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==High command== | ==High command== | ||
*Prince bin Sultan, commanding Saudi and Pan-Arab forces | *Prince bin Sultan, commanding Saudi and Pan-Arab forces | ||
*GEN [[H Norman Schwarzkopf | *GEN [[H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ]], commanding [[United States Central Command]], non-Arab allies. Final decisionmaker on operations in the theater. | ||
==United States Central Command== | ==United States Central Command== | ||
*GEN [[H Norman Schwarzkopf | *GEN [[H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ]], commanding | ||
*LTG Cal Waller, deputy commanding general; temporary commander of [[Third United States Army]] while LTG Yeosock was ill. | *LTG Cal Waller, deputy commanding general; temporary commander of [[Third United States Army]] while LTG Yeosock was ill. | ||
*LTG Sir Peter de la Billiere, commanding UK forces | *LTG Sir Peter de la Billiere, commanding UK forces | ||
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===Land Component=== | ===Land Component=== | ||
GEN Schwarzkopf retained land combat command | GEN Schwarzkopf retained land combat command | ||
*[[Third United States Army]] | *[[Third United States Army]], LTG John Yeosock | ||
**[[XVIII Airborne Corps]]] | **[[XVIII Airborne Corps]]], LTG Gary Luck | ||
***[[82nd Airborne Division]] | ***[[82nd Airborne Division]] | ||
***[[101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)]] | ***[[101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)]] | ||
***[[24th Infantry Division (Mechanized)]] | ***[[24th Infantry Division (Mechanized)]], MG Barry McCaffery | ||
***[[6th French Light Armored Division]] | ***[[6th French Light Armored Division]] | ||
***[[2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment]] | ***[[2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment]] | ||
**[[VII Corps]] | **[[VII Corps]], LTG Fred Franks | ||
***[[1st Armored Division]] | ***[[1st Armored Division]] | ||
***[[2nd Armored Division]] | ***[[2nd Armored Division]] | ||
Revision as of 13:01, 21 August 2008
This article lists the major military organizations involved in the Gulf. Command relationships often became complex, sometimes with the same officer having several jobs.
High command
- Prince bin Sultan, commanding Saudi and Pan-Arab forces
- GEN H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. , commanding United States Central Command, non-Arab allies. Final decisionmaker on operations in the theater.
United States Central Command
- GEN H Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. , commanding
- LTG Cal Waller, deputy commanding general; temporary commander of Third United States Army while LTG Yeosock was ill.
- LTG Sir Peter de la Billiere, commanding UK forces
Land Component
GEN Schwarzkopf retained land combat command
- Third United States Army, LTG John Yeosock
- XVIII Airborne Corps], LTG Gary Luck
- VII Corps, LTG Fred Franks
- 1st Cavalry Division (CENTCOM reserve)
- I Marine Expeditionary Force LTG Walter Boomer (also Marine Component Commander)
- 1st Marine Division
- 2nd Marine Division
- U.S. Army "Tiger" armored brigade
Logistics component
- 22 Logistics Command
Air Component
Special Operations Component
COL Jesse Johnson
- (unacknowledged) Joint Special Operations Command under MG Wayne Downing
- Elements, 75th Ranger Regiment
- Elements, 1st Special Operations Detachment (Delta)'
- Elements, 60th Special Operations Aviation Regiment