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3)   (U)   REQUESTED SUPPORT:  CENTAF SOURCE AND SHIP ADDITIONAL KITS.

ART IV.   (U)   OTHER.

.	31TFW AIR TRANSPORTABLE HOSPITAL:  THE 3L MED GP/SG REPORTS
100% OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY FOR THEIR ATH.  PER CENTAFS DIRECTION WE
HAVE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING LESSONS LEARNED:

.   MOBILITY PROCESSING:  5206-1 SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WITH OLD STYLE
GAS MASK WERE ISSUED WRONG FILTERS (RIOT AGENT FILTERS).  WE MUST
ENFORCE CHECKING EQUIPMENT AT TIME OF ISSUE.

.  MARSHALING:

1)   (U)   SHADE IS NEEDED TO PROTECT TAPE AND MATERIALS FORM INTENSE



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SUN WHEN LEFT ON FLIGHT LINE MORE THAN 2 DAYS.

2)   (U)   DESPITE 2 INVENTORIES ON ATH, THERE WERE SEVERAL
SHORTFALLS, COMPOUNDED BY LAST MINUTE PUBLICATION OF NEW TA'S.
SHORTFALLS INCLUDED 02 (SM. CANISTER FOR TRANSPORTING PATIENTS FROM
TRIAGE TO X-RAY TO WARD), SUFFICIENT SUCTION MACHINES, BAND-AIDS, AND
LCARE.
U)   MEDICAL MATERIEL WAS MARSHALED TOO FAR IN ADVANCE OF DEPARTURE.
EXPOSED OXYGEN CYLINDERS WERE A SAFETY HAZARD.  THE PROLONGED HEAT
EXPOSURE DAMAGED SOME DRUGS.

.   (U)   TRIP OVER:  MAC PERSONNEL DID A REMARKABLE JOB GIVEN THE
MAGNITUDE OF THE AIRLIFT.  THE FIELD KITCHEN AND HOSPITABILITY
FACILITIES AT TORREJON WERE VERY WELL ORGANIZED WITH STRONG BASE
SUPPORT.

.   (U)  ARRIVAL:

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