CHAPTER Ill, SECTION 6 Air Cargo departments at Jobsite and checking them for At various times during the Operation, dif- accuracy, complete nomenclature, and pertinent information as to model, serial number, and backlog of cargo at Travis Air Force Base. It Reports were processed from 15 March 1957 to ficulties were encountered involving the movement of critical air cargo, which resulted in a manufacturer. A total of 18,799 Receiving Reports and 302 Over, Short, and/or Damaged became necessary on occasion to divert critical items to commercial air freight to Honolulu for transshipment from Hickam Air Force Base to EPG and Johnston Island. Due to changes in 15 June 1958. The processing of Receiving Reports involved reconciling the Warehouse “Tallyin” with the Advance Packing Lists forwarded by the Home Office. During this same period it was mandatory from time to time to deliver to Travis Air Force Base virtually a month’s air cargo allotment within a few days. When documents were processed. Also during this period the Expediting Section processed a total of 660 Advance Material Estimates, 3631 Construction Bills of Material, and 987 Bills of Material. criteria and rescheduling of occupancy dates, this occurred, it was necessary to request assis- tance through the JTF-7 Liaison Officer at Travis Air Force Base for additional cargo flights. Total weight of air shipments from the mainland to EPG for the period July 1956 through September 1958 was 2,686,393 pounds. In addition, 717,361 pounds were airlifted to EPG from Honolulu. SUPPLY (Jobsite). The Supply Division General Supervisor was assisted by two Assistant General Super- visors at Elmer who administered the supply functions at all sites, including Bikini Atoll and Johnston Island. One was responsible for the Material Coordinating and Material Take-off Departments, and the other the Material Control, Warehousing, and Property Departments. A Supervisor was responsible for the Stevedoring Departmentandreported directly to the General Supervisor. For Operation HARDTACK a new method of operation was introduced to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the supply functions in the field. This involved the assignment of Supply Coordinators at the various temporary campsites who were responsibble for coordinating and delivering on schedule all materials and supplies required at their respective sites. To further the over-all effectivness of the Supply Division, the Material Take-off and Property Departments were organized. MATERIAL COORDINATING. The Material Coordinating Department was responsible for coordinating and expediting material and equipment requisitions and purchas- ing action. In addition, it was responsible for maintaining adequate and complete records necessary for furnishing delivery information to interested agencies in the field. A total of 6888 requisitions were processed from 15 March 1957 to 15 June 1958, an aver- age of 466.6 requisitions per month. The process- ing of Field Requisitions consisted of reviewing Purchase Requests submitted by the various Page 382 4040 off-island warehouse requests and shipping As of 1 July 1958, H&N assumed the responsibility of all documentation pertaining to cargo vessels. This function formerly was accomplished by the TG 7.2 Transportation Officer. Admini- stration of this function is assigned to the Material Coordinating Department, which utilizes in- formation furnished to it by the Stevedoring Department. MATERIAL TAKE-OFF. The Jobsite Material Take-off Department was integrated into the Supply Division in September 1957. This Department was the counterpart of the Home Office Material Take-off Section and had the responsibility of determining items and quantities of material and equipment required to complete field-initiated construction programs. Due to the shift of engineering emphasis to the field during the latter part of the Operation, the Jobsite Material Take-off staff was augmented by personnel from the Home Office Material Take-off Section. Construction Bill of Material requirements initiated by the Department included temporary camps and construction or rehabilitation of Scientific, Weather and Rad-Safety stations and PAC program features. In addition, all Jobsite revisions to Home Office-initiated CBM’s were made by this Department. MATERIAL CONTROL. The Material Control Department was responsible for maintaining records and inventories of all materials and returnable containers ‘at Jobsite except property items. A significant innovation was the standard package program, which consisted of converting small inventory items (nuts, screws, fuses, etc.) in several ware- houses into package units. This resulted in achieving uniformity in packaging and re-ordering, and facilitated handling. A monthly report on unallocated or uncommitted major and uncommon itemsin the construction inventory was introduced during this Operation. This report was forwarded to the Chief, Construction and