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Title: OOB US VII corps 1990/91 from Germany to Desert Storm Post by: stoffel on 20 November 2009, 16:14:28 US VIIth Corps in Europe (prior to Gulf war)
HQ 1st armored division 3rd armored infantry division 12th armored division 4th motorised brigade ( Canada) 2nd cavalryregiment VIIth corps artillery 11th helicopter brigade AH64 Apache Support command 2nd corps Independent brigades: 7th engineers 14th MP 93rd signal 207th military intelligence A total of 76.000 soldiers VIIth corps in Desert Storm: 1st armored division 3rd armored infantry division 1st infantry division 1st cavalry division 1st armored division(UK) 2nd cavalryregiment 42nd, 210th, 75th and 142th artillerybrigades 11th Apache helicopter brigade Taskforce 8-43 (airdefense) Support commands from 2nd, 16th, 30th corps 332nd medical brigade Independent brigades: 7th engineers 14th MP 93rd signal 207th military intelligence A total of 146.000 soldiers VIIth corps changed in less than a 100 days in force structure. From the day the Go code was given the corps was enlarged and restructured with new units and new HQs. It became part of the new coalition in the deserts of Saudia Arabia, under command of generals Norman Schwarzkopf and John Yeosock (3rd army) |