Mobilization 151 FIGURE 3-4. USAF C-5 ON ENEWETAK. Defense Communications Service terminal was relocated and rehabilitated to provide three voice circuits and one automateddata circuit using 10- kilowatt, high-frequency transmitters. The Air Force communications team began operating the new system on 16 May 1977.33 HONOLULU SUPPORT: MARCH 1977 The nearest sources for most logistics support were in the Honolulu area. Logistics action officials of the agencies in Hawaii made an all-out effort to locate materiel required to begin base camp construction and Operation, such as building materials, billeting, office, and shop equipment. They investigated every possible local source, including the Defense Property Disposal Region (Pacific), to assure maximum use of available resources at minimum additional cost. The success of theinitial preparatory phase was due in large part to the personal efforts and cooperation of Honolulu-areaaction officials. To coordinate mobilization actions at Enewetak Atoll, the first members of the Joint Task Group (JTG) Commander’s staff deployed to the atoll on 5 April 1977. They were the JTG Logistics Officer, Lieutenant Colonel John R. Sitten, Jr., USA, who became the interim Atoll Commander, and