3.18.2 J-1 Section, Personnel and Administration Augmenting the Task Group with temporary-duty military personnel from various sources proved helpful in meeting operational requirements with a minimum staff of permanent person- nel. Since Q clearances are required for ail TG 7.1 personnel in the Forward Area, allowances will be made in the future for delays or denials of clearance by requesting nomination of temporary-duty personnel somewhat in excess of requirements so that lack of clearance for some individuals will not hamper operations, The working space for TG 7.1 on the USS Estes was wholly inadequate for continuous operation over several months. Space was limited, ventilation was poor, and noise level was extremely high. If shipboard operations are planned for the future, even as a contingency, more adequate facilities must be provided. Airlift of personnel to and from the PPG was not entirely satisfactory. Although the overall support provided by MATS was excellent, mechanical difficulties often made it impossible to meet published schedules. In scme cases delays of several days were involved, There was a tendency at MATS terminals to call passengers in too carly and to keep them waiting indefi- nitely without any-anncuncements whatever as to cause and prebable length of deiays and when it was expected that Nights would be called. MATS passenger relations should be substantially improved, It is recommended that a field grade representative of the Pacific Division, MATS, be assigned to CJTF SEVENas liaison during the operational phase, at least during build-up and roll-up. 3.18.3 J-3 Section, Plans and Operations (a) Helicopter Operations, Early in the planning phase TG 17.1 submitted its requirements for helicopter support. These requirements were computed to fulfill the needs of the Scientific Task Group in acccmplishing its mission, At Bikini Atoll the number of aircraft supplied by the Air Force Detachment and Marine Squadron was sufficient to satisfy the needs. This was primarily due to the fact that there was a minimum of outside requests. The relatively small Pee number of K&N requests were easily integrated. However, at Eniwetok the demands of Head- quarters JTF SEVEN and the requirements of 1G 7.4 and others reduced the availability of aircraft to TG 7,1 to a point below requirement, To further complicate the problem, as the operation lengthened the maintenance problems reduced the number of operational helicopters. Although TG 7.1 is the largest user of helicopters during operational periods, TG 7.5 has substantial concurrent requirements. The Task Force and each of the other task groups also have requirements, soine of which occur during the peak TG 7.1 load. In arriving at total Task Force requirements, these combined needs should be carefully considered. In submitting requirements it is recommended that the number operational be indicated rather than the total number to be assigned. During the first half of the operation, the TG 7.1 airlift requirements at Eniwetok Atoll were arranged directly with the H&N air dispatcher by J-3 Section. This systefunctioned well for routine requests. However, in most cases, any requests involving nonroutine flights or missions outside of normal working hours had to be referred to higher staffs, This often resulted in delays. The difficulty was later corrected when TG 7.4 Operations Officers were siationed at the airport with the authority to act on all requests. Thus the scientific requirements can best be fulfilled when J-3 can place the requirements directly with the supporting QMe4 &e 8Wenenrws > nm elements, (ob) Off-site Activities. The support of certain cff-site exp.riments was not satisfactory in that the support wes irregular and difficult to arrange. Althoush the requirements of this Headquarters were generally small, they were recurrent and irregular; however, in the interest of maximum aircraft utilization, attempts were made to integrate them with flights intended for support of the weather stations whose locations were common to the locations of the off-site experiments. Because these flights originated from both Eniwetok and Kwajalein, often on short notice, integration of TG 7.1 requirements with the flights was not always possible. 58