Operational Report TransportationSection Chapter 2 I Period from approval of Joint Proof Test Coamittee Report to Closure of JTF-7 Main in Washington, D. C. General 1. With approval of the Joint Froof Test Committee report by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Joint Tack Force Seven Staff was placed on an operationalbasis. TMs meant the opefing of a period of intensive activity for the TransportationSection, inasmuch as work could not start at Eniwetok until troops and equip-nt had been moved forward from Oahu and the United States. The technical staffs, such as Comuunicstions,Engineer, and Air Force, were engaged in preparing their personnel and supply requireamts. The advance echelon, con- sisting primarily of troops to establish housekeepingfacilities at IMwetok, was scheduledto leave Oahu in early November. A water echelon, essentiallyEngineer troops and supplies, was scheduled to begin loading at the Advance Base Depot, Port Hueneme, California, on 1 December, 45 days hence. The rngnitude of the problem faced nmy be imagined by comparisonto supply conditions during wartime when it required,with all stops ruaoved, 60 days to lay supplies down at a 2/1 port for water shipment after receipt of request from a theater. 2. The firet problem faced was orgafiation of a transportation section and plaming for placing peraonna $ swtbn.~. . so as to Met all require-