1 9 th ▁Engine er ▁batt al ions , ▁the ▁ 2 1 8 th ▁Military ▁Police ▁Company , ▁and ▁the ▁ 7 th ▁Support ▁Group , ▁joined ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁Arm ored ▁Division ▁in ▁K uw ait . ▁ ▁Units ▁concentr ated ▁on ▁prepar ing ▁vehicles ▁for ▁over se as ▁movement ▁while ▁under going ▁individual ▁and ▁unit ▁training , ▁including ▁g unn ery , ▁in ▁the ▁few ▁weeks ▁available ▁before ▁deployment . ▁The ▁division ▁qualified ▁ 3 5 5 ▁t anks ▁and ▁ 3 0 0 ▁Brad ley ▁cre ws ▁on ▁T ables ▁VII ▁and ▁VIII , ▁conducted ▁division ▁art illery ▁how itzer ▁section ▁g unn ery , ▁fired ▁modified ▁V ul can ▁Table ▁VIII ▁and ▁qualified ▁St inger ▁and ▁Chap ar ral ▁cre ws . ▁Battle ▁dr ill ▁re he ars als ▁and ▁w arg aming ▁sem in ars ▁were ▁also ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁rig orous ▁training ▁ag enda . ▁ ▁The ▁division ▁transport ed ▁equipment ▁by ▁rail , ▁whe e led ▁con voy , ▁and ▁rot ary - wing ▁self - deploy ment . ▁These ▁movements ▁un av oid ably ▁occurred ▁on ▁short ▁notice ▁or ▁in ▁bad ▁weather , ▁and ▁pos ed ▁challeng es ▁to ▁coord ination ▁and ▁log istics . ▁The ▁first ▁trains ▁depart ed ▁for ▁port ▁the ▁last ▁week ▁of ▁November ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁so ▁until ▁the ▁second ▁week ▁of ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 0 . ▁Within ▁two ▁months ▁ 1 7 , 4 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁and ▁ 7 ,