Today in Gulf War History - August 29th: Three minesweepers and - TopicsExpress



          

Today in Gulf War History - August 29th: Three minesweepers and Mine Counter Measures Ship USS AVENGER, loaded on board Super Servant III, depart Norfolk en route the Persian Gulf area. Two of the ships are Naval Reserve ships - USS ADROIT and USS IMPERVIOUS. Operation SHARP EDGE, the noncombat evacuation operation being conducted off the coast of Liberia by the USS WHIDBEY ISLAND and the USS BARNSTABLE COUNTY, continues as 76 more people, including 6 Americans, are evacuated from Liberia. LTG Gary E. Luck, Commanding General, XVIII Airborne Corps, arrives in theater - also, BG Richard W. Tragemann, CG XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery arrives in Saudi Arabia. Cargo ship Cape May completes loading, but due to administrative error it does not contain a combat effective artillery battalion, but rather mixed equipment from the 3d Battalion, 8th Field Artillery and 1st Battalion, 39th Field Artillery. Elements of 3d Battalion (MLRS), 27th Field Artillery, depart Pope Air Force Base
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:00:01 +0000

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