SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Subject: SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTION REPORT        

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001008

Folder Title: DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS                                                               

Document Number:          4

Folder Seq  #:         11






                                 UNCLASSIFIED
                                                              C)4/19/91
                               JULLS LONG REPORT

        1. (U) JULLS NUMBER- 22846-40259 (00019), submitted by
        AFZN-PA-CFS, YI TO TREZZA, 856-4o26, (913),@@39-4o26.

        2. (U) Operation DESERT SHIELD conducted by USCENTCOM on Ol/C)2/91.

        3. (U) @.-."EYWORDS: RWO (REAL WORLD OF'S), USA (US ARMY), ACTIVE
        COMPONENT, GUARD COMPONENT, RESERVE COMPONENT, PERSONNELS
        AVAILABILITY. RELIABILITY, TIMELINESS, FAMILY ASSISTANCE.

        4. (U) TITLE: PERSONNEL: FAMILY SUPPORT DIVISION UPDATES

        5. (U) OBSERVATION: Each time the broadcast media releases
        reports of fighting Or Casualties, inquiries to the family
        assistance center in person or by telephone increase,
        significantly. The FAC becomes the "Focal" point +or families;
        in most cases, the parents of single soldiers thin@@. of Fort
        Riley is the only "life-line" to their soldiers.

        6. (U) DISCUSSION: When CNN reports fighting, the telephone
        demand increases to 200 calls per hour. Telephone inquiries
        originate from all across the U.S. In every case information
        available in the FAC is "old". "Current" news reports arrive 2
        days after the initial announcement is aired.

        7. (U) LESSON LEARNED-

           a. Fort R.iley: Consider the FAC as a primary resource -For
        families; provide it with updated information daily.

          .b. DPCA: Designate a F'OC for acquiring -Rnd assembling
        information. Establish sources in the Garrison Operation Center,
        PAO, the Command Group, and brigade contact teams. Also
        consider AG Enlisted Strength Managment(POC +or E-.Mail), IG,
        SJA, and Chaplains as possible information sources.

        S.     RECOMMENDED ACTION:


        9.     COMMENTS:



        ---- (U) SUBJECT: PERSONNEL

            (U) !NTEROPERABILITY: PLANNING


aged by. LOCAL, action worried by: RAP number:
             Lesson distributed by: LOCAL.









                                 UNCLASSIFIED

Document 517 f:/Week-26/BX001008/DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS/special information for installation after actio:12179611150511
Control Fields 17
File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-26
Box ID = BX001008
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORTS
Folder Seq # = 11
Subject = SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR INSTALLATION AFTER ACTIO
Document Seq # = 4
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996