SAC INTERVIEW WITH HERMAN MARTIN, SAC/HOL

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SUBJECT:  SAC INTERVIEW WITH HERMAN MARTIN, SAC/HOL
                                                        
                                                        
            INTERVIEW WITH HERMAN MARTIN, SAC/HOL, 22 AUGUST 1991
                                                        
        (U) Cairo West required the most work and became a true bare
        base deployment. Flight operations depended on SAC engineers
        getting the field ready. At Jeddah New, personnel were billeted
        in eight compounds around the city causing command and control
        problems feeding the troops. About 570 personnel suffered food
        poisoning on 24 January. The suspected cause was food provided by
        a local vendor. Seeb was the least of our problems. Located next
        to local supply point, material was ready available for engineers
        deployed to Seeb. Diego Garcia suffered from wind and rain damage
        that destroyed 70 percent of tent city. C-5s brought in expandable
        shelters that SAC engineers and host base workers erected. Diego
        Garcia dining hall was a "state of the art" facility in which it
        could be used for storage and within three days transformed back
        to a dining facility.
        
             [(b)(2)]
         Mr. Bob Fox
         HQ-SAC/OdoRX