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Personal Perspectives on the Gulf PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GULF WAR The Institute of Land Warfare ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GULF WAR The Institute of Land Warfare ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY 2425 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22201-3385 (703)84 1-4300 11 CONTENTS FOREWORD .........................................................................................................................................vii General Jack N. Merritt, USA Ret., President, AUSA GLOSSARY .................................................................................................................................................ix Part I THEATER OF OPERATIONS: THE COMBAT AND COMBAT SUPPORT TROOPS A Journalist's Perspective of the Ground War...................................... .................................................. l Peter Copeland, Scripps Howard News Service Cottonbalers, By God............... ...............................................................................................................S Major Kim Stenson, USA, Operations Officer, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) A Target Acquisition Battery in Action ....................................................................................................... S First Lieutenant William M. Donnelly, USAR, Executive Officer, G Battery, 333rd Field Artillery Battalion, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Notes: Artillery on the Move...................................... ........................................................................... ll Sergeant First Class Patrick Douglas, USA, Maintenance Sergeant, Headquarters Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 1st Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division The King of Battle in Action......... .......................................................................................................... lS Captain Michael Whetson, USA, Commander, Battery A, 6th Battalion, 41st Field Artillery, VII Corps Artillery The Human Factor......... ........................................................................................................................19 Master Sergeant Gregory A. Drake, USA, S1 Noncommissioned Officer, 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, VII Corps Thank You for Your Support...... ............................................................................... ............................23 Major Greg H. Parlier, USA, Executive Officer, 3rd Battalion (Airborne), 4th Air Defense Artillery, 82nd AirborneDivision Training and Surviving in Combat............................... ..........................................................................25 Captain Richard K. Orth, USA, Commander, Company A, 34th Armor, 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) Back to the Desert............................................................. .....................................................................28 Chaplain (Captain) John W. Betlyon, USAR, Chaplain, 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor, 197th Infantry Brigade, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Eagle Troop.............. .............................................................................................................................. 32 Captain H. R. McMaster, USA, Commander, E Troop, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment Random Thoughts for My Sons.. ........................................................................................................... 38 Major Mark P. Hertling, USA, Operations Officer, 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry, 1st Armored Division An Aviation Brigade Goes to War .......................................................................................................42 Lieutenant Colonel Marshall T. Hillard, USA, Executive Officer, 4th Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division iii THEATER OF OPERATIONS: THE SUPPORT TROOPS (continued) Operation Provide Comfort: The Final Chapter................................................................................. 47 Lieutenant Colonel Virgil L. Packett II, USA, Commander, 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) Partll THEATER OF OPERATIONS: THE SUPPORT TROOPS Forward Aeromedical Evacuation......................................................................................................... 49 Captain Randall G. Anderson, USA, MEDEVAC Pilot, 57th Medical Detachment, XVill Airborne Corps A Chaplain'sJournal ..............................................................................................................................52 Chaplain (Major) Robert G. Leroe, USA, Chaplain, 28th Combat Support Hospital, 44th Medical Brigade A Small Part of the Whole ... A Large Part of Me................................................................................. 56 Lieutenant Colonel Charlotte E. Kimball, USA, Maintenance Division Chief, 2nd Corps Support Command, VII Corps What Took You So Long? .....................................................................................................................60 Lieutenant Colonel Joseph P. Gallagher, USA, Enemy Prisoner of War Evacuation Officer, VII Corps Intelligence Center Operations.............................................. .................................................................63 Lieutenant Colonel Robert J. Butta, USA, Commander, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, 51 3th Military Intelligence Brigade The Gulf Classic: MPs Tee Up for the Real Thing........................................ ........................................66 Captain Virginia A. Todd, USA, Sl, 16th Military Police Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps Map - Saudi Arabia and Surrounding Area .........................................................................................70 Partm IN AND AROUND THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS Observations of a Soldier/Interpreter.......................... ..........................................................................71 Sergeant First Class Mark W. Schulert, USA, Civil Affairs Medical Team, 354th Civil Affairs Brigade First In, Last Out: A Year in Dammam................................................................................................. 73 First Lieutenant Russell E. Baggerly, USA, Pier Operations Officer, 24th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Group, 22nd Support Command Iraqi �isery: Another Dreary Day in Safwan .......................................................................................77 Major John R. Randt, Indiana Army National Guard, Deputy Commander, Army Reserve Video Team Kuwait Emergency Recovery Operations ..............................................................................................79 Lieutenant Colonel Larry W. Jinkins, USA, Military Engineer Representative, Kuwait Emergency Recovery Office iv IN AND AROUND THE THEATER OF OPERATIONS (continued) Troop Replacement Operations.................................................................... .........................................82 Captain Kenneth J. Heaney, USA, Commander, 82nd Replacement Detachment, 82nd Airborne Division Rec Services in the Desert............................................... .......................................................................84 Joe M. Harlan, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Chief, Saudi Arabia Rear Echelon Battles......... ..................................................................................................................... 85 Captain Andrew G. Entwistle, USA, Commander, 45th Ordnance Company, XVIII AirborneCorps The Peace Talks Convoy............................................... .........................................................................89 Captain Daniel M. Georgi, USA, Deputy Transportation Operations Officer, 22nd Support Command Not One More Life................................................................................................................................. 91 Rosalene E. Graham, Safety Manager, VII Corps Part IV STATESIDE OPERATIONS Retirees Join the Fight.......................................................... ................................................................. 95 Lieutenant Colonel David M. Watt, AUS Ret., Staff Officer, U.S. Army Reserve Personnel Center Family Assistance....................... ............................................................................................................97 Lieutenant Colonel Robert N. Farkas, USAR Ret., Family Assistance Officer, 369th Transportation Battalion, New York Army National Guard Project Remote: Desert Storm Robotics............................................................................................. lOl Captain John M. Koetz, Jr., USA, Weapons System Manager-Robotics and Bruce E. Brendle, Jr., Robotics Program Engineer, U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Command W.I.N.and War.................................................................................................................................... l03 Captain Ross V. Romeo, USA, Communications Support Officer, Worldwide Military Command & Control System, Pentagon Epilogue HOME AGAIN/HOME AT LAST Coming Home: Vietnam to Desert Storm................................................................................ ............lOS Captain (Doctor) Doug Rokke, USAR, Health Physicist, 12th Preventive Medicine Detachment, 3rd Army Medical Command v FOREWORD In 1991, the Association of the United States Army published two special reports on the Gulf War: The U.S. Army in Operation Desert Storm: An Overview (June 1991), which described the conduct
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