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'Vs waxes: -isvrnmxxi .. AAug. 2: Iraq invades Kuwait. Eight U.S. NHVY Middle East Force ships are present in the Per- sian Gulf fcontinuous Middle East Dle59nC9 since 19493. ' Aug. 6: Defense Secretary iSecDef3 DICK Cheney travels to Saudi Arabia to discuss request for assistance and deployment of U.S. forces in country. SecDef travels also to Egypt and receives permission to send U.S. warships through the Suez Canal. Aug. 7. USS Independence CCV 623 carrier bat- tle group arrives on station in the Gulf of Oman. -USS Dwight D. Eisenhower QCVN 693 carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea. Aug. 8: President Bush orders U.S. Armed Forces to Saudi Arabia. Aug. 14: Advanced elements of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force fMEF3 and the 7th Marine Expeditionary Brigade QMEB3 arrive in Saudi Arabia. Hospital ship USNS Comfort iT-AH 203 deploys for the Middle East. -USS John L. Hall QFFG 323 executes the first maritime intercept by a U.S. warship. Aug. 18: In separate incidents, USS Reid iFFG 303 and USS Robert G. Bradley fFFG 493 fire warning shots across the bows of two lraqi oil tankers leaving the Persian Gulf. -USS England fCG 223 boards a Chinese freighter, the first boarding ofthe intercept oper- ation. USS Scott iDDG 9953 executes the first diversion, without boarding. Aug. 24: USS Wisconsin CBB 643 transits the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf. Sept. 4: USS Goldsborough CDDG 203 boarding team performs the first boarding and seizure of an Iraqi freighter in the North Arabian Sea. Sept. 5: The Navy lifts the firing suspension for Wisconsin's 16-inch guns Sept. 14: USS John F. Kennedy iCV 673 carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal into the Red Sea. Sept. 20: SecDef announces that, effective Sept. 17, personnel on duty in the Middle East are authorized Imminent Danger Pay. Sept. 23: Mercy and Comfort steam together for the first time in the Persian Gulf, making Navy medical history. Oct. 1: Independence transits the Strait of Hor- muz en route to the Persian Gulf ffirst time a carrier has been deep inside the Gulf since USS Constellation fCV 643 in 19743. -Super Servant Ill arrives in Bahrain with her cargo of U.S. Navy minesweepers, USS Adroit QMSO 5093, USS Impervious iMSO 4493, USS Leader LMSO 4903 and new mine countermea- sures ship USS Avenger CMCM 13. Oct. 15: USS Elmer Montgomery CFP 10823 completes the 2 500th intercept by the multina- tional maritime intercept force since the opera- tion began Aug. 12. Oct. 30: A major steam leak in the engine room of USS Iwo Jima tLPH 23 kills 10 crew mem- bers. Nov. 1: USS Midway QCV 413 carrier battle group relieves the Independence carrier battle group in the North Arabian Sea. Nov. 8: President Bush announces that in addi- tion to the 230 000 troops in the Persian Gulf region more heavy divisions Marines and ships will be haeaded for the Persian Gulf. Nov. 13: USS Missouri QBB 633 deploys for the Persian Gulf region from Long Beach Calif. Nov. 29: U.N. Security Council approves reso- lution authorizing use of military force unless Iraq vacates Kuwait by Jan 15 1991 Dec 20 U S troop strength update 280 000 in the Middle East region Reserves recalled 127 293 t7 314 Navy 17 375 Marines3 Dec 21 An Israeli chartered liberty ferry shui tling crew members of USS Saratoga fCV 603 capsizes and sinks off Haifa Israel killing 21 sailors Dec 28 DoD announces first ever chemicallbiological vaccination program for US forces 1991 Jan 1 Missoun arnves in the Gulf of Oman Jan 2 US troop strength update More th 325 000 in region 35 000 Navy 55 033 .