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THE ROAD TO SAFWAN
Page 4 and 5: THE ROAD TO SAFWAN THE 1ST SQUADRON
Page 6: To the men of the 1st Squadron, 4th
Page 10: Figures List of Illustrations Figur
Page 14 and 15: Introduction In the early morning h
Page 16 and 17: Introduction 3 mating the enemy. Ba
Page 18 and 19: Introduction 5 the ultimate in prim
Page 20 and 21: 1 The Quarter Horse to 1990 The mil
Page 22 and 23: The Quarter Horse to 1990 9 and all
Page 24 and 25: The Quarter Horse to 1990 11 had be
Page 26 and 27: The Quarter Horse to 1990 13 Comman
Page 28 and 29: 2 Preparation As LTC Robert Wilson
Page 30 and 31: Preparation 17 Quarter Horse headed
Page 32 and 33: Preparation 19 the army’s manuals
Page 34 and 35: Preparation 21 sion. The army detac
Page 36 and 37: Preparation 23 to reintroduce this
Page 38 and 39: Preparation 25 The M1A1, with its 1
Page 40 and 41: 3 Deployment On November 27, retire
Page 42 and 43: Deployment 29 and vehicle shackles;
Page 44 and 45: Deployment 31 The squadron leaders
Page 46 and 47: Deployment 33 the chief of the divi
Page 48 and 49: Deployment 35 15. Their task was to
Page 50 and 51: Deployment 37 most an hour to retur
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4 The Port Headquarters and Bravo T
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Figure 1: 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry
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The Port 43 each apartment, toilet
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The Port 45 attacked into Iraq, the
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The Port 47 balization, was general
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The Port 49 cut the locks, found th
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5 Operations in the TAA The squadro
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Operations in the TAA 53 only a few
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Operations in the TAA 55 ficial “
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Operations in the TAA 57 leader, 2L
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Operations in the TAA 59 contents o
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Operations in the TAA 61 preferred
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Operations in the TAA 63 were set f
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Operations in the TAA 65 when fired
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6 Security Operations Nothing in MA
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Security Operations 69 The troop di
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Security Operations 71 “troops mo
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Security Operations 73 was at Junct
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Security Operations 75 briefed the
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Security Operations 77 an outpost n
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Security Operations 79 ficer (G2),
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Map 2 BORDER AREA and COMBAT COMMAN
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Combat Command Carter 83 With Gross
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Combat Command Carter 85 spective,
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Combat Command Carter 87 watchful e
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Combat Command Carter 89 the squadr
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Combat Command Carter 91 sound and
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Combat Command Carter 93 shut throu
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8 Task Force Iron The 1st Infantry
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Task Force Iron 97 a ridge. A quick
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Task Force Iron 99 movement of an a
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Task Force Iron 101 was identified
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Task Force Iron 103 and watch his s
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9 Final Preparations On February 18
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Final Preparations 107 strength, an
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Final Preparations 109 in army term
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Final Preparations 111 eve of battl
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10 The Breach We now know to what e
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The Breach 115 best troops, the Rep
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The Breach 117 on his flight suit a
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The Breach 119 even in an age of so
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The Breach 121 division commander.
