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         upon telephone recall and for Senior Battle Staff briefings or meetings as directed
         This procedural change has reduced transmission lag time for taskings and responses
         between the readiness center and organizational control centers and ultimately the
         functional work centers. It has also resulted in more efficient man-hour
         utilization. This change was made possible through the availability of STU III
         phones and the utilization of an augmentee as a Battle Staff Messenger to hand-carry
         the paper messages, and reports between agencies.

        The AFLC Secure Teleconferencing Metwork (STN) was used extensively during
        Operation Desert Shield/Storm for local and command-wide briefings. The capabilities
        of the system equipment enabled us to pipe CNN television into the Readiness Center
        to provide up-to-date information to the war planners throughout Operation Desert
       Shield/Storm. The STN is a highly specialized system and requires trained personnel
        as operators. Our one fully qualified, full time operator and one qualified augmen-
        tee were both used full time. An absence of either one would have had an adverse
        impact on our ability to participate in any secure teleconferences. The need for an
        additional trained operator has been recognized to ensure operating capability over a
        24-hour period for an extended period of time.

      COMBAT AND LOGISTICAL  SUPPORT EFFORTS

     MEDICAL SUPPORT The USAF Clinic McClellan was tasked to provide personnel to perform
      duty in support of Desert Shield/Storm. Three active duty military personnel (two
     Pharmacy Technicians and one Mental Health Technician); and three civilian employees
     (two Laboratory Technicians and one Medical Administration) who were called to active
     duty. While continuing to provide medical care to patients, the Clinic provided
     necessary medical items (sun screen, chap stick, auto injectors, anti-malaria medica-
     tion and required immunizations) for deploying personnel. The Clinic also processed
     with only a short notice, National Guardsmen and Reservists and provided them with
     the necessary medical services prior to their deploying for the Persian Gulf. The
     Clinic also conducted Medical Intelligence Briefings for all deploying personnel.
     While an adequate level of resources was being maintained for McClellan AFB per-
     sonnel, it was nearing its minimum level.

      DISASTER PREPAREDNESS The first task of Disaster Preparedness during Desert Shield
       was to inventory the entire base's chemical warfare defense assets. Throughout
        Desert Shield/Storm we were the key coordinating agency taking excess from one unit
       and giving it to another with personnel deploying. The critical item of equipment
       was the gas mask. McClellan had no MCU2-P masks, and a limited number of M17A2
      masks. We made sure that every person deploying had a serviceable mask with drinking
      capability, and serviceable replacement filters. As funds became available for more
       equipment, the Disaster Preparedness Office ordered all the equipment and prepared to
     distribute it to deploying personnel.

     The entire Disaster Preparedness shop was ready to deploy, but only one NCO and
     a Light Weight Decontamination System (LDS) actually deployed. Training on the use
      of this piece of equipment was provided to several units.

      Our chemical warfare defense training (CWDT) load increased tremendously. Every
      person on mobility wanted additional training. We met these requests and trained 900
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