Well, sort of. The fallback plan was for 4th Infantry and Taskforce Ironsides to keep their heavy equipment aboard ship, and instead offload at Umm Qasr. We more or less hold the port facilities, but the tempting consideration of a counterattack that catches a divisional-sized task force unloading from 30-some ships should be something the planners had better very carefully consider.
One question I'm unclear on. Is the 3rd ACR a part of the 4th Infantry Division, or is it a unit unto itself under III Corps?
The 3 ACR unit forces already in the theater are listed as being under the Operational Control [OPCON] of V Corps, not III Corps.
Coalition forces Order of Battle [OOB] *here.*
Command Element, V Corps ~ 1,500
69th Air Defense Artillery BDE [In Israel as part of Juniper Cobra]
5-7th Air Defense Artillery BN 500 ? - Patriot
Task Force 11th Aviation
2nd Sqdn, 6th Cavalry 450 21 - AH-64A
?4 UH-60
6th Sqdn, 6th Cavalry 21 - AH-64D
3rd BN, 58th Aviation
3rd BN, 158th Aviation
5th BN, 158th Aviation ? - UH-60 7th BN, 159th Aviation
1st BN, 227th Aviation
30th Medical BDE
205th Military Intelligence BDE
18th Military Police BDE
22nd Signal BDE
17th Signal BN
32nd Signal BN
440th Signal BN
1st Corps Support Command
XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery
18th Aviation BDE
18th Soldier Support Group
44th Medical BDE
358th Civil Affairs BDE
2nd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division 4,400
1st BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
2nd BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
3rd BN, 325th Airborne Infantry RGT
307th Engineer BN
1st BN, 82nd Aviation RGT
407th Forward Support BN
313th Military Intelligence BN
173rd Airborne Brigade 4,000
1st BN, 508th Infantry (Airborne)
2nd BN, 503rd Infantry (Airborne)
173rd Eng Det
173rd BDE Recon Co
501st FSC
Battery D, 3-319th Abn Field Artillery
elements of, 3rd Armored Cavalry Rgt
1st Sq
2nd Sq
3rd Sq
4th Sq
Support Sq