Warriors in Peace Operations - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

deployed 28th TB units. Trouble was quickly stemmed
when Lieutenant Colonel Moore and I agreed that the 28th
FSG would support the 70th TC and 260th TTD. This was
another example of where better “up front” communication
was needed at the battalion commander level.
Once the deployment phase ended, 28th TB units
involved in A/DACG and convoy escort operations were
relieved of these responsibilities. Simultaneously, the
Holiday mail surge came to an end. Theater line-haul assets
were now focused to support EAGLE EXPRESS and the
Balkan-deployed units. On February 1, Colonel
Kubiszewski received the warning order from Major
General Wright, the Commander, 21st TAACOM, to deploy
the 37th TRANSCOM and 28th TB headquarters. This was
the battalion’s fifth mission in support of OJE. The
deployment of the battalion headquarters resulted in the
return of the 70th TC and 260th TTD to the 28th TB family
and helped me keep my vow to my soldiers and their
families.
Split-Based Operations.
In order to manage simultaneously two major operations
spread over 1,000 miles, Colonel Kubiszewski and I
concluded that split-based operations for our headquarters
were in order. Each command selected key staff and support
personnel to deploy to the ISB. We established a combined
TRANSCOM and 28th TB operations cell at the staging
area in Taszar, Hungary. Colonel Kubiszewski positioned
key personnel at sites throughout the AOR as the brigade’s
eyes and ears. In essence, these key officers and NCOs
became the brigade’s liaisons to V Corps, 21st TAACOM,
and 1st Armored Division headquarters. They provided
invaluable information and increased his ability to send
trucks and personnel when and where they were most
desperately needed. Split-based operations proved critical
to the success of the battalion and key to the rotation plan
that I was later able to work out with Colonel Kubiszewski.
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