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The Breach 123 ble positions, while
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The Breach 125 ald Kovach and SSG W
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The Breach 127 firing into each and
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The Breach 129 tween the 1st and 2n
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The Breach 131 The thousands of veh
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The Breach 133 Meanwhile, 1SGT Park
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Objective Norfolk 135 earlier, had
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Objective Norfolk 137 that no longe
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Objective Norfolk 139 denly pulled
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III Rumaylah Oil Field UMM HAJUL 3A
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Objective Norfolk 143 nated by 1-4
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5 4 II 3 7 18 II II X 5 OBJECTIVE C
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Objective Norfolk 147 Colonel Magga
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Objective Norfolk 149 Shortly after
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Objective Norfolk 151 but opted not
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Objective Norfolk 153 possibly a th
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Objective Norfolk 155 line of troop
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Objective Norfolk 157 tics area, wi
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12 The Basra Highway From Kuwait Ci
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The Basra Highway 161 now wanted Rh
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The Basra Highway 163 ing the borde
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The Basra Highway 165 encountered d
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The Basra Highway 167 2nd Brigade a
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... 1 B Figure 5. Squadron Cuts Bas
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The Basra Highway 171 hold off the
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The Basra Highway 173 troops were t
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The Basra Highway 175 how the perim
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The Basra Highway 177 was there, in
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The Basra Highway 179 instances ove
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The Basra Highway 181 man’s land,
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The Basra Highway 183 had hindered
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Squadron HHT, fuel tankers preparin
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Final rehearsal by Squadron Command
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C Troop Cobra supporting the A Troo
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Basra Highway, 28 February 1991. JO
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D Troop at Safwan Airfield, Iraq, 2
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13 Safwan By the early morning of F
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Safwan 187 The previous day, SSG Wi
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Safwan 189 spending the night with
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Safwan 191 mar causeway. 13 Since o
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Safwan 193 and it was to move to an
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Safwan 195 Around 0830 hours, Wilso
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Safwan 197 colonel approached the A
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Safwan 199 Soon the division tactic
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Safwan 201 arrived at the dismount
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14 Recovery During the cease-fire n
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Ahvāz As Samāwah Tigris River Eup
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Recovery 207 normally used for pump
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Recovery 209 glowing reports on the
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Recovery 211 lated enemy soldiers m
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15 Postwar Operations Even before t
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Postwar Operations 215 march and ma
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Postwar Operations 217 took out som
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Postwar Operations 219 son and Burd
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Postwar Operations 221 It was to no
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five and eight years old, approache
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Postwar Operations 225 Iraqi agents
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16 Coming Home Then it was time to
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Coming Home 229 vehicles’ movemen
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Coming Home 231 point, small theate
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Coming Home 233 ing unbearable. Fin
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Coming Home 235 Huebner and finally
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Coming Home 237 There was also a se
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Coming Home 239 Home.” Once on po
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Conclusion Those were dramatic days
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Conclusion 243 cers, noncommissione
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Conclusion 245 tensive security ass
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Notes Introduction 1. Robert Wilson
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Notes 249 itary History, 1963; repr
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Notes 251 17. Fort Riley, “After
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Notes 253 10. 22nd Support Command,
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Notes 255 22. Bills interview, 26 A
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Notes 257 2. Army, VII Corps, Comma
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Notes 259 or other regions that fav
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Notes 261 2. Squadron Tactical Comm
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Notes 263 16. (1ID) U.S. Department
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Corps, Commander’s SITREP (Combat
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Notes 267 Desert Storm,” in Jim S
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Notes 269 Corps, FRAGO 129-91 VII C
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Notes 271 Morrison, HHT, 1st Squadr
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68. Bills interview, 3 February 199
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Notes 275 43. 1st Squadron 4th Cava
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Notes 277 17. Burdan notes. 18. Way
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Notes 279 9. Esplund interview, 23
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Glossary 281 Basra Highway Main roa
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Infantry Division was commanded by
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MP Military Police. system that spe
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T-72 A late-model Soviet tank. TA-5
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Bibliography 289 flected common tho
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Bibliography 291 ational Analysis o
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Bibliography 293 ———. “VII
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Bibliography 295 War. Fort Leavenwo
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Index A Troop, 1-4 Cavalry: Activat
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Basra Highway: 161, 163, 166-168, 1
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219, 221, 223 4th: 1st Squadron: 9,
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Friendly fire incident: 99-100 Fuel
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Iraq And chemical weapons: 3, 118,
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Molitor, SFC, William: 36, 44, 125,
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99, 103, 107, 115, 119, 163, 259 Re
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Training Exercises Gauntlet: 19, 20
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