1ST COSCOM OPERATION ORDER DESERT STORM

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Subject: 1ST COSCOM OPERATION ORDER DESERT STORM                         

Unit: XVIII CORPS 

Parent Organization: ARCENT      

Box  ID: BX000040

Folder Title: OPERATIONS PLANNING FILES  JAN-MAY 91  1 OF 2                                                   

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             ANNEX E (MAINTENANCE) TO IST COSCOM OPORDER DESERT STORM

             1. (U) SITUATION
                  a.(U)Enemy Forces Annex B (Intelligence)
                  b.Cu)Friendly Forces (Basic QPLAN)
                  c.(V)Reference: Annex F to ist COSCOM Admin/Log Plan
             2. JZ) MISSION: The lst COSCOM provides Direct Support
             Maintenance, Class IX, Backup DS and recovery with primary
             evacuation support to its customers during combat operations.
             Priority is to units in contact. The objective is to
             Ostablish forward collection points in conjunction with
             Battle Damage Assessment Repair (BDAR) and retrograde
             equipment out of the battle area.

             3. (U)    EXECUTION


                  a. (U) COMMON TASK TO CSGs


                       (1)       Phase I. Assign dedicated support teams
             tc) corps artillery and corps combat engineer units. Reduce
             backlog through aggressive maintenance incorporating
             cannibalization as an alternative. The goal is to achieve
             maximum operational readiness. Deploying units will insure
             all customer equipment is repaired and returned-to the user
             or evacuated to EAC. Equipment not evacuated to EAC can be
             transferred to the Corps holding area (see paragraph 4).

                       (2) (@     Phase 11.   Finalize buildup of MST
             stocks. Continue towards attaining maximum operational
             readiness for supported customers. Finalize disposition +or
             remaining backlog; evacuate to EAC, turn in to holding area,
             ot- take forward. During movement to TAAS, CSGs will provide
             recovery and evacuation for abandoned equipment on all Corps
             MSRS. Once established, Logbase CHARLIE and WHISKEY provide
             DS, Class IX, COMSEC, and IEW to nondivisional units and
d salvage
             collection points will be established in the vicinity of
             Logbase CHARLIE, also, a maintenance collection point will be
             established vicinity of Logbase WHISKEY. Maintenance and
             repair parts services will be provided to transitioning units
             an an area basis in thei AA. On order, MSTs are OPCON to
             designated supported units.
                       (c)  V4 Phase IIIA/B. On order, priority MSTs
             cross LD with supported units. All units provide emergency
             repairs and repair parts to combat units. Units have BDAR
             cells on standby to conduct operations as required.
             Sustainment operations to units operating within the AOR
                    Declassified on 18 Apr 1996 per SEC Y (D H) UP SEC 3.5 (a) EO 12958

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Subject = 1ST COSCOM OPERATION ORDER DESERT STORM
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 26-DEC-1996