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harsh, barren bare base desert beddowns with temperatures in the 115 - 130 F 
range! Arrival to the theater meant not only acclimatizing and dealing with a 
seven hour time change, but standing up the assemblage. In some instances 
because our units deployed to bare bases it meant sleeping on the floor until 
Harvest Falcon billeting assets were stood up. 
 
	All this in the midst of anticipated combat operations during the 
defensive phase of the operations. Anxiety was high as was a strong sense of 
urgency to provide the CINC with no-bull on-the-ground capability. Just what 
made all this happen in such a short time and with no hesitancy to support the 
war fighters? 

Leadership Was the Key 
 
	One can have no doubt that leadership was the key. Without it at the 
Headquarters Tactical Air Command (TAC) (USCENTAF REAR) Surgeon's Office, the 
Headquarters Military Airlift Command (MAC) Surgeon's Office, and USCENTAF 
Surgeon's Office, and the 1711 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) 
(Provisional) initial operations would not have succeeded. With ATH, Mobile 
Aeromedical Staging Facilities (MASF), and Air Transportable Clinics (ATC) ready 
to marshal! and-be airborne within 24 hours, the initial assets to move required 
strong unit leadership to finalize deployment plans. 
 
	This paper will describe in summary detail this immense task -- from 
crisis action response, to preparing theater medical Time Phased Force 
Deployment Data (TPFDD) requirements, to sourcing, to deploying, to establishing 
a Surgeon's Office, to 
 
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