Appendix E Persian Gulf War-Related Events: Timeline
|
Date |
|
|
Significant Event |
|
1990 |
August |
2 |
Iraq invades Kuwait |
|
1990 |
August |
8 |
U.S. Air Force arrives in Saudi Arabia |
|
1990 |
August |
9 |
U.S. ground forces arrive in Saudi Arabia |
|
1990 |
November |
29 |
UN Security Council authorizes use of force to eject Iraq from Kuwait |
|
1991 |
January |
12 |
Congress authorizes use of force to eject Iraq from Kuwait |
|
1991 |
January |
16 |
Operation Desert Storm commences as U.S. warplanes attack military targets in Iraq and Kuwait |
|
1991 |
January |
17 |
First hostile fire |
|
1991 |
January |
20 |
First oil well fires started in Kuwait |
|
1991 |
January |
27 |
Coalition forces declare air supremacy |
|
1991 |
February |
19 |
Majority of oil well fires ignited |
|
1991 |
February |
24 |
Ground war begins |
|
1991 |
February |
25 |
SCUD attack in Dhahran killing U.S. troops |
|
1991 |
February |
28 |
Cease-fire takes effect and offensive operations end |
|
1991 |
March |
10 |
U.S. troops destroy munitions dump at Khamisiyah |
|
1991 |
June |
13 |
Last U.S. ground troops return to the United States |
|
1992 |
August |
|
Expert Panel on Petroleum Toxicity established |
|
1993 |
July |
|
Office of Technology Assessment Workshop on Persian Gulf Health held |
|
1993 |
October |
|
Start of IOM Committee to Review the Health Consequences of Service During the Persian Gulf War |
|
1993 |
December |
|
Defense Science Board established |
|
1994 |
January |
|
Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board established |
|
1994 |
April |
|
National Institutes of Health Technology Assessment Workshop Panel held |
|
1994 |
May |
|
Independent Council Harrison Spencer (dean, Tulane University School of Public Health) appointed |
|
1994 |
June |
|
IOM Committee to Review DoD's Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program established |
|
1994 |
December |
2 |
IOM Committee on the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program's first report submitted to DoD |
|
1995 |
March |
|
Senior-Level Oversight Panel, Persian Gulf Investigation Team, and Declassification Program established |
|
1995 |
March |
|
Task Force on Analysis and Declassification of Intelligence Records established |
|
1995 |
May |
26 |
Presidential Advisory Committee of Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses established |
|
1995 |
August |
7 |
IOM Committee on the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program's second report submitted to DoD |
|
Date |
|
|
Significant Event |
|
1996 |
January |
|
IOM Committee on the Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program's final report submitted to DoD |
|
1996 |
March |
|
DoD releases report, "The Possible Role of Vaccine Adjuvants in Persian Gulf War Veterans Illness" |
|
1996 |
March |
11 |
Congressional hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part I" |
|
1996 |
March |
28 |
Congressional hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part II" |
|
1996 |
June |
21 |
DoD announces that suspected chemical weapons might have been at the Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Depot (300–400 U.S. troop potentially exposed to nerve agents) |
|
1996 |
June |
25 |
Congressional hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part III" |
|
1996 |
August |
2 |
CIA releases report on Intelligence Related to Gulf War Illness |
|
1996 |
August |
4 |
DoD releases report on "Coalition Chemical Detectons and Health of Coalition Troops in Dectection Area" |
|
1996 |
August |
8 |
DoD releases "Report on Possible Effects of Oganophosphate 'Low-Level' Nerve Agent Exposure" |
|
1996 |
September |
4 |
DoD releases CCEP Database for Independent Scientific Investigation |
|
1996 |
September |
19 |
Congressional hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part IV" |
|
1996 |
September |
19 |
DoD revises estimate of number of troops potentially exposed to nerve agents to 5,000 |
|
1996 |
October |
2 |
DoD revises estimate of number of troops potentially exposed to nerve agents to 15,000 |
|
1996 |
October |
22 |
DoD revises estimate of number of troops potentially exposed to nerve agents to 21,000 |
|
1996 |
November |
|
Special Assistant to Gulf War Veterans Illnesses appointed |
|
1996 |
November |
|
Special Assistant to the President for Gulf War Veterans Illnesses appointed |
|
1996 |
December |
|
Second IOM Committee to Review DoD's Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program established |
|
1996 |
December |
10 |
Congressional Hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part V" |
|
1996 |
December |
31 |
Presidential Advisory Committee submits its final report |
|
1997 |
January |
9 |
Senate hearings held on "Persian Gulf War Illnesses" |
|
1997 |
January |
21 |
Congressional hearings held on "Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome Part VI" |
