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I created another document trying to determine more details regarding our deployment. Here it is:

Probable MOB Date is now August 2, 2004. That backs the advance people up to the middle of July. We have AT 10 July through 17 July, so I can see us turning right around and Beginning 10% pre-MOB.

It is “99.99%” probable that we will MOB from Camp Atterbury, IN. It is also likely that we will spend two weeks at Ft. Irwin, CA, and will link up with the 11th ACR there. 2/11 ACR will provide all the heavy resources. That means that all maneuver units of the 155 will mobilize as motorized units. We will task organize once we know the mission. 2/11 ACR will remain at CTC to continue OPFOR function until we arrive for MRX.

SSG Campbell is to go to Senatobia Tuesday, 15 June 2004 to “scrub” the UMR for possible non-deployables. SSG Campbell also must create two new SRP jackets for the DEMOB Checklist and Deploy Checklists (what the unit has to provide prior to AT). We need to get potential Dental CL3 and CL4 people identified early in order to get funding – this could help head off some non-deployables, or at least give us early identification.

Lt. McLaurin is working with the Family Care Plans, and the Next Family Readiness Group meeting, which is to occur 26 June 2004, 0900, Dales Smokehouse in Batesville.

LTC Smith is conducting a site visit (with a team) to Camp Atterbury the week of 21 June 2004.

Looks like 1 Tank and 2 Tank may both “Carry the Flag”. Unknown at this time.

We’ve already given up our Hummers to support AT at Camp McCain. This leaves a couple of questions…How do we get the troops from Det 1 to McCain on 10 July.

Plans section will be participating in a CPX with 3 ID at Ft. Stewart (24-30 July). Right now they are calling for a work cell (plans and pucksters). BCBST: We will conduct the WFX but we are requesting to push back to mid-September while at Atterbury.

We need to break all of Det 1 into four categories:

Cat 1 - Those leaders down to squad/section level that will be mob'd early and go

to Atterbury to conduct all SRP/Ind. Training prior to main body mob.

Cat 2 - Soldiers requiring MOSQ or NCOES/OES

Cat 3 - Soldiers needed for mob prep (plan on 10%)

Cat 4 - remaining main body


We need this list ASAP

Around 28 July, we should have had our Connexes dropped at the units. We will bring in individuals to begin loading these through 2 August. I’m working on getting us a shrink-wrap machine.

Sounds like we'll go to Iraq with some or all the "Units of Action" or UA's (the Army's new org they've experimented with) from 3ID. Our Division, which will support OIF III may also include the 256 BDE (I believe they are a heavy mechanized infantry. brigade from Acadiana Louisiana, led by General John Basilica, placed on alert March 1, and should MOB at Fort Hood), two BDEs and an Engineer Company from 11ACR, us, and of course, the 3ID. 3ID was the vanguard unit that took Baghdad in record time last year, and redeployed from June through August of last year back to Fort Stewart, GA. They reorganized into Units of Action, and tested the concept at Fort Irwin earlier this spring.
Not sure where the 278th BDE out of TN and the 1BN, 509th INF out of Ft. Polk fit in.

I also understand that we will get a four-star General Officer in Theater, sometime after June 30, it could be Lt. General Sanchez, but that looks doubtful. More likely to be General George W. Casey. The idea is to have a four-star on hand to focus on the big picture (political issues while we hand over the government) and the Lt. General to run day-to-day combat issues.

The deployment of OIF 3 (that would be us)is expected to occur from September 2004 through February 2005, although the Marine Corp has already begun deploying.

As you probably know, Combined Joint Task Force-7 (CJTF-7) deactivated 15 May at Camp Victory (al-Faw Palace), Iraq, and two now commands were created, the Multi-National Force Iraq, and Multi-National Corps Iraq. Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez remained in command of U.S. Forces in Iraq, as the commander of MNFI. Lt. General Thomas F. Metz took command of MNCI.

The MNFI mission is to conduct strategic operations to defeat the remaining non-compliant forces and create a secure, creditable Iraq.

The MNCI mission is to fight the tactical war against the anti-coalition and anti-Iraqi forces.

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