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overtaxed, expensive emergency expansion of facilities was undertaken, much
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time was lost in commuting from other sities, air transport was overloaded,
and morale was adversely affected. Experience on many operations has
proven that {ft is unsound to depend on completing all construction and modi.
fications in time to phase-out construction personnel before technical insta).
lation begins. It is strongly recommended that camps be built to take care
of estimated peak population of both types of personnel.
Transportation of the arming team, from the shot uarges after arming,
and to the shot barges for disarming, continued to be unacecptably slow and
complex as it was on Castle, Each shot barge should have an elevated un-
olstructed helicopter platform with a suitable*hatch or hatches to permit installation of devices and equipment, [f this proves impractical, two srnall,
rugged, two-engined boats, capable of going alongside the shot barge, and
fast and seaworthy in rough weather, should be provided for this purpose,
The over-all support provided by MATS was generally cxcellent and
contributed substantialiy to the success of the operation,
Unfortunately, the
convenience, comfort, and peace of mind of the passengers are still neglected. Scheduled departure hours from both Hickam a:.d Eniwetok were
inconvenient to passengers, as was the two-hour check-in; and mechanical
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and other troubles caused great variance between scheduled and actual flight
t'mes.
Inforrsation provided to waiting pacsensers and to those embarked
on planes which had to turn back because of inechanica] difficulties was often
scarce or nonexistent.
Passenger convenience was often subordinate to ¢hat of the airline.
For example, curing most of the operational period, a passenger flight was
, scheduled to depart Eniwetok at 8:00 AM. "However, MATS would not cuar-
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leave at the pleasure of the airline, although it rarely hap;ened that the
It Is recommended that the Commander of MATS be asked to improve
passenger arrangements and relations in cvcry way possible; and that CJTF 7
be represented when the PacDivMats passenger schedules for the support of
Eniwetok during bujid-up and operational phases are developed,
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During the planning phase of Redwing it was generally agreed that a
cons:derable effort should be made to preserve a high Ievel of morale by
providing adequate recreational facilitles, recreation trips, etc, Funding
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santee to wait until 8:00 AM if the aircraft was rcudy to leave earlier, and
- thus passengers from Parry had to spend the night on Eniwetok ready to
problems delayed fq design and construction of such items, however, until
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