CHAPTER9 DEMOBILIZATION EARLY PLANNING EFFORTS Demobilization of manpower and materiel upon completion o Enewetak Cleanup Project was covered by only a few proce aragraphs in the annexes of the Field Command, DNA Operations 600-77 (OPLAN 600-77). Soonafter his arrival at Field Commandir 1977, BG Tate requested that detailed plans be developed demobilization. Initial efforts to develop the plan werefairly pro fc Outlines and’ skeleton drafts were prepared and dispatched coordination and additional input but generatedlittle interest. With immediate problems, including the growing uncertainty as to wher cleanup operations might begin, most Field CommandandService a officers felt it was premature to begin planning for actionsat least 2 downstream. The work of demobilization was primarily logistics oriented: razing camp facilities; disposing of excess materiel; and shipping perso equipment, and supplies to other locations. The Field CommandLo; Directorate began coordinating with its counterparts in other agenc develop plans for accomplishing that work. Demobilization planning| by defining the condition desired at the end and identifying, in re chronological order, the actions necessary to achieve that end conc On 6-7 July 1978, Field Command planners met with Mr. Char: Nelson, Holmes & Narver’s, Inc. (H&N) managerfor the Trust Ter of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) Rehabilitation Program, to identif condition complete. ! required at Enewetak after demobilization actions Mr. Nelson provided guidance for disposition offacilities at the work site, Lojwa Base Camp, and Enewetak Base Camp, based c recent meeting with the Enewetak Planning Council. Maps of Ene: (Fred) Island were annotated to identify those facilities that would re after demobilization. Further review indicated that these remi facilities would be adequate to support a work force of 200 to 400 th completion of the project with only minor adjustments. Power, ' communications, billeting, medical, petroleum, oil and lubricants ( and boatfacilities would remain essentially intact. Some changes wo required to continue laundry and food service support on a tem, basis while the permanent facilities for the functions were dismantled.2 With the main objective andstrategy identified, develo; 473