"Copy 2 is in CD format and is located in Special Collection". Interviews conducted in 1991. Publication date based on signed user agreement (Appendix A). Prepared under the auspices of the Military History Institute's Oral History Branch.

Major General Thomas H. Tait, USA. Session 1. Active Component/ Reserve Component -- DESERT STORM Lessons Learned Assignment -- Working with Military Historians -- How It Should Have Been Organized -- Session 2. Mission Statement -- Development of Mission -- Public Affairs/Office of the Chief of Legislative Liaison -- Preparing and Structuring Lessons Learned Process -- Session 3. Lessons Learned Process Difficulties -- Approaching the Lessons Learned Process -- Release of the Lessons Learned Report -- Challenges in Collecting Materials -- I Corps Commander -- Budget Cycle Impact on Lessons Learned Report -- Implementing Lessons Learned Report -- Taking Care of the Soldier -- Session 4. Logistical Issues -- Distribution of the Supplies -- Learning from History -- General Crosbie E. Saint, USA. Session 1. Notification and Early Planning for Deployment of VII Corps -- Return of Forces to Germany '88 -- Preparation for Overseas Movement -- "Could You Send a Corps?" -- Deciding Which Units to Deploy -- Issuing Orders to Move the Corps -- Loading the Ships -- Session 2. Notification Process -- Standardized Agreements and Host Nation Support Agreements -- Risk Management and Supporting Movement Needs -- Command and Control Relationships with ARCENT, EUCOM, and DA -- "Stovepipe" Organizations -- EUCOM's Management Driven by the Joint Staff -- Protecting Subordinates -- Transitioning Command Relationships -- Vision and Overall Management for PROVIDE COMFORT -- "Get to GRAF!" -- Session 3. Lessons Learned on Corps Capability to Deploy Themselves -- Augmentation -- Deploying out of Fort Hood -- Theater Reserve Stocks -- Communication Interoperability -- Final Thoughts -- Recommendations for a Commander to Prepare to Deploy a Corps -- Shalikashvili, Heldstab, and Laposata -- Lieutenant General Joseph S. Laposata, USA. Session 1. Early Planning and Guidance for DESERT SHIELD -- Trainload Movement -- "Try the Barge, Guys" -- Setting the Plan, and Doing It -- Following Every NATO Rule to the T -- Developing a Corporate Look -- Understanding Ship Schedule and Ship Capability -- Session 2. Lieutenant General William Flynn -- Command and Control -- Defense Subsistence Region, Europe -- Supporting the Commander in Chief, Central Command -- Communicating Through White-Tails -- Prioritizing Between USAREUR, USAFE, or EUCOM -- Session 3. Command and Control Between DA -- Operation Center at Stuttgart -- COMPASS -- Basic Load of Ammunition and Containers -- Session 4. Commercial Carriers, Host Nations, and Command and Control -- Protesters and the Press -- Looking Back on Logistics and Force Structures -- Melding the USAREUR Requirements -- Family Support -- Provide Comfort -- Long Haul in Saudi Arabia -- War Reserves -- Session 5. Future NATO Operations with U.S. Involvement -- Area Deployment out of Europe -- CAPSTONE -- Fest Tents -- Capability of the Corps to Deploy -- Admin Loading -- Command Relationships: TAMCA, TAMMC, TAACOM, USAREUR -- Logistics and Deploying Require Teamwork -- Acronym list -- Appendix A: Access agreement.