a siz (6) officers and one hundred sixty (16C) ealisted nen on the atoll on 31 August. On that date, deployment of detachments to the "operational ® ielands had been completed, and the detachments were performing their missions theres . ll. 125th MP PM Det. Two (2) officers of this detachment arrived via air on 16 August, and five (5) enlisted men by air on the 17th. This detachment, under LtCol William Watkins, became the *yvost Marshal Headowr- ters for CTC 132.2 on the 17th. 12. Comm Security Det #1, 8607th AAJ. ‘The entire strength of this detachment arrived aboard the Shanks on 19 Auguet. , 13. Detachment. One (1) officer and two (2) enlisted men of this detachment arrived, also on the Shanks, on 19 August. 14. Other JT¥-132 Elements. Late in August, em@ll increments of per- sonnel for JTF 132 and TG 132,3 arrived for duty. These personnel had’ or little if any effect upon the operation of this Task Group, since they re= quired only normalsupport during that period. 15. Personne)Sum ry. 132.2 was near its peak. Ae of 3) August the personnel status of TG With the arrival of the Militery Police.unite anf the Communications Security Detachment, a11 units were present in full or near-full strength. Critical shortages of key personnel did not exist, however, @ possible critical shortage of signal technicians may occur in the future (see par 8). / For a tabulation of strengths of 1 132.2 elenents, see Table I in Section VY.