-1 -ug -qv Q Chronology Desert Shield Storm Marines -U.S. Navy ship strength update: 55 total, 25- Persian Gulf, 20-North Arabian Sea!Gulf of Oman, 10-Red Sea. Jan. 6: Saratoga transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea for the fifth time, a record canal transit by any Navy ship during a single deployment. Jan. B: U.S. troop strength update: more than 360,000 in region. -To date, 147,300 reserves recalled i9,939 Navy, 18,155 Marines3. -U.S. Navy ship strength update: 63 total: 18- Persian Gulf, 21-North Arabian Sea!Gulf of Oman, 12-Red Sea, 12-Eastern Mediterranean. Jan. 10: Eight-ship amphibious task force enters the Persian Gulf to conduct routine oper- ations. Led by Nassau, it carries a complement of nearly 10,000 sailors and Marines. Jan. 12: Congress approves joint resolutions authorizing the use of force against Iraq. -USS Ranger fCV 613 carrier battle group arrives on station in the North Arabian Sea. Amphibious Group 3, comprised of 13 ships fwith 7,500 Marines of the 5th MEB embarked3, also arrives on station in the North Arabian Sea and joins the amphibious groups already on station, creating the largest amphibious task force since the Korean War Jan. 14: USS Theodore Roosevelt QCVN 713 carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal, and arrives on station in the Red Sea. Jan. 15: USS America fCV 663 carrier battle group transits the Suez Canal and arrives on station in the Red Sea. Ranger carrier battle group arrives on station in Persian Gulf. Jan. 16: U.S. troop strength update: 425,000 in region, 60,000 Navy, 75,000 Marines. -U.S. Navy ship strength update: 108 total, 34- Persian Gulf, 35-North Arabian Sea!GuIf of Oman, 26-Red Sea, 13-Eastern Mediterranean. -To date, 19 countries have deployed ground forces and 14 nations are participating in naval efforts. -Seventeen anti-ship mines discovered in Per- sian Gulf since Dec. 21, 1990. -At 7 p.m. QEST3, the White House announces that the liberation of Kuwait has begun. The offensive action against Iraq, Operation Desert Storm, begins under provisions of 12 U.N. Security Council resolutions and resolutions of both houses of the U.S. Congress. -Following President Bush's address to the nation, SecDef and Army Gen. Colin Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announce at a Pentagon briefing that hundreds of U.S. and coalition air strikes on missile and antiair- craft targets in iraq and Kuwait are to destroy Saddam Husseins offensive military capabili- ties. SecDef reports that initial attacks appear to have gone very very well. Jan. 17: USS San Jacinto CCG 563 fires the first Tomahawk cruise missile from the Red Sea between 1 and 2 a.m, fGuIf time3. Moments later USS Bunker Hill QCG 523 fires the first Tomahawk cruise missile from the Persian Gulf. -The Navy launches 228 combat sorties on the first-day of Desert Storm from six aircraft carri- ers in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. -The United States reports an FIA-18 and an A- 6 lost over Iraq. Navy LT Michael S. Speicher listed as missing - the first combat casualty of Desert Storm. Jan. 18: USS Nicholas CFFG 473 in operations with Army helos and a Kuwaiti patrol boat neu- tralizes Iraqi forces firing on coalition aircraft with antiaircraft artillery and shoulder fired SAMs from 11 Kuwaiti oil platforms in the north ern Persian Gulf Five Iraqis are killed three are wounded and 23 Enemy Prisoners of War fEPWs3 are taken aboard Nicholas for transfer to a holding facility a NBVY A 6 and an Air Force F 15 The two crewmen of the F 15 are listed as missing The two crewmen of the A 6 lost on Jan 17 are also listed as missing To date the United States has lost four aircraft and lists five per sonnel missing in action QMIA3 The first lraqi Scud missile Ia d I iniunng 10 to 12 civilians n S m Smal -In air-to-air engagements, eight lraqi MiG-29s and Mirage F-1s are destroyed: two are downed by Navy F!A-18s of Saratoga's Fighter Squadron 81 ldirected by E-2Cs from Carrier Air Wing 173. Jan. 19: Navy A-Gs and A-7s successfully launch a standoff land attack missile fSLAM3 against an lraqi target for the first