 49 (27 Sep 90) and 52 (30 Sep 90)]

----- Del Valle sails from Jacksonville. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (1700Z, 28 Sep 90)]

----- Company C, 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, conducts air assault into Logistical Assault Base OASIS. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 49 (26 Sep 90)]

----- Main bodies of 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery, and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery, arrive at SANG Compound in Dammam. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

----- 240th Quartermaster Battalion begins emplacing tactical petroleum terminal at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

0030 3d Armored Cavalry main body personnel flow starts arriving in theater, led by regimental commander COL Douglas Starr. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

0103 SPC Allen Moore of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 325th Infantry shot in foot and evacuated by M-998 HMMWV to 28th Combat Support Hospital.

0400 Ashley Lykes, first ship carrying 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment equipment, begins unloading at Al Jubayl [arrived in port 0100]. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 26 Sep 90]

0200Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #18 amends provisions of FRAGO #5. [NOTE: FRAGO #17 was never issued.]

0955 Wadai completes unloading. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 49 (26 Sep 90)]

1230Z XVIII Airborne Corps FRAGO #19 directs the 82d Airborne Division to detach the 2d ANGLICO and return it to parent control not later than 1150C on 26 September 1990.

1630Meeting held between Eastern Province Area Command G-3 and the liaison officers from XVIII Airborne Corps and I Marine Expeditionary Force. [XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals]

1735 MOGAS tanker from Headquarters Company, 3d Engineer Battalion (24th Infantry Division) catches fire TK 485960 and is totally destroyed.

SEPTEMBER 27 (C+51)

----- XVIII Airborne Corps issues OPLAN DESERT DRAGON IV to subordinate divisions and distributes for final coordination the draft of OPLAN DESERT SHIELD I. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- First two aircraft carrying main body of 1st Cavalry Division's personnel flow arrive in theater. [1st Cavalry Division SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- Advance detachment of Aviation Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, begins movement to Al Hufuf. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 50 (27 Sep 90)]

----- Battery B, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery departs Camp EAGLE II to relieve Battery A of the battalion at Logistical Assault Base OASIS. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (27 Sep 90)]

----- 2d Battalion (-), 502d Infantry [Tactical command post, Company A, and Company D (-)] conduct air assault into Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE to relieve 1st Battalion (-), 502d Infantry. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (27 Sep 90)]

----- One M-102 105mm howitzer is issued to the 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, from operational float stocks to replace one of the two damaged in the training accident. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (27 Sep 90)]

----- Mersario Italia arrives at Jacksonville. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 51 (1700Z, 29 Sep 90)]

----- 3d Armored Cavalry begins drawing equipment. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- 3d Battalion, 69th Armor, moves to Assembly Area MIDWAY and transfers from the 24th Infantry Division's 2d Brigade to its 1st Brigade. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, attached to 212th Field Artillery Brigade. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- 75th and 212th Field Artillery Brigades complete unloading La Paix and begin unloading Jupiter. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- Company D (LRSD), 522d Military Intelligence Battalion (2d Armored Division) arrives in theater and is attached to 525th Military Intelligence Brigade

1000 Cape Decision (Roll On-Roll Off ship) docks at Dammam carrying 1st Support Command (Corps) equipment.

1030 Task Force STRIKE (2d Brigade, 101st Airborne Division Tactical Command Post) arrives at Logistical Assault Base OASIS (QR 838432) from Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 50 (27 Sep 90)]

1400 Cape Isabel (Roll On-Roll Off ship) docks at Dammam carrying XVIII Airborne Corps equipment.

SEPTEMBER 28 (C+52)

----- ARCENT (Forward) decrees that Main Supply Routes AUDI, HONDA and TOYOTA are theater Main Supply Routes. [XVIII Airborne Corps Rear Command Post SITREP 1 (28 Sep 90)]

----- 24th Infantry Division reports that all divisional units have cleared port for assembly areas. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 28 Sep 90]

----- Aviation Brigade, 24th Infantry Division, begins moving aircraft to Assembly Area WRIGHT (Thadj Airfield; TK 740830). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 28 Sep 90; 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 28 Sep 90, says that it closed on 28 September]

----- 24th Infantry Division reports Jump Tactical Operations Center of Division Artillery moves to TK 510940 and Division Support Command starts moving to TK 550510. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 28 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division Tactical Command Post redeploys to CHAMPION MAIN to refit before moving to UJ 6164. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 51 (28 Sep 90)]

----- Support elements of 1st Battalion, 82d Aviation, begin movement to Al Hasa airfield. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 51 (28 Sep 90)]

----- Battery A, 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery, closes back into Camp EAGLE II. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 51 (28 Sep 90)]

----- 101st Airborne Division reports that all equipment from the Cape Juby has arrived at Camp EAGLE II. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 51 (28 Sep 90)]

----- USNS Bonneyman sails from Jacksonville. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (1700Z, 30 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment of the 75th Field Artillery Brigade occupies Assembly Area DIAMOND (TL 210500). [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 28 Sep 90]

----- 3d Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, moves to Assembly Area COURAGE (TL 400330). [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 27 Sep 90]

----- Last vehicle of Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade unloaded from Cape Decision. [16th Military Police Brigade SITREP 11 (29 Sep 90)]

----- Main body of 15th Military Intelligence Battalion arrives at Dhahran. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 28 Sep 90]

