1. Billeting: During the period Jnnunry 1955 to Juno 1955, clcvcn ndditicnal P~oiffo typo buildings to houso pcr80nncl were cons!n-uc%cd and occupiod~ Planning billeting roquircmcnts for Opcrrtion REDWING bogo.nin Juno 1955. Billeting roquiromonts incrccscd stcodily bctwoon Soptxxnbcr1955 and April 1956 with tho build up of tho pcrnnnont gorrison popul~.tionto moct opcr~tion?.1rcquircmcnts. Stcrtlng in Jmuv.ry 1956, tent frnmos were ropo.irod,olcctricity connoctod, wplks built, tents drnwn and crcctcd in Pilltent n.rcfls in prcpf?r~.tiontorcocivc units for the cpcr~.tion. Critorie for opor~.tionalbilleting wr.sOS fcl.kws: 10 por tent; ~.nd8 pcr largo rocm or 4 per smfll rocm in the Pccific +rypcbuildings. XrIWbrunry 1956, units stwrtcd moving into previously nllu=~twd bi.ll~~*iW“r~==+ The billeting rcquircmcnts rose from approxtim.tcly1550 in Fcbru~ry to approxim~tcly 35OO by 30 April nnd rcur,incdstc=dy thru j’~y1956. Plaming wns started in Uny 1956 for the reduction of billeting rcquircmonts for tho post oporntional pcricd~ During July tho first sig.nificio.nt numbers of porsonncl 10N the island. Consistent with the reduction of the population, porsonncl por~nncntly g~~ison~~ CIn~l~~i~~OK Isl~nc~ Were moved into pcrmncnt typo buildings with much moro libcr~l rlloc~tion of sp~cco Further, as tent arons woro crpticd, the tents wcro removed nnd stored. The cloctricity nnd other utilities were discormcctcd. Pro.ctic?lly-”11 tent frames used durin~ the opcrntion will h~vc to bo rebuilt to noaomodntc the ncw issuo sqund tent; all old issuo tents nuw in use . 9 &.&h kti--