SECTION VI - LOGISTICS: 1. General: The S-4 exercised staff supervision for the planning and co-ordination of activities pertaining to procurement, Supplys hospitalization and evacuation, transportation, and services, including maintenance and repair of supplies and equipnent, and construction of facilities and installations. With the conclusion of O-perationCASTLE the Logistics Section was concerned primrily with the roll-up of supplies and equipment which had accumulated during CASTLE. To this extent, all. excess stocks were determined, and disposition instructions requested fron the Chiefs of Technical Services. hphasis was placed on in-storage maintenance and renovation of equipment. With the advent of the build-up phase, logistical planning was pointed toward requisitioning supplies and equipment wk~ch would be required for operation REDWING. A list of all major items of r equipment for Operation RELJWINGwas forwarded to JTF SEVEN during February 1955. This planning was co-ordinated with other task groups, since this comnand was responsible for the supply of all elements of Joint Task Force SEVEN for certain supplies and equipmentg On 1 April 1956, 1-56, CTG 7.2 published Administrative Order which tiplenented CJTF SEVEN Administrative Order 1-56. This order outlined the logistical and administrative function of TG 7.2 during the build up, operation, and roll up of REDWING. Concurrently with the planning discussed in the preceding --- ---~ --~ -*”L * &. &- L. A .. A-* .. .