1611 AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION SQUADRON (PROVISIONAL)

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them with personnel concerns.


	(b) Personnel information Files (PIFs). The orderly
room served as the collection point and depository for all
personnel documentation. SGQ developed PIFs for each members
assigned to the AOR. Items filed in these folders included
orders, letters of evaluation, letters of counseling, letters of
reprimand, promotion notifications, letters for dishonored checks,
and other miscellaneous personnel documentation. SGQ was
responsible for closing the PIFs, sending copies to unit
commanders and storing all original copies at the 1 AES for future
reference.

(c) Kuwaiti Interpreters. The orderly room served as the point of contact for 
the Kuwaiti interpreters. These individuals were Kuwaiti citizens living in 
the US who volunteered to act as interpreters for the coalition forces. Seven 
interpreters were assigned to the 1611 AES(P). They were positioned at three 
locations in the AOR and were used on AE missions transporting enemy prisoners 
of war.

(d) Other Responsibilities. SGQ controlled billeting for over 150 AE personnel 
assigned to Riyadh, conducted in/out processing of personnel, provided 24-hour 
transportation support for transient personnel, provided limited AE mission 
support, and sorted and redistributed mail for the unit. Each day, as many as 
3,000 pieces of mail were received, processed, and forwarded to AE personnel 
at over 25 locations. Additionally, SGQ provided protocol support for DV/VIPs 
and a conference area for a variety of meetings conducted by the AECC for 
elements of the TAES. Limited staffing and a shortage of vehicles compounded 
the problem of providing service to members of the 1611 AES(P).

b. Aeromedical Evacuation Control Elements. AECEs were deployed in Operation 
DESERT SHIELD/STORM for the first time ever. Their function was to manage 
aeromedical operations at each of the five strategic AE hubs where patients 
were staged for movement to EUCOM. Overall, the five AECEs, which were 
comprised of 100t ARC personnel, managed approximately 730 AECMs, as well as 
all C-130 and C-141 AE missions through their locations. Later, with the 
further development of the strategic AE hub concept, the function of each AECE 
was expanded to include operational control over all medical and aeromedical 
elements at each of the hubs. The OIC of each AECE became the Director, 
Aeromedical Operations (DAO), for that location.

(1) Positioning of AECEs. Initially, management of the AE crews at the first 
two strategic hubs, Riyadh AB and Dhahran, was provided by the small 
management elements which deployed with -the crews. A formal 17-person AECE 
package was requested in late August to assume those functions. It arrived in 
mid September, was divided into two elements, and assumed management of the AE 
crews in Riyadh and Dhahran. By mid October, an additional AECE was 
established at the third strategic hub, Muharraq International

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