0500 Ashley Lykes completes unloading 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment equipment at Al Jubayl. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 28 Sep 90]

0900 Jupiter (Roll On-Roll Off ship) docks at Dammam carrying 75th Field Artillery Brigade equipment. [Also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 28 Sep 90, which indicates not arrival, but unloading being carried out this day by the 212th Field Artillery Brigade; Battery C (TAB), 25th Field Artillery; and 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery]

1140 Last personnel of 160th Military Police Battalion arrive in theater. [16th Military Police Brigade SITREP 11 (29 Sep 90)]

2010 101st Airborne Division reports that four soldiers performing security at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE report that a white car on "Tapline" Road fired three shots at the camp. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (29 Sep 90)]

SEPTEMBER 29 (C+53)

----- 24th Infantry Division Support Command begins displacing from Assembly Area MACON to TK 550510. [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 29 Sep 90]

----- 82d Airborne Division brigade commanders conduct backbrief to MG Johnson of OPLAN 18-90 concept. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 52 (29 Sep 90)]

----- MG Peay approves concept of operations for 101st Airborne Division OPLAN 90-3. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (29 Sep 90)]

-----3d Battalion (MLRS), 27th Field Artillery, is attached to the 212th Field Artillery Brigade. [Permanent Orders 1-1, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, 29 Sep 90]

----- Battery C (Target Acquisition), 25th Field Artillery, is attached to the 212th Field Artillery Brigade. [Permanent Orders 1-1, XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery, 29 Sep 90; also see XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 29 Sep 90]

----- Cape Mohican completes unloading. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (29 Sep 90)]

----- Mersario Italia sails from Jacksonville. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (1700Z, 30 Sep 90)]

----- Quartering party from the 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery, is unloading the Cape Clear. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 29 Sep 90]

0400 2d Brigade, 24th Infantry Division Command Post closes into Assembly Area HINESVILLE. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 30 Sep 90]

0900 212th Field Artillery Brigade unloading of Jupiter completed; all 24 howitzers of 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, are removed by the battalion with the assistance of the 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 29 Sep 90]

1010 Two missing soldiers from Company D, 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, found 20 kilometers west of Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE and south of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline ("Tapline") Road by pathfinders from the 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation. [101st Airborne Division SITREPs 51 (28 Sep 90) and 52 (29 Sep 90)]

1200 1st Battalion (Attack), 82d Aviation (82d Airborne Division) closes into Al Hasa (last element of division's Aviation Brigade to depart Al Jubayl). [Also see 82d Airborne Division SITREP 52 (29 Sep 90)]

1640 1st Battalion, 64th Armor (24th Infantry Division) closes into Assembly Area HINESVILLE. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 30 Sep 90]

2045 UH-60 from Troop D, 2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry (101st Airborne Division) on night training mission crashes into sand dune at UK 59602252, injuring 5. [Also see 101st Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90); XVIII Airborne Corps Tactical Command Post Journals says crash came at 70 knots speed as a result of misorientation under night vision devices, and that one of the injured was serious]

2315 Main Command Post of 24th Infantry Division closes in on TK 501778 and will take over command and control of the division from the Tactical Command Post (located at Jelady) on the morning of 30 September. [Also see 24th Infantry Division SITREP, 29 Sep 90]

1900Z USNS Denebola sails from Houston. [Fort Hood SITREP 52 (30 Sep 90)]

SEPTEMBER 30 (C+54)

----- Commanders of 82d Airborne Division Artillery, 82d Airborne Division Support Command, and division's separate battalions conduct backbrief to MG Johnson of OPLAN 18-90 concept. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division Tactical Command Post occupies position in Ab Qaiq/Al Hufuf area. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- 82d Airborne Division Support Command establishes 407th Supply and Transportation Battalion at FALCON BASE (Ab Qaiq). [82d Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment of 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry (82d Airborne Division) prepares CAMP RED site for occupation on 1 October. [82d Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment of 2d Battalion, 319th Field Artillery (82d Airborne Division) deploys to FALCON BASE (Ab Qaiq). [82d Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- Company C, 2d Battalion, 229th Aviation, relieves Company A of the same battalion of the ready mission at Forward Operating Base BASTOGNE. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- 390th Transportation Detachment (Terminal Transfer) departs United States by air. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 52 (1700Z, 30 Sep 90)]

----- Cape Catoche arrives in port. [101st Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

----- Advance detachment of 75th Field Artillery Brigade deploys to Assembly Area DIAMOND (TL 210500). [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 30 Sep 90; XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREP, 1 Oct 90]

----- Advance detachment of 3d Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, deploys to Assembly Area COURAGE, closing 1 October. [XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery SITREPs, 30 Sep 90 and 1 Oct 90]

1400 Secretary of the Army Michael P. W. Stone visits the 24th Infantry Division; on this day he also visits 101st Airborne Division (Camp EAGLE II and Forward Operating Base OASIS). [24th Infantry Division SITREP, 30 Sep 90; 101st Airborne Division SITREP 53 (30 Sep 90)]

1400Z XVIII Airborne Corps consolidated in-theater strength report: 65,388. [XVIII Airborne Corps SITREP, 30 Sep 90]


Notes:

<1> Original document contains typographical error saying that date is 1 August.

<2> Note apparent discrepancy in FRAGO numbering with 2 September entry.

<3> Typographical error in original document identifies unit incorrectly as 37th Engineer Battalion.