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| CALL Newsletter 04-13 Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) CAAT II Initial Impressions Report (IIR) |
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)
CAAT II Initial Impressions Report (IIR)
FOREWORD
Mission:
The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) formed and deployed a nine-member CAAT to Iraq (02 FEB to 03 MAR 04) to collect CJTF-7 lessons learned and provide those lessons learned to the visited units, future rotational units, and the U.S. Army.
Intent/Guidance:
- Initial focus on phase IV operations with specific views toward CMO activities to include engineering, civil affairs, logistics, and information operations
- Focus at brigade and below
- Bring back useful products (TTPs, checklists, staff matrices and procedures) that will assist future deploying units
Execution:
A nine-member team arrived in Kuwait on 02 Feb 04. The team focus was on Phase IV operations and the CMO activities generated in this phase. Additional members were focused on logistics, engineering, and information operations.
The team received information briefs from the 4th Infantry Division on 05 Feb 04 located at Tikrit, then visited with subordinate units of 1st BCT. The team then moved to Balad at Logistics Support Area (LSA) Anaconda on 09 Feb 04 to observe 3rd BCT. The next movement was conducted on 12 Feb 04 for observation of the 2nd BCT located at Baqubah. On 15 Feb 04, the team arrived at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in the 1st AD's AOR and received an information brief on the operational situation at the battle update brief (BUB). On 16 Feb 04, the team met with 354th CA BDE, USACE representatives, and CJTF-7 IO personnel in the green zone. On 18 Feb 04, the team was briefed by the 2nd BCT of 1st AD and conducted interviews with two subordinate task forces, 1-35 AR and 1-6 IN. The team returned to Baghdad on the evening of 20 Feb 04, conducted appropriate interviews with the division main (DMAIN) and departed BIAP on the 21st to Multi-National Division (southeast), the British sector in Basrah. On 26-29 Feb 04, the team attempted to out brief CJTF-7 to no avail and moved to Kuwait on 01 Mar 04 at Camp Wolverine. On 02 Mar 04, the team interviewed the RCERT out of Camp Dohah to gather computer network operations (CNO) as part of the IO campaign. The team departed Kuwait on 03 Mar 04 with arrival the same day at Fort Hood, Texas. The team was billeted overnight with follow-on travel to Fort Bliss for out-processing and final product construction. The entire team linked up at Fort Bliss, Texas on 04 MAR 04 for out-processing. The Fort Leavenworth CALL analytical element met the team at Fort Bliss to save time in the writing of this Initial Impressions Report (IIR). The team spent the next few days out-processing and compiling the data to send to the field. Upon completion, the team redeployed to home station on 09 Mar 04.
Acknowledgements:
Special thanks are extended to all of the commanders and staff officers who assisted us during this trip. The team had unlimited access to information, but more importantly, to the leaders themselves who offered their valuable time so that this product would be useful to future deploying units.
Table of Contents
Compendium of Phase IV Operational Efforts in Iraq
Chapter 1: Information Operations
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