reconnaissance element, and manning support for a Task Force tral. ather Cen- The organization of the JTF 7 weather element is shown in Figure 17. The Task Force Weather Central, located on Parry, was und control of CUTF 7. operational the Estes When CJTF 7 transferred his command post for each of the five shots fired at Bikini, the Task Force We her Central was moved aboard the Estes to provide him with the direct sup rt required to make the "go” or "no go" firing decision (Reference 16, Ta E). The weather observational network for CASTLE consisted of tations at Parry, Bikini, Rongerik, Majuro, Kusaie, Ponape, and Kwajalein} tional data coming from Midway, Wake, Marcus, Guam, with addi- Iwo Jima, nd Johnston CJTF 7 CTG 7.3 ne Lo JOINT TASK FORCE ‘ r TEST SERVICES WEATHER CENTRAL -—+—-¢ 10 OFF 27 AMN TT eee ee | | UNIT Le ee re ee ee ere rene feel ee | [ | OTHER WEATHER UNITS AFLOAT CTG 7.4 1 I GROUND WEATHER RECON UNIT 4 OFF 385 AMN WEATH NIT EATHER U 2 OFF 18 AMN | 7 r—-—--- por cts--7---- If LI MAJURO 1 OFF LI KUSATE 18 AMN 1 OFF RONGERIK 19 AN 1 OFF 19 AMN | PONAPE 1 OFF 19 AMN COMMAND —-—-—— WEATHER INFORMATION ~t— ~<t— MANNING @ INCLUDES NORMAL T/O STRENGTH FOR ENEWETAK WEATHER DETACHMENT. Figure 17. Joint Task Force 7 weather element organizatio 113 CASTLE.