For eritioal Ltome, wo uct omicred mncther cne fox the £4 lowing wool: howiny that ene ofthe tu wuld ReThvce In:acne CALLS, WO orJcred tha camo tom theoo tines in an ofort to get ono heroe ‘(UIA “Mud of who pian Ts cur cum for notcsotapishing aTinta prhorkty orstut to rreelude berriny of critico:ul diene. fnsinter futaro opcrations, rorrecontative of J=4 with authority should bo arcimned to duty noar the loacdtne alrhase to ingurs that ene oif20 tase aro Tonded and then tracked through the oyster. The close relationsiip Lotvoon 045 ond tho contractor is ossentdol 1c 7 ea - to cpvretions, Thia evme tyre of roletionship betiumen tho TOS at Thelen and tho ccntracter in acaentiel to a mecoth Slow ef suppplicas Soth CatG &—5 and tho TCU handled Inzistie probloma quickly and aiflolontly ‘and kopt our cpormticna on schodule despite those prob= 0 shu lens. A difforent ormnimticnal otra in Nonolulu or a Jad, expoditor night Tavo prevented many problons froz occurrings. ¢ 2 (2) Seaxlitt wna tincly and adoquates Me could nomally plan on cloamp operations halting for two dys whenever a ship arrived, Lith a cnall work Lorce 26 took a total offort to handle the cargo dn a tinsly manmnova The ALATOA arrived with three hundred druna of fuck cil Leadbd on the helicopter deck with no provisions for unloading into Lighters. The Captain of the ALATNA infcrmed no , <4 that they oculd have Joadod the ship differmtly but had been|Freale informed in Honolulu that we had unloading facilities heros — de Supports As mnonticnad above, both CJTGC,§ and tha TCO at Tictes quidlly and cffoctively found ecluticns to cur logictie probleng for spocific eritical items. Glotal Asecolates at Kvwnjalein, in purticuler Tom Hardiscn, cunriied us vith essential itenise iithout this support from Miajalicin, our completion date wuld a nonth later. Depot type maintenance support fron £.5.9.6 been “Johnston euprlied us with robullt engines and essenblies without which ve could not have kept our beats rumninge sine , Wy . Qs Recommendstionas (1) Thot a oincke office be resvoncible for coordinating procure= ment, cneciing prioritics of movement, and tracking sunplics through the transportation syste. This office mst establish oloce working relationship with all carriers — oir and Bete (2) Thot in future operations, more consideraticn be given to eatablishing bull fuel sterace and means of resupply. 5e EquL ROW ae GOcnetsructiont ‘ The mmbera and types of equirnent scalcoted for the opornticn proved ecatlofactory. A tracked frov-ond loader, trascavator, would have been very elective, A larger crauler sranc wuld have saved much of tho strein on the smillcr cranese Tho Jarce Suclid dmye with tholr rucced bodies acaamplished their task but thay are not dosigned for cross-country movements mye Te 7.