FOREWORD

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

1. BACKGROUND TO WAR

2. THE ARMY OF DESERT STORM

3. CREATING THE SHIELD

4. EXPANDING THE SHIELD

5. REINFORCEMENT FOR AN OFFENSIVE

6. THE OFFENSIVE TAKES SHAPE

7. READYING FOR THE STORM

8. ONE HUNDRED HOURS

9. PROFILE OF THE NEW ARMY

10. THE LEGACY OF WAR

Appendix A: The Patriot Air Defense System

Appendix B: U.S. Equipment

Appendix C: Iraqi Equipment

Tables

1. The Joint Command Structure, 1990
2. Host Nation Support Requirements
3. The Roundout Brigade Program
4. 1st Infantry Division Airlift, 15 December 1990-17 January 1991
5. Theater Stockage Objectives
6. U.S. Forces in the Persian Gulf

Charts

1. The Offensive Framework
2. Total Army Structure, 30 September 1990
3. 82d Airborne Division Deployment Timetable, August 1990
4. 24th Infantry Division Sealift Timetable, August-September 1990

Maps

1. Colonial Rule, 1920
2. The Middle East, 1990
3. Iraq's Access to the Gulf, 1990
4. Unified Command Areas, 1990
5. Supplying the Troops, December 1990
6. Combat Units Available in the United States, 1990
7. Combat Units Available Outside the United States, 1990
8. Iraqi Dispositions, Late September 1990
9. Initial Concept of Operation: One Corps, October 1990
10. Iraqi Dispositions, Mid-February 1991
11. Preparing for Ground War, 17 January-17 February 1991
12. Jump Off Locations, 23 February 1991
13. Ground War, Situation 24 February 1991
14. Ground War, Situation 25 February 1991
15. Ground War, Situation 26 February 1991
16. Ground War, Situation 27 February 1991

Illustrations

Supply Train in the Persian Corridor En Route to the Soviet Union
The Dhahran Civil Air Terminal
VII Corps Area, King Khalid Military City
F-16 Fighters at a Saudi Air Base
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr
United States Central Command
Lt. Gen. John J. Yeosock
Lt. Gen. Gary E. Luck
Deployment of the 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division photo 1
Deployment of the 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division photo 2
Col. Ronald E Rokosz
A Platoon of Bradleys in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Lt. Gen. William G. Pagonis
Unloading at a Saudi Port
The Port of Ad Dammam
Tapline Road
Rations for the Troops
Temporary Quarters in a Warehouse
Military Traffic Management Command Terminal, Rota, Spain
Port Operations at Beaumont, Texas, and Sunny Point, North Carolina
Desert Evacuation Exercise
Combat Service Support by Quartermaster Personnel photo 1
Combat Service Support by Quartermaster Personnel photo 2
Life in the Desert photo 1
Life in the Desert photo 2
Life in the Desert photo 3
Maintaining the Soldiers' Morale photo 1
Maintaining the Soldiers' Morale photo 2
Iraqi Fortifications Around Kuwait City photo 1
Iraqi Fortifications Around Kuwait City photo 2
The Coalition Tidal Wave
General Frederick M. Franks, Jr
3d Armored Division Troops Combat the Ubiquitous Desert Dust
1st Infantry Division Soldier Securing a Vehicle to a Railcar
Coalition Partners photo 1
Coalition Partners photo 2
Coalition Partners photo 3
A Tactical Operations Center Flooded by Torrential Rains
Mock Logistical Installation
Ammunition Supply Depot Near Dhahran
Signal Troop Adjusts a Tactical Satellite Dish
Soldiers Review MICLIC Manual Prior to Firing
A Soldier in Full Chemical Protective Gear
Troops Training in Trench Warfare at Tire City
Soldiers Playing Cards in Their Tent
Apaches and the Air War
Patriot Launcher Near King Abdul Aziz Air Base
Engine Overhaul at Ad Dammam
Securing Supplies on a Flatbed
Unloading the Versatile Chinook Helicopter
A Nissan Sport Utility Vehicle
PSYOPS Leaflets photo 1
PSYOPS Leaflets photo 2
PSYOPS Leaflets photo 3
The Multiple Launch Rocket System
Loading HELLFIRE Missiles on an Apache Helicopter
American Howitzers Supporting the French Attack on Objective ROCHAMBEAU
Prisoner-of-War Cage at Forward Operating Base COBRA
Refueling an Armored Personnel Carrier During the Attack
M1A1 Tank of 3d Armored Division Advancing North
1st Armored Division Soldiers Digging Out a Heavy Equipment Transporter
Chinook Helicopter Delivering Supplies to XVIII Corps Troops on the Move
1st Armored Division Elements Passing the Burning Remnants of an Iraqi Tank
An Abandoned Iraqi Armored Personnel Carrier photo 1
An Abandoned Iraqi Armored Personnel Carrier photo 2
An Iraqi T-72 Tank
On the Kuwaiti Border Moments After the Cease-fire
The Day After the War photo 1
The Day After the War photo 2
Soldier Returns Home to His Child
A Military Policewoman on Patrol
Family Assistance Center, Fort Riley, Kansas
A Declaration of Public Support photo 1
A Declaration of Public Support photo 2
Yeosock in the Victory Parade
The Patriot Missile Launcher
Starting One of Two Patriot Generators
A Portion of a Patriot Battery
Task Force 8/43 Soldier Emplacing a Patriot Launcher