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        assure sustainability,   LGS coordinated with the MAJCOMs and CSSA to
         create Follow-on Spares Kits (FOSK) until the supply pipeline
         matured.  Range and depth of these kits were determined by an elite
         group of major command weapon system managers and computer
         modelers. When the FOSKs arrived, MICAP rates were drastically
        reduced by 20 percent.

         A number of support issues arose that were not previously
         envisioned but were resolved during the course of Operation Desert
         Shield-Desert Storm.

        Many individuals, despite guidance otherwise, deployed into the
        AOR with no Chemical Warfare Defense Equipment (CWDE), expecting it
        would be issued to them upon arrival. LGS sourced CWDE from CONUS
        and Europe in sufficent quantities to adequately protect personnel
        in a chemical environment. Additionally, they directed lateral
        shipments from one site to another to fill shortages and
        replacement requirements that existed. When hostilities ceased,
        LGS arranged the CWDE be bulk shipped back to home station, and if
        not identified, be shipped to Moody AFB for redistribution.

        Gifts from corporations in the US and from the government of
        Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Germany were substantial during the course
        of the operation. Accountability of such assets was paramount to
        guarantee proper distribution and avoid potential abuses.
       USCENTAF/MWR was responsible for determining quantities to each
        site. Each Chief of Supply was accountable for picking up on

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