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SUBJECT:
Authority to use Med-evacuation Fund Cite
Commander
Tripler Army Medical Center
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Enewetak Coordinator:
Tripler AMC, HI 96859
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1. Request blanket authority be provided Commander, Enewetak Atoll to
utilize Army open medical allotment for travel and per diem of Arny
personnel assigned to Fnevwetak.
<«. Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency, a multi-service organim-.
tion, has Army personnel PCS to Enewetak Atoll. Their assignment is -
in conjunction with a special DCD project of approximately three years
duration. Although the Air Force provides some medical/dental care an-
Tripler Army Medical Canter is
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the primary source for medical/dental care, both emergency evacuation
or more routine examinations beyond the Atoll capability. Both the
Atoll Commander and Medical Officer must concur in the requirement for
off—Atoll medical/dental care. Access off and on Atoll is controlled
by the Atoll Cormander and no commercial air is available.
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Atoll their capability is very limited.
FOR THE COMMANDER:
GERALD C. VON BARGEN
Lt Colonel, USAF
Comptroller