Force declined to participate in the radsafe support operati ence 16, p. 17). t (Refer- The Chemical Corps Training Command issued orders for lst RSSU personnel or three ra- The Army Chemical Center issued orders in October 1953. diological safety engineers in November 1953. The Chief of N val Personnel issued orders for naval personnel in October 1953. CTU 7, th ough invita- tion, secured the services of three LASL health physicists as technical advisors. Owing to staff delays in procuring military personnel, TU 7? performed its mission with a shortage of three control officers, one lab ratory officer, and one photodosimetry technican. control The lack of the thr officers materially hampered the unit's effectiveness in condu tting decentralized controlled recovery operations. The void was partly Filled by using supply and laboratory officers in secondary control func tions (Ref- erence 16). Between November 1953 and April 1954, three classes were e tablished to qualify Project 7.1 and Holmes & Narver radsafe monitors: (H&N) supervisory p@rsonnel as 53): one one at the Nevada Proving Ground (November on Eneman Island, Bikini Atoll (February 1954); and one at Par , Enewetak Atoll (April 1954). safe moni- About 200 individuals were qualified as r tors by these schools. Comparable training sessions were condu health physics organizations of Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier f (EG&G); UCRL, Livermore site; and the U.S. Naval Radiological D Oratory (Reference 17). Instructions for the conduct of the initial course were pr the LASL Health Division, UCRL, EG&G, lst RSSU, and JTF 7. oli Tr 2 cluded an examination of the fundamentals of radiological safe t room instruction, and a series of practical field exercises. fundamentals included: 89 T.