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Presented By:
Lieutenant Colonel
Mario Costagliola

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Diagram
Of
Attack

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•Transportation
system shuts
down
•Communication
paralyzed
•101st Cavalry
alert and
assembly

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•NYC Office of
Emergency
Management
destroyed
•NYPD/FDNY
Incident
Command
Post
destroyed
Special Operations Command FDNY Truck

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•All 5 FDNY
Rescue
Companies
destroyed
•Urgent calls
for medical
assistance
FDNY Engine 210

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•Telephonic alert
impossible
•Soldiers began to
report without
notification
-By 10:00, 100 soldiers
-By 18:00, 300 soldiers
-By 21:00, 428 soldiers
(between Staten Island
and Troy)

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•Specialized
equipment
required
•Armory security
-Situation unclear
-Further attacks
expected
Staten Island Armory

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Casualty Collection Point
(Baseball Stadium)
Temporary
Morgue
(Ice Skating
Rink)
•Situation 11SEP
14:30
-Medical
personnel and
equipment
dispatched to
CCP
-Armory defense
plan activated
Staten Island
101

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-Units
consolidating
HHC/A/D Staten
Island, B/C Troy
•Equipping of
troops
-Military
-Home Depot
C Co, 101 Cav

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•Medical team
diverted from
baseball stadium
to ground zero via
ferry
•Aid station and
morgue established
1 Liberty Plaza by
101st Cavalry

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•Advance team
calls for
generators and
respirators at
Ground Zero

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•18:00 second
team medical
personnel and
generators
dispatched to
Ground Zero
•Communication
established with
BG Klein – first
higher HQ
contact

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•Armory security
plan
-Entrances blocked
with armored
vehicles
-Armed perimeter
established
-Strict access
control measures
implemented Staten Island Armory Rooftop

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•Prep for deployment
-Weapons issued &
mounted
-Nuclear Biological
and Chemical
protective
equipment issued
101 Cav Convoy

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-Civilian rescue equipment issued
-Vehicles prepped and loaded for move to Manhattan
•20:00, September 11, contact established with
1-69 INF CDR, LTC Slack
B Co CDR, 101 Cav with FDNY

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•September 12,
05:00 main
convoy departs
armory: 87
vehicles
•06:00 troops
deployed on east
perimeter of
Ground Zero
•Linkup with
NYPD, FDNY,
1-69th INF,
and 1-258 FA
101 Cav Convoy

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•Command link established with BG Klein 53rd Troop Cmd
•Mission: Establish Lower Manhattan Frozen Zone and
assist rescue and recovery
•101st Cavalry aid station converted to field morgue
Daily News photograph, September 13, 2001 issue

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69 101
C 101
B 101
D 101
A 101
MORT 101
SCT 101
101
12SEP

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69 101
C 101
B 101
D 101
A 101
MORT 101
SCT 101
101
13SEP

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13SEP: Ground Zero
•Situation
-Emergency
responders and
civilian
contractors
converge on
Ground Zero
-No central
Command
and Control
101 Cav Soldier,
Ground Zero

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•Mission
-101st Cavalry
moves in to clear
personnel, restrict
access, and
facilitate
synchronized
coordination
101 Cav
convoy,
looking
over 50
caliber
machine
gun

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69 101
C 101
B 101
D 101
A 101
MORT 101
SCT 101
101
13SEP
Satellite
photograph

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Lower Manhattan
Park Ave Armory
FLD
53 TC
x
101
Screen line
•Ground Zero
•Morgue
•Remains
recovery
•Fuel support
(FDNY)
•Power
generation
Staten Island
-
14SEP MISSIONS

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Soldier/Leader Challenges
•Physical/mental
exhaustion
•Physical hazards
and danger
•Feeling of
isolation
•Trauma from
death and
destruction
B Co, 101 Cav, Battery Park

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•Personal loss
•Family separation
Soldier/Leader Challenges
•Frustration at lack of survivors
•Anger
101 Cav Soldiers, Ground Zero

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16 – 23SEP Missions
•Security checkpoints
•Roving patrols
•Rooftop searches
•Civilian escort
•Logistic support to civil authorities
•Transition to 24 hour operations
•Relief in place 22 – 23SEP
101 Cav Soldiers, Bowling Green, at a security checkpoint

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Lessons Learned
•Soldiers/units must be prepared
for mobilization without warning
-Individual soldier load plan
-Soldier personal
affairs
-Weapons
qualification
-Chemical
protective mask
fitting
-Physical fitness
-Individual soldier
skill proficiency
B Co, 101 Cav, Battery Park

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•Unit readiness for
Homeland Defense
-Vehicle readiness
-Ammunition
pre-stocks
-Nuclear Biological
and Chemical
equipment
-Junior leader
development
-Contingency stock
-Fuel
-Rations
Lessons Learned
Armor, Battery Park

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-Cell phones and radios
-Local maps
-Rescue equipment
•Liaison/interface with civil authorities
NY Post
photo
shows
Soldier
checking
ID

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November 1, 2001 90 Day Activation
•First large scale
New York
State activation
ever
•TF Wingfoot 600
soldiers:
-101st Cav
-442 MPs
B Co, 101 Cav Soldier,
Queens Midtown Tunnel

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•Mission: provide security for NYC infrastructure
-Bridges
-Tunnels
-Train stations
-Ground Zero
November 1, 2001 90 Day Activation

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Midtown Manhattan Posts
Penn Station
20 MPs 59th St. Bridge
18 Soldiers
Midtown Tunnel
18 Soldiers
Grand Central
20 MPs

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Southern Manhattan Posts
Williamsburg
Bridge
15 Soldiers
Manhattan Bridge
06:00-10:00 Mon-Fri
13 Soldiers
Brooklyn Bridge
07:00–11:00
4 Soldiers
WTC
(The Zone)
33 Soldiers

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Time Magazine, Oct 1, 2001 Issue
B Company Soldiers, 101st Cavalry

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Rabbi Goldstein
performing religious
services at Ground Zero,
NY Times,
September 19, 2001 issue

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101 Cav Soldiers patrolling
Ground Zero, Times Union
(Albany, NY Newspaper)
September 17, 2001 issue

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Time Magazine, November 12, 2001

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Soldiers checking IDs, Wall Street,
NY Times, September 18, 2001 issue

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Slideshow produced by:
Second Lieutenant Mark J Walsh
Platoon Leader
Bravo Company
101st Cavalry
New York Army National Guard
2002
E-mail:Mark.J.Walsh@us.army.mil