time in com- bat. -USS Louisville QSSN 7243 fires the first subma- rine-launched Tomahawk cruise missile in com- bat history while submerged in the Red Sea. The missile is directed against an unidentified lraqi target. -President Bush signs authorization to extend call-up of up to 1 million National GuardlReserves for up to two years. DoD rais- es the ceilings for National GuardlReserves to 360,000. The Navy's authorization ceiling is raised from 30,000 to 44,000, Marines from 23,000 to 44,000. -An Iraqi artillery battery is destroyed by Navy A-6 and Air Force A-10 aircraft. Marines and Army troops continue in defensive mode in for- ward positions, but there have been no direct ground confrontations. Jan. 21: More than 8,000 sorties have been flown by coalition aircraft. Air operations focus on neutralizing fixedfmobile Scud launch sites and lraqi troop concentrations. To date, coali- tion aircraft losses total eight, including two non-combat-related losses. -A Navy F-14 is lost over Iraq. Two additional Navy personnel are listed as missing. The Unit- ed States has lost 10 aircraft and lists 13 per- sonnel missing. -The United States warns Iraq that it will be held accountable for mistreatment of U.S. Prisoners of War fPOWs3 after Iraq announces captured Americans will be placed at strategic target sites as human shields. -Roosevelt carrier battle group arrives on sta- tion in the Persian Gulf region. Jan. 22: Four Navy A-6s attack and disable an Iraqi T-43-class ship - capable of laying 20 mines - in the Northern Persian Gulf. -U.S. troop strength update: 474,000 tlraqis- 545,0003. Reserves recalled - 165,797 03,303 Navy, 22,048 Marines3. Jan. 23: Navy A-6s disable an Iraqi tanker that had collected and reported intelligence data. The A-6s set off three explosions, killing three lraqi personnel. A-6s also attack and sink a Winchester-class Hovercraft being refueled by the tanker, and a Zhuk patrol boat. Jan. 24: 15,000 sorties 18,000 combat, 7,000 support3 have been flown, and more than 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles have been launched at Iraqi targets. Air strikes are directed at Scud missile launchers lines of transportation and communication control sites and airfields. At Al Quara West airfield three Soviet-built TU-16 Badger heavy bombers are caught on the ground ready to take off and destroyed. -Twenty-two survivors are taken from the sea by a helo from USS Curts QFFG 383 near the island of Qurah. During the rescue the helo comes under attack returns fire and kills three. Twenty-nine additional Iraqis surrender. Fifty- one EPWs are taken into custody by helo crews from USS Lefwich CDD-9843 and the island is reclaimed as the first liberated Kuwaiti territory. -A-6s and FXA-18s attack the Umm Qasr Naval Base hitting four lraqi ships. Jan. 25: A record 2 700 sorties flown today brings total coalition sorties to 17 500 to date, with 236 Tomahawk cruise missile launches Iraq has lost 43 aircraft 19 to air to air engage ments 24 on the ground The United States has lost 10 aircraft to ground fire and the coali tion has lost seven The total of 17 aircraft loss es represented two tenths of 1 percent of all combat missions flown to date port aircraft have landed in an undisclosed loca tion in iran a declared neutral country DoD was unsure whether lraqi planes were seeking a safe haven from bombing attacks whether this was a mass defection or a husbanding of resources for future combat operations U S Marines stage the largest artillery attack of the war to date finnq a battery of 155 mm howitzers at lraqi troops six miles inside Kuwait t 1 ,Q . A I i 1 l I Jan. 27: Air Force F-111 - I I ing the Sea Island temisalnvxr lyglalneslletii . guided bombs to stem the flow of 1-15353 3 miles long and 10 miles wide and ?g'. 