Editing 1st Armored Division (United States) (section)

== Persian Gulf War ==
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In August 1990, [[Iraq]] [[Invasion of Kuwait|invaded Kuwait]].  On 8 November 1990, the 1st Armored Division was alerted for deployment to the Middle East to provide an offensive option should Saddam refuse to withdraw from Kuwait. This alert changed the division's focus, from "building down" in Europe to "building up" in Southwest Asia.

Division leaders and soldiers began focusing on planning, training and unit deployment. Planning focused on the challenge of logistics, as the division had to be shipped to [[Saudi Arabia]] in a logical order to support the buildup for combat operations.

Commanders and their staff rapidly integrated new equipment into their units to be deployed to the Persian Gulf region.  The division also prepared to receive new units: 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division replaced 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division. Round-out units such as the 312th Support Center [[Rear Area Operations Center|Rear Area Operations Center (RAOC)]] composed of Reservists from throughout Germany, also joined the division. Other units, such as the [[19th Engineer Battalion|19th]] and 54th Engineer Battalions, the 218th Military Police Company, and the 7th Support Group, joined the 1st Armored Division in Kuwait.

Units concentrated on preparing vehicles for overseas movement while undergoing individual and unit training, including gunnery, in the few weeks available before deployment. The division qualified 355 tanks and 300 Bradley crews on Tables VII and VIII, conducted division artillery howitzer section gunnery, fired modified Vulcan Table VIII and qualified Stinger and Chaparral crews. Battle drill rehearsals and wargaming seminars were also part of the rigorous training agenda.

The division transported equipment by rail, wheeled convoy, and rotary-wing self-deployment. These movements unavoidably occurred on short notice or in bad weather, and posed challenges to coordination and logistics. The first trains departed for port the last week of November 1990 and continued to so until the second week of December 1990. Within two months 17,400 soldiers and 7,050 pieces of equipment were moved to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield/Storm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://army.togetherweserved.com/army/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=UnitHistoryDetail&type=UnitHistory&ID=287 |title= Unit History Detail |access-date=30 December 2018 }}</ref>

=== Battle damage assessment ===
* 25 Feb: 2 tanks, 25 [[Armoured personnel carrier|Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)]], 9 artillery, 14 Air Defense Artillery (ADA), 48 trucks, 314 [[Prisoner of war|Enemy Prisoner of War (EPW)]]
* 26 Feb: 112 tanks, 82 APC, 2 artillery, 2 ADA, 94 trucks, 545 EPW
* 27 Feb: 186 tanks, 127 APC, 66 artillery, 5 ADA, 118 trucks, 839 EPW
* 28 Feb: 41 tanks, 60 APC, 15 artillery, 11 ADA, 244 trucks, 281 EPW
* 1–12 Mar: 99 tanks, 191 APC, 98 artillery, 105 ADA, 879 trucks, 4,707 EPW
* Total: 440 tanks, 485 APC, 190 artillery, 137 ADA, 1,383 trucks, 6,686 EPW<ref name="triumph">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/triumphindesertc00davi | url-access=registration | title=Triumph in the Desert | publisher=Random House | last=David | first=Peter | year=1991 | location=New York | isbn=978-0-679-40722-5}}</ref>

Four division soldiers were [[killed in action]] and 52 [[wounded in action]] during the Gulf War<ref name="triumph"/>{{rp|232}}