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c. The vwried taslm imposed on the officers of Joint
Task Force Seven (Rear) ocmfirmed the necessity for pooling of
clericalassistmce as originallyplanned,inorderto effectmaximum productionwith a limitedforce.
3. Mission.
a.
From the date of activation, responsibility for all
matterswas taken overby
decisims on operationaland logistical
Headquartersof the Task Forceat Fort Shafter,and the missim of
the Rear Echelon became one of continuing the processing of supplies
and support of operations in accordance with Joint Taak Force Seven
policies.
b.
In order to coverthe variedresponsibilities
confront-
ing the Rear Echelon,ColonelHerrickassignedadditionalrelated
responsibilities to eaoh representative member of the organizaticm.
In order to ~ovide withinthe skeletonframeworkof personnelremainingbehind,a mediumfor the assignsmntof actionsrelating to
staff sections not physically represented,for example: In addition to his primary duties as Engixner Offioer, Captain Fauber main-
tainedsufficientreoonisto act prcmptlyon J-3 matters; Colonel
Tayloron J-1 matters,eto.,and @ caseswhere a speoificworkload
was imposedfor whioh no priorarrangenmnts
had been established,
each individual
was made proportiaatelyresponsiblefor such contributionsto finalactionas his particularscope of operation
would pemit.
This establisheda directoontrolover all Rear
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