Warriors in Peace Operations - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army
Warriors in Peace Operations - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army
Warriors in Peace Operations - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army
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commander while assigned to the 1AD DISCOM while<br />
work<strong>in</strong>g for the 4th aviation brigade commander. As<br />
discussed earlier, this command relationship cont<strong>in</strong>ued<br />
until I changed command May 15, 1996.<br />
FORWARD AREA REFUEL REARM (FARP)<br />
OPERATIONS<br />
The designs for the refuel and rearm site factored <strong>in</strong><br />
safety marg<strong>in</strong>s for blast zone consideration. The blast area<br />
of 30 millimeter ammo and Hellfire missiles required<br />
establishment of a protective surround<strong>in</strong>g area free of<br />
troops and aircraft. MilVans filled with MREs partitioned<br />
the area from an accidental discharge of a weapon system;<br />
<strong>in</strong> other words, we improvised based on METT-T. Because of<br />
this safety requirement, the safety officer located the rearm<br />
pads at the northern edge of the airfield away from<br />
ma<strong>in</strong>tenance and liv<strong>in</strong>g facilities.<br />
FORWARD SUPPORT PLAN FOR BOSNIA AOR<br />
The battalion developed the concept of support as far<br />
forward as possible with four task-organized teams. The<br />
first two teams deployed <strong>in</strong> association the with 1-1 and 1/4<br />
Cav ground and air troops. The aviation brigade deployed to<br />
Tuzla West Airfield with two ASB task-organized teams of<br />
130 battalion soldiers and support equipment. This team<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded the class IX warehouse, a section from the III/V<br />
platoon (fuel and ammo), a heavy ground/air ma<strong>in</strong>tenance<br />
section, and a robust command and control element.<br />
INITIAL OPERATIONS, TUZLA AOR<br />
Tuzla West Airfield is an old MiG auxiliary airfield<br />
connected to Tuzla Ma<strong>in</strong> airfield by a 3-kilometer access<br />
road. The only facilities on Tuzla West were four open<br />
concrete bunkers that we used for supply and ma<strong>in</strong>tenance.<br />
The clam shells had not arrived when we started us<strong>in</strong>g the<br />
airfield, so the severe weather restricted aircraft<br />
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