9 !3 Q . and burn off pollutants. Th ' W targets a system of pipes tiaitizckis llenlmil from storage tanks to thet ' guatelllhi I folds. ermmal' callellllmi 3 -Thirty-nine lraqi aircraft includ' ' 1 f past 24 hours, have landed iggliiinlhl G announces that, to protect its neutrali- wi H warplanes landing within its borders Willbrg if F fiscated and held until the end of hostilities mn? 'Q -U.S. Patriot missiles intercept six Iraqigxi g missiles aimed at Saudi Arabia and lSla9l . 9 one Scuds have been launched to dale, at c Jan. 28: The status of seven U.S. aircrgmf V is changed from MIA to POW. F -A total of 80 lraqi aircraft have relqgaimi ll Iran. Aircraft ferrying is characterized as -mi ir ble defections as a consequence ollheul 5' campaign that achieved air superiorityanqmi it tralized lraqi counterattack. 3 in -Marine and coalition craft attack an Iraqiwf U vey inside Kuwait, destroying 24 tanlrsarmf S' personnel carriers iAPCs3 and trucksllii 'V ground forces continue to receive spam: 5' artillery fire along the Kuwaiti borderizb Sf engage in counterbattery artillery missions hi I Gulf oil slick appears to stop flowing imma 0' Sea Island terminal. DoD estimatestliesh. K' contains 460 million gallons of oil. , M Jan. 29 More than 700,000 coalition airgrw: and naval personnel are present in theltiel' ki of operation, and more than 110 coalilionorg batant ships are participating. U.S. troopsivs 0 ber more than 4eo,ooo. l it -In the first major ground confrontationsiti mounts a four-pronged raid across melting C1 border. Near AI Wafra, U.S. and coalitionleu llli engage a mechanized battalion with Cobngii W ships are fixed - wing aircraft. They repulstg attack, destroying 10 enemy tanks. 1 -Fighting continues for control of Khaii tml the night. Forty more Iraqi tanks crossttfh' der and engage U.S. Marine Iightarnirc, infantry. The attack was repelled, bali Marines are killed in action lKlA3 -Illllff. ground combat deaths of the operation. Marines are wounded. Q -A total of 33 enemy tanks and 28 APCSI' destroyed. Q -Marines of the 13th MEU capture Urine Maradim Island, 12 miles off IheC03f'g Kuwait. Marines plant the Kuwaiti Half? destroy antiaircraft weapons and arlllltfl on the tiny island. This is the seootlfl I reclaimed for the Kuwaiti governmenllil'-3 coalition. l -Navy helos search Meradim Islanm ing reports of Iraqis offering 10 Su I are fired upon by aPP'0X'ma'e'y 20 mv? craft with rocket propelled Qfenades we matic weapons. The helos return inn : four boats and dgmilging I2 one ' engage the fleeing oa s. ' Jan. 30: Two weeks into Desensigi Navy has flown more than 3500n2wi. six carriers and launched more tha , hawk cruise missil9S- . aww -Saudi Arabian National Guamsmegmmf lraqll tanks engage a column of M tanks in Ras al Kha3fi.Aher8tg2:1l':dmn Y the Iraqis are forced from lnje mum i. of us. Marine ouoships an F M -Na A-6s attack three traoi lHf'd '9 mb VY I lei vicinity of Shat al-Arab Chigpemw enemy ships dead in the W8 mal flees A 6s also attack ablggmglsely Northern Persian Gulf The 5 DIV' Jan 31 More than 32 O00 slirlitiaii ri wn I2 eoo iouayl Wllll 'lo 8 dard uos aircraft Coalition 8 9ml:r'lt09 vos ooo U 5 personnel pass N nmark passes the half mi io Umm, Feb 2 Coalition naval 0P9m 0nZ,W Ot' ua an smack on me A'Kal'1?5li.1..tai ocet ca able Palm 5:0 laser gulded bombs vghll:6:l9 ' aircraft launches a string 0 I boat Till bombs across anoth0l pantie Pier also strike a buildln9 on :ms several secondafil explosm Or So Un -Ti A4 bo W -Ai oil ffl 41. an lint dot V31 dill We ble I Hai , U ' I Oil .. H ' m ' ' ' Un ' un filo. - . iid - . ent . Om lbli .lon ' V het . , Tm ' YVEPII ' ilirm . JE: . 'Z . . 1 ' ' .. . , ' y P - - ' I ' ,Pen ' - , - ' , - - - ' A ' ' '- ' - Feb. . . ., , . ' . - - . : '- '.... . - 1 ' . - . , - f M -, . is . . , ' . 1 -- 1 . .. ' Se , D . . ' ' -The United States loses two additional aircraft, -At least 12 lraqi MIG-29s, F-1s and 12 trans- g - 4 ' . , ' . . . . ' ' - I - - I ui 1 , . . U- , . il lfe.