Headquarters
TASK GROUP 7.4, PROVISIONAL
United States Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico
SwSO
29 Ostober 1957
SUBJECT:
Monitor Training
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See Distribution
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l. There will be a requirement for each mitiplace aircraft
participating in D-Day and D+] missions in the test area during
Operation HARDTACK to have a qualified rad-safe monitor on board.
In addition, many elements may require monitors for other purposes.
2.
Each element will be required to furnish two (2) monitors
for each 50 personnel assigned for emergency fallout survey teams.
These monitors will normally be called to duty from a roster main-
tained by the Test Base Unit.
3. Monitors, other than personnel normally assigned as primary
duty monitors, must have completed an approved monitor training pro-
gram within six (6) months prior to the operation to be considered
qualified. Qualifications of monitors trained prior to the operation
will be reviewed by this headquarters to determine acceptability.
Names and qualifications of such
personnel should be forwarded to us
for review grior to 1 January 1958.
All designated monitors who have
not completed an approved program will be trained in a ],0 hour Rad-
Safe course to be given by Task Unit 6, Task Group 7el, at Eniwetok
tentatively during the month of March 1958.
hh. We request you forward your monitor training requirements,
by total number only, to this headquarters by 1 December 1957.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
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/s/ Walter B. Walker Jr.
/t/ WALTER B, WALKER JR.
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Lt Colonel, USAF
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DISTRIBUTION:
Deputy Director of Operations
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Comdr, 925th Test troup (UHA-VHA Element), ATIN: Maj ABW L/ HQ
Comdr, TAU, ATTN: Col Thompson
Comdr, TBU, ATTN:
Lt Col Hedrick
Comdr, 952nd Support Squadron (T), ATTN: Maj B. H. Cochrane
Comdr, WADC (Fffects Element), ATTN: Lt Col R. W. Yundt
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