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       size required. They also made recommendations for various skills
      required . For example, if a base had an existing power plant that
      could be used, a team would not require as many power production
      personnel as if a separate power plant had to be established using
      generators. The TAC Battle Staff then sourced the team if it was a
      team from a TAC base or went to the other major commands to source
      a team. The TAC Battle Staff then entered the team into the TPFDD
      and monitored their deployment, answering as many of the team's
      questions as possible. 11
      Captain Patterson, the first member of the CENTAF/DE staff in
      -Saudi Arabia' deployed on 7 August with about fifteen other CENTAF
      staff personnel. He took with him a single footlocker of reference
      materials such s as airfield data' pavement characteristics' the
      "Bare Base Conceptual Planning Guide'" and the Air Force Almanac
      (This publication listed commercial phone numbers for all Air Force
      bases. AUTOVON lines were not available for several days following
      their arrival in Riyadh.). As the size of the deployment continued
      to grow' more potential beddown sites were considered. Captain
      Patterson worked some of these sites from Riyadh. Because he was
      the only DE representative, he could not leave the office to
      conduct a site survey. He sent a supply technician to conduct a
      site survey at two potential beddown locations. Later' two
      individuals from the AFLC/Logistical Support Group Engineers
      conducted site surveys for the CENTAF staff. These engineers used
      the information in the Bare Base Conceptual Planning Guide and
      their experience in determining the viability of the sites. MSgt
      William A. Hinegardner, also from the CENTAF/DE staff, soon joined
      Captain Patterson. They set up operations in the Royal Saudi Air
      Force (RSAF) headquarters in Riyadh. Operating in crowded' noisy
      conditions with extremely limited communications, they continued to
      work requirements for people and assets and wondered when they were
      going to get some help
      The planning for the CENTAF/DE staff called for augmentation
      by members of the 10th Civil Engineering Flight (with two, three-
      person PR-7 Prime RIBS teams attached), a Reserve unit from
      Bergstrom AFB' Texas. The two staffs had practiced this process for
      several years before Operation Desert Shield. However' they were
      not included in the initial increment of Reserve call-ups A Staff
      had to be quickly assembled. Brig. Gen. (sel) Michael A.
      McAuliffe, Deputy Chief of Staff' Engineering and Services'
      Headquarters, Tactical Air Command (HQ TAC), decided that a colonel
      was required to lead the staff at Riyadh. He chose Col. (sel
      Karsten H. Rothenberg' the Director of Air Force Foreign Military
      Sales Construction Engineers, HQ AFLC. Colonel Rothenburg was
      selected because he was intimately familiar with the Saudi Arabian
      construction program and had visited the region several times.
      However, he was unfamiliar with Harvest Falcon assets and the
      CENTAF mission" General McAuliffe chose fit. Col. Ronald McCoy to
      be the deputy. Lieutenant Colonel McCoy had just arrived at HQ SAC
      as the Deputy Director of Housing and Services In addition' a
      staff was assembled from throughout the Air Force. General
      McAuliffe pulled together a variety of expertise and experience