At midnight, the first combat elements of 3rd Armored Division pushed into Kuwait, and at 0400 SYSCON received a call from G-3, announcing a cease-fire effective 0800 hours on 28 February.
With the SCC in control of the network at Node Center 14, the SYSCON jumped at 0700 to 14 to link up with NC 62. At 1130 hours, G-3 cleared NC 62 to move to its planned location in Kuwait. After a 4-hour road march past the scorched remains of two Iraqi divisions, Node Center 62 arrived in Kuwait, and an hour later had established the first operational MSE node in Kuwait.
On 1 March, Node Centers 61 and 63 moved into Kuwait and established the remainder of the 3rd Armored Division MSE network in Kuwait. This act represented the completion of 143rd Signal Battalion's combat operations in Operation Desert Storm.
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