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       AFB. Prime RIBS teams Initially deployed primarily In nine,
       eighteen, or twenty-five-person teams. Some tailoring of the
       deploying UICs was done. Commanders and team chiefs weeded out
       those who had to stay home for personal or medical reasons. They
       put together a team that included a mixture of experience'
       technical expertise, and youthful energy. While each unit sent
       their "best," they also recognized that they had to operate and
       maintain the home station" Some experienced personnel had to stay
       home to maintain the bane. Bases also tailored their teams by
       skill. Experience and common sense told engineers that certain
       kills such as water' power production, and carpentry would be
       critical in bedding down forces in a bare base setting. A few
       teams considered tailoring their teams by gender. Some engineers
       were reluctant to deploy women because of the restrictions Saudi
       Arabia placed upon them. It was unclear in the minds of the
       engineers how American women would be able to function in the
       Muslim country. The deployed Palms BEEF and RIBS teams compelled
       ninety-three percent males and seven percent females.
       approximately one half of the deployed teams were thirty years old
       and younger. (16)
       The typical Site Engineer at the deployed locations was a
       major. The typical Chief of Services was a captain. Of the
       twenty-two primary sites in SWA, the rank structure broke down this
       way:(17)

                                                      TABLE I
                                      ENGINEERING AND SERVICES RANK STRUCTURE

                 RANK                      ENGINEERS SERVICES
                 Lieutenants               	3		1
   	   Captains                        7 		13
                 Majors                    	10		3
                 Lieutenant Colonels       2		5

       usually when more senior Engineering or Services officers deployed
       to a site, they ended up as Combat Support Element Commanders
       rather than site engineers or chiefs of Services. This was true
       for Tabuk' Bateen' and Cairo Rest for Engineering and Masirah'
       Sharjak' and Al AYN for Services. Four home station Base Civil
       Engineers (BCEs deployed, but more often, the Chief of operations
       led the team. Fifteen Services squadron commanders deployed to SEA
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       bases. ~
       Lathe early days of the operation' Air Force leaders
       recognized the need for RED HORSE in SPA to assist in the extensive
       engineering tasks that lay ahead. The HQ TAC Battle Staff notified
       the 823d RED HORSE Squadron' Hurlburt Field' Florida' to prepare
       for deployment to Southwest Asia on 14 August 1990. The unites
       seventeen-person' RH-1 advance echelon (ADVONj team received
       movement orders on 27 August and arrived at Dhahran on ~ September.