67 COMBAT SUPPORT GROUP TRIP REPORT

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           the beginning with no computer or admin tent to work in. Within
           two months the 702 was sent home and not replaced. Laundry
           Exchange operated relatively smoothly but the Army did lose
           several items a week and we still had to clean all other clothes
           by hand.
          
          Lesson's  Learned
          
           - Mark your name on everything - Most missing items were
           incorrectly marked when sent to the plant, things of value loved
           to walk in our environment.
          
          H. The Tactical Field Exchange was controlled by Major Larsen so
          I didn't really get involved other than to shop. However, we
          requested a TFE kit as well as Prime FARE personnel to run it and
          our storeroom function early in the game . The personnel showed in
          January, 6 weeks after us, so it had been a significant amount of
          time before smokes or candy were available to us. A large morale
          controller.
          
          Lesson Learned
          
          - Set up your own Imprest Fund/IFE- we could have bad a TFE alot
          sooner if we had gone to Daharan and set up an imprest fund rather
          than wait for Centaf to approve our site and send items.  Direct
          contact with AAFES would have been the ticket, lesson learned. I
          think we counted on Centaf way too much to provide the things we
           needed, the best way to obtain things was to get it yourself,
          which I did more than once a week.
          
          - Keep the Army out- There were several Army personnel in our
          tent city but eventually the Army in the TFE outnumbered the Air
          Force. They weren't to be in our camp at all but it was
          hard to tell who belonged and who didn't. Eventually long lines
          and item shortages resulted, as well as sneaking into dining hall
          and eating. We finally got it under control but the best thing
          was to keep them out, they had their own. It sounds cold but we
          were barely taking care of the Air Force people.
          
          I. Post War tear down was a long drawn out process. Once the
          fighter planes left and accompanying maintenance folks, about 40
          % of the tents were available for teardown and thats what
          happened.  We had ot consolidate personnel and then wait for the
          word for us to depart. The flying mission went away but soon
          thereafter KKMC became the Army point of debarkation thus we kept
          the runway open and food moving. Eventually 12 MAC Aircrews
          rotated in and out to support the Army.  They were the worst
          complainers of the tent city population and demanded quite a bit
          of attention, their prima donna attitudes didn't get them very
          far in our bare base arena. Services some how was stuck with the
          pick up of cots, blankets, pillows , sheets and tent parts
          throughout the deployment. I attribute this to the fact, that we
          hochoed the tent build ups and everyone came to us looking for
          additional parts, also Supply was 6 weeks late in getting to this
          location. The teardown was slow, we had all the time we needed.
          CES had a tent tear down crew that attacked after we cleared the
          occupants. The WING commander held many aircraft from leaving
          until the tents were cleaned by the occupants.