B,
COMMUNICATIONS
1.
Personnel.
The personnel situation remained essentially
the same throughout the month of March in the Commmications Section.
There wereno gains or losses in either the tech control or radio
operator sections, although a shift occurred in personnel utilization
when four radio operators returned from Bikini,
This was the result
of closing down the Bikini termination of Circuit J 405,
With the
increased personnel at Eniwetok, it was possible to operate the sec-~
tion on a norval four-shift basis, thus giving the men a greater
amount of time off than resulted from the previous six-on, twelveoff schedule.
In the teletype section, three operators arrived PCS
as replacernents for three men rotating in April, creating a tempor-
ary overage.
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A breakdown of personne? in the Communications Section <5 ~~
is as follows:
Facility
Assigned Personnel
Communications Center
CW/PP and Voice Facility
Tech Control
35*
36
5#
* includes four men aboard the USS Estes
# includes two men aboard the USS Estes
Personnel on hand ere deemed adequate for operation on a four
shift per position basis. In the case of the CW/PP and Voice Facility, however, the assigned personnel represent a bare operating minirur:.-~Two*or three additional operators should be provided to allow
for temporary sickness or emergency return of personncl.
2.
Operations.
The Communications Section operated smoothly
throughout thc month of karch.
APWL/HO
Two operations occurred during March,
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