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FIGURE 3-4. USAF C-5 ON ENEWETAK.
Defense Communications Service terminal was relocated and rehabilitated
to provide three voice circuits and one automateddata circuit using 10-
kilowatt, high-frequency transmitters. The Air Force communications
team began operating the new system on 16 May 1977.33
HONOLULU SUPPORT: MARCH 1977
The nearest sources for most logistics support were in the Honolulu
area. Logistics action officials of the agencies in Hawaii made an all-out
effort to locate materiel required to begin base camp construction and
Operation, such as building materials, billeting, office, and shop
equipment. They investigated every possible local source, including the
Defense Property Disposal Region (Pacific), to assure maximum use of
available resources at minimum additional cost. The success of theinitial
preparatory phase was due in large part to the personal efforts and
cooperation of Honolulu-areaaction officials.
To coordinate mobilization actions at Enewetak Atoll, the first members
of the Joint Task Group (JTG) Commander’s staff deployed to the atoll on
5 April 1977. They were the JTG Logistics Officer, Lieutenant Colonel
John R. Sitten, Jr., USA, who became the interim Atoll Commander, and