| Adjutant General
Task Unit 2
(UCRL, Livermore, Calif.)
230
Adjutant General
542
Task Unit 3
(WETD, Sandia Base)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
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. Adjutant Generals
Forward Areas
{APO's 105 and 437)
;
190
Total travel orders issued
1505 (covering 2665
individuals)
A new system for MATS "reservations" was initiated during Hardtack
which greatly simplified the flow of personnel through the ports of embarka-
tion (Travis and Hickam) and decreased the time losses experienced during
past operations. Individual reservations were made by telephone to the liai-
son officer at Travis, or by wire message to the liaison officer at Hickam,
and each individual was given the reporting time and departure schedule with
his travel order brochure.
Task Group 7.1 Administrative Plan No. 1-57 was published on Novem-
ber 1, 1957, and its subsequent distribution to all AEC, Contractor, and DOD
agencies who were to participate in Hardtack provided the necessary admin-
istrative procedures required of the individual and the organization for move-
ment into the Forward Area. In addition, a pamphlet titled "Instructions and
Information for Personnel departing for the EPG" was published and attached
to each set of travel orders. Several of the participating agencies published
additional instructions which covered their own institutional procedures.
Organizationally, the participating units, in compliance with procedures
outlined in the Administrative Plan, submitted to the appropriate Adjutant
General for each individual a Request for Civilian Travel Orders, or a Request for Overseas Travel Orders, a Badge Request Form, an Identification
Card Request Form, and a certificate of personnel clearance under the provisions of CinCPac Serial 020. The complete packet of orders and allied
papers was duplicated and distributed by the cognizant adjutant and returned
to the individual or agency.
All arrivals at Eniwetok Atoll (Eniwetok Island for air passengers, individual ships for surface passengers) were met by J-1 representatives.
Security badges, liquor ration cards, and radiological safety film badges were
issued at those points, and contraband certificates were signed.
Efficiency of the Task Group 7.1 port of embarkation operation at Eniwetok Island was greatly improved during Hardtack. Incoming passengers
were processed expeditiously and were on site within Eniwetok Atoll, enroute
to Bikini, or billeted overnight, if necessary, for further transportation to
Bikini Atoll within 2 hours. This one element of the operation, previously
marred by lengthy, repetitious security briefings and baggage checks for
contraband, considerably eased inter-Task Group relations after the long and
exhausting trip from the home station.
Equipment.
The movement of Task Group 7.1 equipment from continental United States was accomplished through the facilities of MSTS, the
U.S. Navy, and MATS.
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