354TFW/23TFW SITREP

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B.   (U)   MOBILITY PROCESSING  -  OUR MEDICAL READINESS AND MEDICAL
LOGISTICS FUNCTIONS WORKED HARD AND PUT IN LONG HOURS PREPARING FOR
OPERATION DESERT SHIELD.  AS A RESULT PROCESSING - BOTH PERSONNEL AND
EQUIPMENT - WENT SMOOTHLY.  ALTHOUGH TIME FROM INITIAL RECALL TO
FIRST FLIGHT WAS ONLY THREE HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES, THE FACT THAT
PERSONAL AFFAIRS (SHOTS, POWERS OF ATTORNEY, EMERGENCY DATA CARDS,
WILLS, ETC.) HAD BEEN TAKEN CARE OF ALLOWED ENOUGH TIME FOR MANDATORY
BRIEFINGS, INVENTORYING C-1 BAGS, AND CHANGING GAS MASK FILTERS AS
WELL AS ATTACHING HOODS.  ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE THREE AND A HALF WEEKS
OF TWO HOUR TELEPHONE STANDBY, NOT KNOWING IF THE NEXT DAY WOULD BE
THE DAY, WAS VERY TAXING ON MANY OF OUR PEOPLE.  AUGMENTEES ON THE
MOBILITY LINE COULD NOT ANSWER ROUTINE QUESTIONS ABOUT CHEMICAL GEAR;
PERSONNEL WERE BRIEFED ONLY 70 LBS. OF BAGGAGE PLUS A 15 LB. CARRY-ON
BAG WHILE ORDERS STATED EXCESS BAGGAGE WAS AUTHORIZED; AND THE THIRD
INCREMENT, WHICH FLOWED TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INITIAL DEPLOYMENT,
RECEIVED NO BRIEFINGS ON THE AREA OF DEPLOYMENT, TERRORIST ACTIVITY,
ETC.  FINALLY, MANY UNITS AT OUR DEPLOYED LOCATION HAD BEEN ISSUED



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EXPIRED ANTIDOTES.  CLOSER SCRUTINY DURING MOBILITY PROCESSING COULD
HAVE ALLEVIATED THIS PROBLEM.

.   (U)   ATH MARSHALING - THE ATH MARSHALING PROCESS IS NOT AS CUT
AND DRIED AS MANY LINE FUNCTIONS DUE TO THE SENSITIVE CARGO AND
REFRIGERATED ITEMS.  MEDICAL MATERIEL WAS MARSHALED TOO FAR IN
ADVANCE.  AS A CONSEQUENCE, THE PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE SUMMER HEAT
DAMAGED SOME DRUGS AND X-RAY FILM.  LAST MINUTE TASKINGS TO PROCURE
AND BUILD TWO DECONTAMINATION PALLETS COMPETED WITH MEDICAL
MATERIAL'S TIME FOR FINALIZING AND MARSHALING ATH SUPPLIES AND
EQUIPMENT.

.   (U)   TRIP OVER -  MAC PROVIDED AIRLIFT ON C-5S AND C-141S.
ALTHOUGH SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINED OF BEING COLD, THE MAC FLIGHT CREWS
WERE VERY HOSPITABLE AND MAKE US AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.

.   (U)   ARRIVAL - ARRIVED APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL.  ALTHOUGH
THOROUGHLY BRIEFED ON THE RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENT, MANY PEOPLE STILL
WERE NOT ADEQUATELY PREPARED FOR THE INTENSE HEAT.  THE DEPUTY
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