only cargo vessel discharged after BRAVO at BIKINI was discharged by
the ship's personnel assisted by TG 7.3 and mordinated by the Trans-
portation Officer, TG 7.2.
A training program was initiated during February 1954 to
increase the efficiency of the Port Detachment and Transportation
Section personnel in cargo control, cargo accounting, proper handling
of cargo during discharge from the vessel and across the pier, cargo
checking, end compiling of outturn reports,
The training has shown
good results to date.
Personnel of the Port Detachment were utilized in building and facilities maintenance, miscellaneous construction, and repair
projects when not engaged in stevedoring activities.
One Port Detach~
ment officer was placed on TDY at KWAJALEIN as Assistant JTF SEVEN
Liaison Officer for a period of approximately 45 days; and 16 EM were
placed on TDY with TG 7,1 as radsafe monitors.
Information at hand on the volume of roll-up cargo to be
outioaded indicates that little difficulty should be encountered in
outloading roll-up cargo without augmentation of the Port Detachment,
providing extensive delays are not incurred during the operational
phase.
Experience has shown that the training provided the two 15
men sections that were sent to the Navy Supply Center, Oakland, Cali-
fornia, has been highly beneficial to the Port Detachment.
The problem
of having to train personnel on-the-job still persists however.
This
personnel problem has not seriously hampered the port operations aA
during the period of this report due to the relatively minor volume of
cargo handled at the port of ENIWETOK, and to the fact that H& N
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