wan 3913 |the AZC and the DOD are covered elsewhere in this report. 3.3.3 Trainine And Rehearsals, Training and rehearsals for H.2DTACK commen= ced in the United States, and continued overse:.s throughout the operational period. The training prozrams were designed to meet Task Group scientific, orsr- ational, technical and safety requirements cnd, insofar as possible, to allo. rotation of individuals without jeopardicing the prograris. In order te make the moximum use of project RadeSafe monitors, epproi- mately 250 were trained at the 3PG, Training courses were conducted at Parry Island, Enivetok Island and Enyu Islend commencing licrch 17, 1958, were either four days or one day in duration. nine weeks. Courses The training period lasted for Four chemical laboratory technicians were trained in basic radio= chemistry techniques st LASL. Seven instrument rep-ir technicians were trair- ed at the US Naval Schools Command, Treasure Island and at L‘SL. In addition, 39 men perticipeted in the Rad-Safe program at NTS during Operation FLU!BROB on a training basis. Other training was provided by the US army First Radioe- logical Szfety Support Unit in the normal unit training prosram, In preperetion for H\RDT.ACK, there were several firings of RODSTONE missiles -t Cape Canaveral beginning in the summer of 1957 and ending in March 1958, none of which was completely successful, They did serve, however, to point up serious defects in the arming and firinz system and to alert the project personnel to design and procedural factors which might well jeopard~ ize or delay the Bikini tests, Practice launchings of the Yucca type T-lloon from the ground were con~ ducted at Eniwetok during July 1957. ‘hen these proved unsuccessful because of the normal surface winds velocities experienced -.t Eniwetok, practice . launchings were mede from the USS BOXOR off San Diego from September 9 to ll, 1957. ‘ith the BOZR steaming down wind at the surface wind speed. a i hr£/o0g wa woe [C