Table 2. Task Group 7.1 population at the Pacific Proving Ground, 1954. Date Enewetak Bikini Other Locations 1 Jan 59 32 0 91 1 Feb 404 327 5 736 15 Feb 513 342 16 871 1 Mar 520 485 17 1,022 29 Mar 595 294 2 891 5 Apr 617 211 0 828 26 Apr 441 178 0 619 5 May 344 152 0 496 15 May 393 0 0 393 Source: Total Reference 8, April and May Installments. Task Group 7.2 (Army) ‘ This group, the successor to TG 132.2, was the permanent garrison force in the PPG and had been present during Operation IVY. Its lineage dated back to the inception of nuclear weapon testing at Enewetak in 1948 (Operation SANDSTONE). The bulk of TG 7.2 was the 7126th Army Unit (AU), which had been fofmed from several Army units (listed in Chapter 6) that had made up TG 132.2. TG 7.2 missions included control of all task force military personnel remaining in the forward area after the close of IVY, reestablishment of the normal garrison force functions, provision of base facilities for tenant units, serving as the representative of the CINCPAC at Enewetak, and providing internal military security and ground defense for the atoll. The tasks as finalized by CJTF 7 Operation Plan 3-53 (Reference 9) were as follows: 58