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ARMOR, May-June 1991 Edition The combat portion of Operation DESERT line discussions between individuals at the so- STORM has been over for more than a cial events. Most of the equipment performed quarter of a year already, but ENDEX is not better than expected: some of it clearly yet within sight. It is evident now that the earned epithets. But the common thread, the shooting war may prove to have been the overwhelming opinion was that our soldiers easiest part of our deployment to the Persian performed magnificently. This will be the one Gulf region. The problems of keeping the great lesson learned, that well-led American peace, protecting regional inhabitants from soldiers, highly trained and given proper further atrocities, and redeployment are now equipment, can accomplish any mission removed from the front pages of newpapers. anywhere in the world. It seems to me that this is a lesson we already knew. Nevertheless, the war against Iraq may prove to generate more written words per I encourage all participants of Operation hour of combat than any other conflict in his- DESERT STORM to find some time to write tory. Until now, the media wrote most of for ARMOR, while your experiences are still those words, but now, accounts are starting fresh. We would like to see all points of view, to come forth from the participants them- from the HET driver to the cupola, from the selves. (See page 7 for the account of gunner's seat to the TOC, from sergeants to "Ghost Troop," and page 13 for the 1-4 Caval- the generals. We are interested in deploy- ry's story.) ment issues, organization, tactics, main- tenance, communications, equipment, first- The recent annual Armor Conference person accounts, unit narrations, and sparked record attendance, in large part, I analysis. Don't wait 10 years to write your think, because many of the senior com- book. Send us an article today. manders of DESERT STORM were here to tell their stories and to shed some light on - PJC what was great about the operation and what was not so great. The structured ~ presentations gave way to free-flow discus- If you want video tapes of the conference, send sion, which could have continued for days. blank tapes to: Soldiers redeploying to Fort Knox during the US Army Armor School conference reminded us that while we gather DOTD, Television Division lessons in a pseudo-academic state of mind, ATTN: ATSB-TDV the mission is not yet complete. Ft. Knox, Ky. 40121 Many things became clear during the struc- Call DSN 464-3725 or 502-624-3725. tured presentations and in the countless off- I By Order of the Secretary of the Army: Official: CARL E. VUONO PATRICIA P. HICKERSON General, United States Army Colonel, United States Army Chief of Staff The Adjutant General ARMOR The Professional Development Bulletin of the Armor Branch PB-1 7-91-3 Editor-in-Chief MAJOR PATRICK J. COONEY Features Ghost Troop's Battle at the 73 Easting Managing Editor 7 JON T. CLEMENS by Vince Crawley 13 Riders on the Storm Commandant by 1-4 CAV Operations Staff MG THOMAS C. FOLEY 21 Two Scouts Under Fire Helped Injured Buddies During Night Battle ARMOR (ISSN 0004-2420) is published by Captain Michael Gollaher, VI1 Corps PA0 bimonthly by the US. Army Armor Center, 4401 Vine Grove Road, Fort Knox, KY 40121. 22 Lucky Scouts Dodge "Big Bullets"That Ripped Their Bradley Disclaimer: The information contained in ARMOR represents the professional opinions by Tony Wunderlich, VI1 Corps PA0 of the authors and does not necessarily reflect 23 "Shooting Blind Men in the Dark..." the official Army or TRADOC position, nor does it change or supersede any information by Bill Armstrong, VI1 Corps PA0 presented in other official Army publications. 24 Pumped Up... Ready to Roll Official distribution is limited to one copy for each armored brigade headquarters, armored (DESERT STORM Photos) cavalry regiment headquarters, armor 26 Splattered! (Iraqi tank photos) battalion headquarters, armored cavalry squadron head- quarters, reconnaissance 28 Armor and the Future Army squadron head- quarters, armored cavalry by General Carl E. Vuono, Chief of Staff of the Army troop, armor company, and motorized brigade headquarters of the United States Army. In 33 Light Cavalry in a Peacekeeping Role addition, Army libraries, Army and DOD by First Lieutenant Erick A. Reinstedt schools, HQ DA and MACOM staff agencies with responsibility for armored, direct fire, 38 Future Heavy Forces: The Need For Better Air Deployability ground combat systems, organizations, and by Captain Cole Milstead the training of personnel for such organizations may request two copies by 45 SOUM: The Safety-of-Use Message Network sending a military letter to the editor-inchief. by The Directorate of Total Armor Force Readiness Authorized Content: ARMOR will print only those materials for which the U.S. Army Armor Center has proponency. That proponency Departments includes: all armored, direct-fire ground combat systems that do not serve primarily as infantry carriers; all weapons used exclusively 2 Letters in these systems or by CMF 19-series enlisted 2 Contacts soldiers; any miscellaneous items of 4 Commander's Hatch equipment which armor and armored cavalry 5 Driver's Seat organizations use exclusively; training for all 44 "Tanker!"