at the Chemical Corps Training Command, Ft. McClellan, Alabama, in early 1953 and provided the bulk of Army personnel for TU 7. The technically trained Navy personnel were provided to TG 7.1 from Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Radiological Defense Laboratory. (AFSWP), Sandia Base; and the Naval One Marine Cozps noncommissioned officer was obtained from the 2nd Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force (Refer- ence 17). Initial TG 7.1 personnel requirements were for 14 officers and 86 en- listed men. In late March, after a conference with the TG 7.1 Scientific Deputy and the task group commander, this requirement was reduced to 12 officers and 36 enlisted men. This reduction in personnel was directed by a policy through which: 1. Training programs would be initiated by the task group radsafe officer to qualify program and project Personnel in radsafe principles and techniques of monitoring 2. The radsafe organizations of TG 7.1 and TG 7.5 would be consolidated 3. An increase of the military support mission of CTG 7.1 would be made so that the following services could be provided to TG 7.1 and TG 7.5: a. Support of the overall radsafe program by training and providing radsafe monitors as needed b. Support of the overall radsafe program by training and providing decontamination personnel as needed. In mid-August the lst RSSU received its initial notice of TU 7 personnel requirements. This created a strain on the organization since the RSSU had only nine men available for duty. Additional difficulties were encountered by the release of experienced men from military service. In spite of these problems, 2 officers and 28 enlisted men were designated by 1 September for clearance and assignment to TU 7. The Navy (Op-36) ceived notice and initiated action in the latter part of August. 88 re- The Air ee eee the National Naval Medical Center; Special Weapons Unit, Pacific Fleet;