planning and operational phases is not as clear-cut for the Army Task Group. With the conclusion of IVY and the foreknowledge of CASTLE, the acceleration in the overseas testing program was obvious. Coupled with this development, the role played by the Army Task Group~-unique to the rest of the Task Force——-made it apparent that the time for reorganization of the Army Task Group into one inte- gral unit had arrived. Prior to this time, the Army Task Group (or garrison force as it generally has been called during interim periods) had been augmented during build-up for actual test operations by special units coming from the Zone of the Interior (ZI) in either temporary duty or detached service status. By the time of IVY roll-up, this procedure clearly was no longer feasible from the standpoints of economy and efficiency, and the readjustment to changed conditions of the basis for Army participation in Eniwetok tests was actively begun. A new Table of Distribution (T/D), under study and preparation in Task Group 132.2 Headquarters for some time, was submitted to the Task Force Headquarters for further study. With the approval and adoption of this new T/D, the 7126th Army Unit (AU) would be established as the single Army unit of the Task Group while the various special units and companies which had been retained for the interim IVY~CASTLE phase would be eliminated paper-wise and absorbed into the Task Group organization. Provisions were made dur- ing this period for the redeployment or reassignment of excess personnel and equipment, 17