7 August

DESERT SHIELD

Operation DESERT SHIELD begins (C-Day). The President orders the deployment of US forces to Saudi Arabia.

CJCS issues deployment orders for initial units to Southwest Asia.

Iraqi disposition of forces in Kuwait on 6 August 1990. Regular army divisions were arriving from garrisons in Iraq, freeing RGFC units for further employment.

ITF assumes a 24-hour, 7-day week analytical and support status.

NMIST personnel and equipment deploy with CENTAF to Riyadh.

Joint Reconnaissance Center (JRC)/DC-1 confirms that the 3 RC-135's currently at Athens will deploy to Saudi Arabia once permission is granted.

DC-1 requests that the Air Force Staff project costs for the SR-71 reactivation.

7-10
August

DSD-3 (General Military Intelligence Support Division) develops the procedure for including the general military intelligence (GMI) air, ground, and naval order of battle daily updates into the Automated Installation Intelligence File (AIF).

8 August

President announces US deployments to "defensive position" and reiterates four policy objectives.

First fighter aircraft of the USAF 1st Tactical Fighter Wing arrives in Saudi Arabia.

CINCCENT recommends to the JCS that operations be called PENINSULA SHIELD. That name is rejected in favor of DESERT SHIELD, recommended by the CINC's staff.

NMISTs deploy to XVIII Airborne Corps, US Marine Central Command (MARCENT), and US Navy Central Command (NAVCENT).

DIA receives a CENTCOM request for information on Iraqi reaction to arrival of XVIII Airborne Corps troops in Saudi Arabia.

9 August

UN Security Council condemns Iraq's annexation of Kuwait as illegal, null, and void.

CENTCOM headquarters advanced party arrives in Riyadh.

Lead Army elements of the 82nd Airborne Division arrive in Saudi Arabia.

DI-6 grants authority to release OLYMPIC FLARE imagery to Coalition Forces (military forces Contributed by countries allied against Iraq).

10 August

DIA issues HUMINT tasking to provide the location and description of key Iraqi government facilities.

DC receives request from Navy for coverage of the port of Umm Qasr to monitor Iraq's mining operations.

12 August

DIA issues worldwide HUMINT tasking to begin tracking merchant ships to monitor support of the UN embargo against Iraq.

13 August

DI-6 completes guidance for intelligence sharing with Coalition Forces.

15 August

DIA sends team to CENTCOM (Rear) at McDill AFB to discuss foreign disclosure, development of an all-source fusion center, production coordination, and targeting/operational issues.

DAT-6 provides personnel for HUMINT representation on the ITF.

DAH begins providing daily DoD HUMINT collection activity summary to ITF/CCF (Collection Coordination Facility).

OSC-2 (Physical/Tempest Security Division, Directorate for Security and Counterintelligence) provides security recommendations for the
multinational environment of the CENTCOM Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facility (SCIF).

DX-5 begins production of OSP's on the top 43 primary targets on CENTCOM's target list.

DX-6 expands its reporting in both the Significant Imagery Highlights Book and daily briefings to the JS, to include the status of Iraqi shipping after enactment of the UN embargo.

16 August

DoD designates DIA as Executive Agent for DESERT SHIELD imagery collection.

The Clarendon Operations Support Center begins a 24-hour watch.

DM-1 consolidates instructions for use and distribution of NARROW SANDS F-14 Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (TARPS) information.

17 August

DAT-6 receives information indicating Iraq plans to use Western "detainees" as human shields.

DIA begins publication of the Military Situation Summary (MSS) at the OICC.

DIA begins analysis of Iran/Iraq POW history, to include POW camp locations, treatment of POW's, and procedures.

DIA Director orders that all Scud sites be placed in active collection.

DC reports that a CCF Imagery Officer is required at the following daily meetings:

0400 - Teleconference room with the OICC (to accept proposed targets for the next day)

0600 - JS update

0730 - DC morning brief

1145 - JS (for JS's emphasis requirements)

1400 - DIA discussion on requirements

1500 - Community imagery meeting

1730 - Task Force evening wrap-up meeting

2000 - OICC

19 August

NMIST deploys to UK Strike Command in High Wycombe, UK.
DIA publishes first DESERT SHIELD Bulletin.

20 August

DIA orders the establishment of a Department of Defense Joint Intelligence Center (DoDJIC) at the Pentagon at the request of the CJCS to fuse the efforts of DIA and the Military Services.

DIA Deputy Director asks DR-BT to develop and maintain a brief on DIA intelligence support to DESERT SHIELD.