(A poem by Chaplain Patrick A. Dolan) SC 12A, 126, and 12C officers and for all CMF-Isseries enlisted soldiers; and 49 The Bustle Rack information concerning the training, logistics, 51 Armor Branch Notes history, and leadership of armor and armored 52 Books cavalry units at the brigadelregiment level and below, to include Threat units at those levels. Material may be reprinted, provided credit is given to ARMOR and to the author, except where copyright is indicated. May-June 1991, Vol. C No. 3 A New Tradition received a red rose because he was an legion of Cavalrymen who have ridden Armor officer. General Armstrong was cor- the road to the fabled Wddler's Green, for rected by the undersigned during the 9th he commanded the largest light Cavalry Dear Sir: Division change of command when it was division in the history of our Army, the 9th explained that the rose had a great sym- Motorized Division (Light Cavalry). Its 8uc- The outgoing commander of the 9th bolism for the Cavalry; for "The red of the cessor is the 199th Motorized Brigade Motorized Division was presented with a rose stands for the glory, the spirit, the (Light Cavalry) that was organized as the single red rose and a spray of baby's grit and determination, the valor and the 100th Mechanized Cavalry troop, 100th breath during the division change of com- gallantry that one always associates with Division, during World War II. It's great to mand on March 1, 1991. This was the the Cavalry; and the soft, fragile, delicate welcome a historic Cavalry unit back into beginning of a new Cavalry tradition at blossoms of the spray of baby's breath our ranks. Fort Lewis, Washington. stand for the nobility of character, the loyalty, the dignity, the virtue, the courage THOMAS H. TAlT The commander, Major General Chuck and the sacrifice of the Cavalry trooper." MG, US. Army Armstrong, an erstwhile infantryman, com- Director, DESERT STORM mented during a retirement ceremony the General Armstrong earned the right to Special Studies Group previous day that a retiring soldier receive the rose and join the ranks of the Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. ~~ ~ (Note: Fort Knax Bhnsa Switch Notwork (DSN)prefix is 464. Commercial prefix is Area DIRECTORY - Points of Contact Code502424m. ARMOR Editorial Offices U.S. ARMY ARMOR SCHOOL Editor-in-Chief Commandant (ATZK-CG) Major Patrick J. Cooney 2249 MG Thomas C. Foley 2121 Managing Editor Assistant Commandant (ATSB-AC) Jon T. Clemens 2249 BG James L. Noles 7555 Editorial Assistant Vivian Thompson 2610 Deputy Assistant Commandant (ATSB-DAC) Production Assistant COL Donald E. Appler 1050 Mary Hager 2610 Command Sergeant Major Contributing Artist CSM Jake Fryer 4952 SPC Jody Harmon 2610 Maintenance Dept. (ATSB-MA) MAILING ADDRESS ARMOR A'ITN: ATSBAM. Fort COL James R. Joy 8346 K~OXKY 40121-5210. Command and Staff Dept. (ATSB-CS) C 5855 ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS To impmve speed and ac- curacy in editing, manuscripts should be originals or clear copies, V (ATSB-WP) either typed or printed out in near-letterquality printer mode. C 1055 Stories can also be accepted on 5-1/4" floppy disks in Microsoft GIT~CLUI-ULCUL BlaIuIug rnvelopments (ATSB-TD) WORD, MultiMate. Wordperfect, Wordstar, or Xerox Writer (please include a printout). Please tape captions to any illustrations LTC Craig S. Harju, Sr. 7250 submitted. Directorate of Combat Developments (ATSB-CD) COL Edward A. Bryla 5050 PAID SUBSCRIPTIONS: Report delivery problems or changes of addm to Ms. Connie Bright. circulation manager, NCO Academy/Drill Sergeant School (ATZK-NC) (502)942-8624. CSM John J. Beck 5150 Directorate of Reserve Component Spt (ATZK-RC) UNR DISTRIBUTION Report deliiry problems or chan- COL Eduard Yates ges of address to Ms. Mary Hager, DSN 464-2610 commercial: 1351 (502)624-2610. Requests to be added to the free subscription list Directorate of Total'Armor Force (ATZK-TF) should be in the form of a letter to the Editor-h-Chief. FAX -7585 7809 ARMOR HOTLINE - DSN &TANK (The Annor Hotline is a %-hour service to provide assistance with IXALJUC system manager questions concerning doctrine. training. organizations. and quip- for Armored Gun System (ATSB-TS ) ment of the Armor Fom.) COL Eugene D. Colgan 7955 2 ARMOR - May-June 1991 Refining CSS for Scouts Also, to put the 52 in the scout logistics complete. Both Troop A and Troop B of reporting chain doesn't work.
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