to replacements arriving in the EPG for ntation personnel who were sent home at the end of their six (6) - months period. Due to the extension of the operation through July and August, it was necessary to replace these personnel in June and July. (seeeigure 16, Air Passenger Movement Westbound). The major part of the water cargo was the 120 special purpose vehicles which arrived at the port in January and were shipped in January and February. Water cargo reached a peak in January, February and March when the bulk of the heavy items of support equipment were shipped. (See figure17, Water Cargo Westbound.) Section E ~ Air Transportation. (Inter, Intra-Atoll and Off Atoll) A position was created by JTF-SEVEN called a Senior Transportation Control Agent (STCA). This position was held by a civilian employed by Task Group 7.5. This person was placed directly under the JTF-SEVEN Transportation Office and responsible only to that office with no obligation to any Task Group. The duties of the STCA was to receive require~ ments for moverent from the Task Groups and to make decisions as to priorities of movement, Each Task Group designated an Officer as a Transportation Control Agent. (TCA). This Officer's responsibilities was to receive require- ments for movements from the subordinate units and book them with the STCA. The STCA consolidated ali his bookings from the TCAts and then made a decision as to what passengers and cargo would go. No problems were encountered on the scheduled lift to Bikini, There were sufficient flights scheduled daily to take care of everyone who had reason to go. Three (3) flights were scheduled daily at first and after two (2) months, the number of flights was reduced to two (2) due to lack of patronage. 195 APWL/He