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Subi      LESSONS LEARNED FROM OPLt~AT~ON L)ES~RI   ~HlLLD

     C       e r ~ t u ~.

           (1) Due to the continual     chang ng of the pr or t   I ng of
un i ta,  the lin its cou d not,  in a time y manner , transport one
hundred percent of their NBC sesets at one tim~          This forced t~~e
T&EU to rest their sesets as they becsme ava i I able,     thu~ creating
a undue administrative burden on the T&EU.

           (2) Al I NBC assets to ba tested by the T&EU     \A/ere
~creeneo by members of       the T&EU to ensure that masks were
properly prepared by units.        Units that did not have maaks
proper I y preparec,  prov I dad a work i ng party to prepare masks
prior    to scoeptance by the T&EU.       Thi~ procedure was very time
consuming for both the unit supported and the T&SU personnel

           (~) The T&EU was able to relocate at the Position
Locating Reporting System .(PLRS)       Unit  in Camp Margur itta, which
provided    in house electrical    power   for the mobile test facility.
Th is set-up enabled the T&EU to operate wIthout delay and ensured
that no damage to the test equipment occurred, due to the steady
power supply.

           (~) Uti I Iting members of the T&EU as drivers and
retaining use of a dedIcated tractor a loted for         timely
displacements and resulted       In very   little time lost from
operat ions.

           (5) To e~pedite productIon,      a phone call was made to the
project manager     in Albany,   Georg a requesting author I ty to stop
testing a mask once    it had been      dent If led as unservIceable
Verbal    authority was granted;    however,   if a mask was Identified
as unserv i ceab I e by the M-~ 4, we wou id cont I nue to retest us i ng a
d if ferent operator  and M-i 4     If    the mask fa ii ad the retest, no
further testing cn the remainder of the machines wer~ required.
This saved a great deal       of time and effort for the T&EU
personnel

           (6) \~Ihen the T&EU was reiooated to the PLR~ Unit,    a class
`A'  phone   line was available and was uti 1 ized    in the mob le test
faci I ity.   This a  loted   for immediate access to facilitate the
requests and requirements of both the higher echelons of command
and the supported unIts.

     d.    Fiscal.  Once    Ir was  identi fled that additional funding
w~uId ~~ n~~d~d to complete th~ T~Etl's miSsi00,        the project
manager    in Albany gave verbal    author i~at ion to ~udget at MCLB


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