Ltr, SWS, 4950th TESTGU(N), dtd ITEM COMMENTS ul 57, Commander, TG 7,4, Operation REDWING* REFERENCE NO Comments to Final Report of the authorized, it is still extremely desirable that the incumbent be of the rank authorized in order to provide as much experience, in addition to authorized skill, as possible. We have recently received assurance from ARDC that those positions which we identify as requiring a specific rank will be, wherever possible, filled by individuals holding the desired rank and qualification, This concession is a reversal of previous policy, ll. III P II A, paras 4.3 - 4e7 The task of informing newly assigned personnel on the nature of their duties with the Task Group is a difficult one. Requisitions to ARDC have identified the nature of the assignment involved, To date it is apparent that some individuals have not received this information. AFSWC is aware of this as a votential morale problem, and is once again attempting to assure that all intermediate agencies do not fail to inform incoming personnel of the fact that considerable TDY will be required in their new assignment, To compensate for the prob-— ably inevitable failure of this attempt, the 4950th Test Group has established a reporting date at Kirtland AFB sufficiently in advance of actual re- quirements that personnel should be able to make all necessary arrangements for their families be- fore having to depart for Eniwetok, 12, III P II A, paras 5.2 ~ 5.7 We have restudied the previous recommendation for the esteblishment and the manning of a central personnel office, We do not now concur in the recommendation previously submitted since this would appear to be a greatly excessive number of people for this function. The 4950th Test Group came into existence as a Group after the Final Report was written; and as a Group, can provide supervision of a centralized personnel shop peopled by the existing personnel sections of the 4926th, 4951st, and 4952nd Squadrons. This central- ized shop would administer TG 7.4, and the present squadrons of the 4950th at Eniwetok. If other units are directed to participate in this centralized shop, they caold te directed to provide an appro-~ priate number of augmenting personnel, Ine/ Pw! HQ "ep,