The records in this accession were created by various units at CANFORME headquarters and document air, sea and land aspects of Canadian Participation in the Gulf War, including the Canadian Air Task Group, Middle East (CATGME), which was located in Qatar.
The records in box 1 document equipment and supplies; airlift tasking; ammunition and explosives; and transport.
The records in box 2 document rotations.
The records in box 3 document CANFORME situation reports; administration, organization and management; regulations and orders; and rotations.
The records in box 4 document Operation Friction (the Gulf War); organization, administration and management; the final report of the Force signal officer; administrative policy; satellite communications with naval vessels; communication in general; the long range communications terminal (LRCT); communications situation reports; plans, operations and readiness; and operational summaries.
The records in box 5 document Canadian Forces Europe situation reports; naval, air and land operations; Operation Sponge; nuclear, biological and chemical warfare operations; Operations Iron Sable, Ennoble, and Magnolia; political situation reports; plans, operations and readiness; Canadian Field Hospital situation reports; communications situation reports; and situation reports from the 79 Communication Regiment, CANFORME, CATGME, USCENTAF, and COMUSNAVCENT.
The records in box 6 document medical aspects of this operation including background information prepared by various Canadian and foreign government agencies about the history and geography of Iraq and analyses of the region's venomous snakes; medical countermeasures and treatments against chemical or biological attack. Operation Magnolia; CANFORME medical instructions; a CANFORME hospital admission and discharge book; weekly situation reports; the United States Naval Ship Mercy; medical pans; medical evaluation; the interim and post-operational medical reports; disease surveillance; the Canadian Support Unit medical section Standing Operating Procedures; and the headquarters emergency plan.
The records in box 7 document the following medical aspects of this operation: medical plans and services; medical supples; heat injuries; Operation Scalpel (Gulf War medical operations); daily situation reports and nuclear, chemical and biological operations.
The records in box 8 document air operations.
The records in box 9 document the following aspects of naval operations: United States naval situation reports; daily general orders; daily naval intercept reports; operational task and intention, naval operations in general, air taskings; and the transportation of materiel.
The records in box 10 document Operation Magnolia, CATGME and CANFORME rotations; leave policy; Bahrain Attendance at the Canadian Forces Staff College; liaison personnel in Riyadh; CANFORME establishment and phase-down; administrative orders; and personnel.
The records in box 11 document situation reports; prisoners of war; special projects; intelligence operations; organization and establishment; office services; visits; diplomacy; strength reports; conferences and meetings; parades and ceremonies; historical matters and war diaries; information services; reports and returns; medical plans and services; interoperability with MARCOM; casualties deaths and funerals; discipline; honours and awards; and INMARSAT/INTELSAT; and communications.
The records in box 12 document naval OPTASK intentions, including ASUWC intentions
The records in box 13 document ASUWC intentions; naval assessment reports; naval daily intercept reports; and naval operations.
The records in box 14 document air operations; visits; CARGME daily airstar; and operational taskings.
The records in box 15 document plans, operations and readiness; and situation reports.
The records in box 16 document rotations; orders; intelligence; diplomacy; reports and returns; the 'Air Defence and Airspace Control Procedures for Operation Desert Shield'; directives; Operations Scimitar and Friction; mobilization planning; the rotation of ships;
The records in box 17 document port visits; diplomacy and clearances; operational equipment requirements; nuclear, biological and chemical operations; Operations Unsheathed Sword, Ennoble, Home Front, Desert Sabre, Desert Dagger, Sponge, Proud Flame, Iron Sabre, Magnolia, Scalpel, Broadsword, and Axe; External Affairs; the CATGME daily airstar; operational tasking; general orders; the USNS Mercy; operations; and naval assessment reports.
The records in box 18 document correspondence and intelligence.
