extremely herd usage which the ee received in the hot, hurid and ccrrosive climate of this area, In meny instances Task Groups 7.1 and 7.4 were unwle t. kacp vehicles in <cporiticn without peuri-cic maintenance assistunce from Task Group 7.2, rcsulting in maintenance support being rendered at off-island locations, An analysis of these requirements by other Task Groups for assistance reveals that maintenance within the Task Force could ke accomplished with fower raintcnance personnel and at less cost if theorganizational maintenence of all units on FRED were consolidated into one large stp. Similarly, the ficld caintcnance aission for the Task Force could be accomplished more efficiently in a combined shop, This has becn done in the ficld t.aintenaace shopa, but on an informal basis only, during the closing months of CASTLE for units onFRED. §. tedical Sections aa Themission of the Medical Section was to provide medical support to the command, b, Hospital Facilities: The physical plant of the Medical Section consisted of , five integratcd barracks - type metal buildings that were internally modified to serve the needs of a medital installation. Basically the hospital was set up 2s a 27-bed unit cad with the equniprent of a Yobile army Surgical Hospital, Inaddition it consisted of a well equipped Outp:ticnt Department with plaster, physiotherapy, treatment and exanining rooms; & Pharmacy, @ three chair Dental Clinic, a isberatary, X-ray room, an airconditicnd and insulzted opuercting and adjcining