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      Deployment: 3 February 1991
      Operationally ready in Bahrain: 11 February 1991
      Termination of Bahrain responsibilities : 7 March l991
      Arrival Home Station*: 16 Manch l991

      5. Manpower. Not applicable to solo travel.

      6. Patient Workload: See 3. above. Very light casualties led to light
      workloads. I led Advanced Trauma Life Support training sessions with
      technicians and nurses.

      7. Professional Intelligence. With respect to the climate and weather, we
      arrived and worked in the optimal season. The temperatures were moderate,
      the winds gentle enough to be comfortable and strong enough to make
      chemical agents less of a threat, the rains only frequent enough (and
      usually at night) to keep the dust down. During the hotter, drier months of
      the year problem with waste disposal, disease vectors, heat exhaustion,
    cramps and stroke, dehydration and general irritability would certainly
      have been worse. The island's environment and topography made it an
     ideal  site. Bahrain's less intense legislation allowed  alcohol in the
      evenings for troops.   Alcohol abuse was rare in our 150 person  villa. The
      less restrictive government mase  terrorism our bigest threat.
      Consequently, we were restricted to the villa. 0ne of my most important
      duties was to maximize morale/cooperation and minimize interpersonal
      friction/stress.

      a. Community environment and sanitation:

        (1  Health services.  Available at local Navy, air Force and british facilitie.
	Sick call available at all facilities.
       (2)  Water supply. Bottled water supplied.
        (3) Sewage disposal. Per villa routine. Not a problem.
        (4) ocal restaurante. N/A as we were rerstricted to villa.
        (5) Insects and and animals affecting health.
       (6) Poisonous fish and plants.   None.
       (7) Food and dairy  products.  Well refrigerated.  Not a problem.
       (8)   Veterinary service impact statement.  None.
       (9) Preventive medicine impact statement.  As above.

 b. Prevalent diseases.  No trends.

 c. Preventative medicine measures necessary on and off base.  No drinking
     water,  no local uncooked/unpeeled/unrefrigerated foods.
d. N/A as had no contact.

 e.  Medical facilites
        (1) Military  medical support available from local Navy Hospital (about
	1000 beds), British Hospital (about 150 beds), Navy ships (about 1500 beds).

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