TASK FORCE III DESERT SHIELD/STORM

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References

1. Initial USCENTAF Surgeon's Office personnel included:
Colonel Randy Randolph (Surgeon), Colonel Joe Melchiorre (Deputy Surgeon), Colonel Don
Butts (Director of Professional Services
and Environmental Health Services), Lieutenant Colonel
Bob Ferguson (Chief USCENTAF Plans and Operations), Lieutenant Colonel Dave Potts (Chief,
Bioenvironmental Engineering Services), Major Rhonda Bridge (Chief Nurse), Major Mark
Williams (Director, Joint Blood Program Office), Senior Master Sergeant Tom Brewer (Chief
of Logistics), and Sergeants Dan Alyea and John Neuser (Administration). Others deployed
and augmented the staff later as requirements increased. The TAC Surgeon's Office
personnel above augmented UTC 9AABA.

2. Source: Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) - cumulative total of medical
equipment and supplies requiring movement to SWA. Does not include medical assets and
supplies moved to support USAFE, nor supplies shipped from the MEDSOM at Pirmasens Germany
to SWA.

3. Prepositioned ASFs and MASFs were sourced and moved forward for staging and
reconfiguration. Also, additional Harvest Falcon environmental control units (ECU) and
generators were provided by LG to augment medical requirements.

4. Source: Colonel Donald W. Butts, HQ TAC/SGPM, Langley AFB VA, during telephone
interview 17 Oct 91.

5. Air Transportable Hospital (ATH) After Action Reports:

a. 1st Medical Group, Langley AFB VA, "1st ATH Desert -
Shield/Desert Storm After Action Report, Commander's Summary,"
Major Richard S. Williams, USAF, MC, Commander 1 TAC Hospital;
and "Operations Desert Shield/Storm ATH Deployment History,"
First Lieutenant Thomas D. McCormick, USAF, MSC, Director Medical
Plans and Readiness, 15 August 1991.

b. 4th Medical Group, Seymour Johnson AFB NC, "After Action Report Operation Desert
Shield/Desert Storm," Colonel Djalma A.
Braga, USAF, MC, Commander, 4 TAC Hospital, 20 May 1991; "Briefing for Brigadier General
Robert Buethe," Colonel Djalma A.
Braga, USAF, MC, Commander; and "Operation Desert Shield/Storm Deployment History," First
Lieutenant John J. Dandeneau, USAF, MSC, Director Medical Readiness, 11 September 1991.

c. 23rd Medical Group, England AFB LA, "After-Action Reports-Operation Desert
Shield/Storm," Colonel Persio A. Ballista, USAF, MC, Commander, 29 May 1991; and "ATH
Deployment History," Colonel Persio A. Ballista, 19 August 1991.