onl
personne? continued to be necessary.
50 men, "Q" cleared, of the
Task Group had been trained as radsafe monitors to be used in support
of TG 7.1 in the event of an emergency.
By virtue of clearance,
these men occupied responsible positions, with any continued absenoe
from assigned duty a handicap for the particular activity.
The rad-
iological problem resulting from BPAVO was such that Task Group 7.1
requested and received as many as 3/. of these men for duty at one
time.
This subject is covered in detail in the Radiological Safety
section cf this report.
replacements have continued to arrive as allocated, but
not ir the grades requisitioned, the majority being E-2 and E-3, Promotions have, to a small degree, somewhat eased this situation; how-
ever, as of Apri’ 195), this Task Group had approximately 221 men of
grades m-? end E-3 filling NCO vacancies.
To cover enlisted require-
ments for this period, requisitions were submitted for 109 men, as
expected losses were estimated at 117 men.
Allocations were veceived
for $7 men and 115 men were actually received, some on a TDY besis.
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Actual loses by rotation, medical or other reasons were 245 men.
The Task Group 7.4 augmentation, for the operational period, was approximately °9% filled in early February with 178 men pro-
wided
DHA
Early in March,,instructiicns were received from Depart-—
mont
of the Army (Msg DA48S7698) which affected the rotation date of
many enlisted mer,
Effective 1 April, those men with a date of Ex-
piration of Term of Service (ETS) of four months subsequent to their
2-Tab B
3-Tab C
4-Tab D
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