DM-1 makes initial distribution of OLYMPIC FLARE airborne imagery highlights.

OICC meets with RS to establish prioritization of RS support to DESERT SHIELD activities (photo lab, graphics, distribution, library, and print shop).

DAT-6 attends tri-service collection manager meeting to discuss DoD/CENTCOM HUMINT tasking in support of DESERT SHIELD. A worldwide HUMINT tasking update message is dispatched as a result.

21 August

DIA lifts ban on release of chemical warfare (CW) and biological warfare (BW) data. This is done so DIA can provide CW/BW information to CENTCOM which can then pass it on to the Coalition Forces.

22 August

DIA Representative to CENTCOM deploys with the headquarters element to Riyadh, one of only two civilians that General Schwarzkopf allows to deploy permanently forward with him.

DI-6 requests amended release authority to Coalition Forces (granted 19 Sep).

23 August

DIA forms provisional DoDJIC with three teams of Agency personnel. (The DoDJIC produced daily situation summaries and assessments as well as short suspense reporting and analysis. It also had several special production elements added during the course of its existence). DoDJIC operates with
299 personnel at its peak.

DI-6 grants approval for British, Canadian, and Australian officers to work in the OICC.

DIA initiates action to obtain access to Iraqi defectors in Saudi Arabia.

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Iraqi avenues of approach for a followup invasion of Saudi arabia.

25 August

DIA forwards draft concept of operations (CONOPS) for Defense Intelligence support to CENTCOM.

DIA participates in wargaming of US options against Iraq. Results lead to major changes to CENTCOM warplan.

VP arranges for three Multimedia Information Network Exchange (MINX) terminals to be installed in the OICC for connectivity to ITF.

26 August

DC assigns priority to locating Iraqi Republican Guard units.

DC-1 prepares a background paper on reactivation of SR-71.

28 August

DC assigns high priority collection to monitor Republican Guard and UN embargo enforcement.

29 August

DS (Directorate for Information Systems) provides proposal to CENTCOM and CENTCOM (Rear) through the DIA Representative for DIA intelligence automation communications support for DESERT SHIELD.

DIA assumes management responsibility for target material (TM) production.

DAT-6 sends collection guidance message worldwide to reinforce the need to report any attempts to circumvent the quarantine against Iraq.

30 August

Military Services commit to the DoDJIC. The mission of the DoDJIC is to provide short suspense intelligence tailored to both theater and Washington consumers.

DSD-3 begins daily update processing of air order of battle (AOB), ground order of battle (GOB), naval order of battle (NOB), and AIF information into the Integrated Data Base (IDB).

DIA Deputy Director tasks DIA Historian with writing a history of Defense Intelligence support to DESERT SHIELD. Historian begins collecting documents and identifies requirement to key DIA officials.

31 August

OICC ships first of 14 OSPs to CENTCOM.

ITF modifies manning structure to four teams working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week.

DIA delivers first escape and evasion (E&E) study to CENTCOM.

DAT-6 tasks HUMINT sources to report Kuwaiti resistance efforts.

August-
September

Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) provides six air defense analysts to DIA/OICC to assist in providing 24-hour intelligence support on Iraqi air defense operations.

Foreign Science and Technology Center (FSTC) provides three chemical warfare analysts to assist DIA's CW/BW analytical cell at the OICC.

1-30

September

DI-6 sends sanitized Defense Intelligence Memoranda (DIM) and orders of battle to CENTCOM.

1

September

DIA asset obtains an Iraqi sea mine and arranges to have it flown to the US for exploitation.

2

September

DoDJIC becomes fully operational with DIA and Service (Army and Navy) manning.

VP establishes Order of Battle Scrub Team in Building 213, Washington Navy Yard.

11

September

DIA initiates a 24-hour border watch to report sanctions violations of goods moving into Iraq.

14

September

CENTCOM requests that DIA readout DESERT SHIELD Battle Damage Assessments (BDA) imagery.

15

September

Initially situated in the CCF, DIA collection management element relocates to the DoDJIC.

Collection and imagery representatives begin 24-hour duty in OICC management cell.

17

September

NMIST deploys to CENTCOM.

18

September 

DS ATF briefs DIA-CS (Directorate for Command Support and Plans) on recommendations/findings from 10-13 September visit to CENTCOM.

20

September

DS begins to look at actions required to pass data base information between DIA and CENTCOM. Specific requirement is to pass daily Iraqi OB information to CENTCOM in a timely manner.

First reservist reports for duty in VP.

27

September

Last of USDAO Baghdad personnel evacuate with other members of the US Embassy staff.