8 NOV 90 |
3AD ordered to participate
in Operation DESERT SHIELD under control of VII Corps. |
24 NOV 90 -
17 DEC 90 |
Equipment deployment
to SPOE: 57 trains, 200 barges, and wheel convoys move 3AD equipment
from bases in Germany to Rotterdam and Antwerp. |
6 DEC 90 -
7 FEB 91 |
Equipment Deployment
SPOE to SPOD: 48 ships transport 3AD equipment from Antwerp and
Rotterdam to Jubayl and Dammam, Saudi Arabia. |
14 DEC 90 -
14 JAN 91 |
Over 17,000 division
troops deploy from Rhein-Main, Ramstein, and Nuernberg airports
to King Fahd and Dharan airports of debarkation in Saudi Arabia. |
21 DEC 90 |
Division Assault Command
Post becomes first division troops to move from Dammam to TAA
Henry - about a 400-mile move. |
13 JAN 91 |
Division Advance Parties
arrive in TAA Henry. |
17 JAN 91 |
D-Day: Air campaign
begins. |
20 JAN 91 |
First MSE, 2d Brigade
begins arriving in TAA Henry. |
22 JAN 91 |
Assault CP forward deploys
to FAA Butts. |
5 FEB 91 |
HUMMEX I: Division movement
rehearsal. |
9 FEB 91 |
HUMMEX II: Division
movement and communication rehearsal. Last divisional attachment,
12 Eng Bn, closes in TAA Henry. |
15 FEB 91 -
17 FEB 91 |
3AD conducts operational
move to FAA Butts and continues preparation for combat operations. |
24 FEB 91
1500 Hrs. |
G-Day. 3AD attacks across
LD, following 2ACR in zone, in a column of Brigades - 2d Bde,
1st Bde, then 3d Bde. CAB on Division right flank. |
26 FEB 91
0600 Hrs. |
Conducted forward passage
through 2ACR, 3AD continues the attack to destroy the Talwalkana
Division. |
28 FEB 91
0800 Hrs. |
Temporary Cease Fire.
3AD attacked over 223 km through Iraq into Kuwait. Destroyed
3 Iraqi Armored/Mechanized Divisions - the 52d Armored Division,
the 17th Armored Division, and the Talwalkana Division of the
Republican Guards. 3AD captured 2,552 prisoners. |
1 MAR 91 |
Division reverts to
Corps Reserve. Prepares for possible further combat operations. |
1 MAR 91 |
3AD given mission to
protect, feed, and give mediacl aid to over 10,000 refugees in
area of Safwan, Iraq. |
MAR 91 -
MAY 91 |
Defensive deployments
along Northern Kuwait border with Iraq, as civil war is underway
in areas across border in Iraq. Defense and monitoring duties
transferred to U.N. in May. |
MAR 91 -
APRIL 91 |
3AD to plan, coordinate,
and execute air move of certain refugees from area of Safwan
to a safe haven in Saudi Arabia. In all, 8,376 refugees are relocated. |
8 MAR 91 |
First 3AD troops redeploy
to Germany - a small contingent of 204 soldiers. Others to gradually
follow. |
MAY 91 -
JUNE 91 |
Gradual redeployment
to Germany continues, as missions allow. |
8 JUNE 91 |
Battalion-size 3AD contingent marches
in the Desert Storm Victory Parade in Washington, D.C. |
25 JUNE 91 |
400 Division troops
remain in Safwan and in Kuwait, to return to Germany in July. |
10 JULY 91 |
3AD Victory Parade &
Ceremony held in Germany. |