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advandé of their normal dates of separation.
group were to be affected by this program.
Some 69 airmen within the
Because of non-retainabllity
of these airmen for duty throughout HARDTACK, procurement of adequate
replacements was imperative,
The primary problem of the early release
was defined as that of training and indoctrinating replacement personnel
prior to their movement to the proving ground.
A process of identifying
those persons who were to be affected by early release policy was begun
in October so that requisitioning action could be taken to secure replacements.
Ultimately, however, another course of action was pursued to secure
replacements for these early release personnel.
After identification
these individuals were transferred to other Special Weapons Center organizations and the receiving organizations
replaced those received by an
equal number of similarly skilled personnel.
In most cases, an adequate
skill) level was maintained among the replacements,
The replacement pro-
gram was coneluded in sufficient time to preclude prominent problems be~-
fore the beginning of the HARDTACK operational plmse.
Another aspect of the Personnel situation was that of consolidation
of Personnel functions,
On 1 November 1957, a letter was received by tle
4950thTest Group from the Chief of Staff, Air Force Special Weapons Cen-~
ter, directing consolidation of Personnel functions at Special Weapons
Center 1evel.®
The consolidation was to become effective 1 December,