Desert Storm Challenges: An Overview of Desert Storm Survey Responses.

摘要

This report provides an overview of data collected from participants in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm (ODS). In January 1991, the Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) requested the assistance of the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) in surveying personnel in ODS. Questionnaires were developed and distributed to virtually all commands involved in ODS. A total of 2,463 usable survey forms were returned to ARI. Respondents included 6 General Officers, 34 Colonels, 170 Lieutenant Colonels, and 111 Sergeants Major, and personnel from 12 divisions or separate brigades and from 62 corps or echelon-above-corps elements. The concept of the commander's intent was strongly endorsed and the value of rehearsals was emphasized by many of our respondents. Supply and distribution systems, personnel evacuation and reporting systems, communications, and intelligence flow were frequently mentioned as problem areas. More detailed analyses will be required before conclusions or lessons learned may be derived from this data.