reconnaissance element, tral. and manning support for a Task Force Weather Cen- The organization of the JTF 7 weather element is shown in Figure 17. The Task Force Weather Central, located on Parry, was under operational control of CUJTF 7. When CJTF 7 transferred his command post to the Estes for each of the five shots fired at Bikini, the Task Force Weather Central was moved aboard the Estes to provide him with the direct support required to make the "go" or "no go" firing decision (Reference 16, Tab E). The weather observational network for CASTLE consisted of stations at Parry, Bikini, Rongerik, Majuro, Kusaie, Ponape, and Kwajalein, with additional data coming from Midway, Wake, Marcus, Guam, Iwo Jima, and Johnston CJTF 7 CTG 7.3 J TEST E uaeSERVI CES WEATHER CENTRAL? }<—<————<— 10 OFF 27 AMN rT ee ee ee ee OTHER WEATHER | | 7 CS Mf ee ee GROUND | UNITS AFLOAT iz CTG 7.4 JOINT TASK FORCE ‘ r I Lo WEATHER RECON WEATHER UNIT | 2 0FF 18 AMN 68 OFF — eee T i” T CL] MAJURO 1 OFF 18 AMN [1 KUSAIE 1 OFF 19 AMN RONGERIK 1 OFF 19 AMN UNIT 385 AMN 1 Li PONAPE 1 OFF 19 AMN COMMAND ——— WEATHER INFORMATION ~t— ~<#— MANNING 2INCLUDES NORMAL T/O STRENGTH FOR ENEWETAK WEATHER DETACHMENT. Figure 17. Joint Task Force 7 weather element organization, CASTLE. 113