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       area and to reduce the potential health hazard. As the deployment
       wore on, more permanent designs called for connecting to the boat
       nation sewage System. Entomology was a concern for Air Force
       engineers to minimize the spread of disease and to reduce annoying
       insects and rodents. Air Force entomologists procured insecticides
       on the local economy, but often could not use them because they
       contained chemicals such as DDI. Flies were kept under control by
       proper refuse location and prompt trash removal.
      After a period of use at the sites, generators began to fail
      because of the stress of around the clock operation and the lack of
      scheduled maintenance due to a Ghortage of filters and spare parts.
      The Air Force established a depot repair capability for the MEP-12
      750 generators at Thumralt An, Oman. The six-man Tyndall CEMIRT
      Prime BEEF team deployed to Oman on I7 September and was joined by
      SMSgt Mark [arivee, 3498 CES, GooUfellow AFB, Texas. Thl~
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       the MEP-12 and the ccltlcal nature of the resource. After
       establishing their operations at Thumrait, CEMIRT began an
       evaluation of the propositioned generators and those shipped from
      
      initially used in support of Operation Desert Storm, seventy-foor
      failed to operate on initial start-up. The generators required
      minor control adjustments and even major repairs because of mis~1ng
      or defective parts.
         CEMIRI v1~1ted nearly all of the SWA sites to perform
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      perform emergency 1p-place repairs. Some MEP-12s were sent to
      Thumrait, where CEMIRI repaired and overhauled the generators and
      returned them to service. Obtaining spare parts was a problem for
      CEMIRI. The deployed team identified parts, special tools, and
      material shortages, and ordered them through the Tyndall CEMIRT
      region office. Pr10rit1zed 11sts were given to the Acquisition
      Cell established by the Fuglu~er1~g and Services Office, HQ
      A+~SC, which tracked the items to ensure quick purchase and
      delive~y.~
      At BQ TAC, Col Wayne C. McDermott assembled a cross section
      of Air Force E & ~ expertise to support CENIAF. General McAuliffe
      chartered the newly-formed Desert Shield ~ & S Contingency Support
      Team to begin long range planning and problem solving. Personnel
      were brought in from HQ AFEC, HQ M111tary Airlift Command, BQ
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      the Air Staff to demonstrate clearly that Desert Shield was not
      just a TAC operation, but involved the entire Air Force. From
      August to January, the team met weekly to work issues that surfaced
      from CENTAF or from the Battle Staff. These included items such as
      a rotation/training plan, candidate temporary construction
      standards, acquisition of radios for deployed firefighters,
      shipping missing TOs and regulations, and development of aircraft
      parking plans.65
      One of the key components of the Contingency Support Team was
      the ~ & S Acquisition Cell, located at HO AFESC. The Acquisition
      Cell, organized in September 1990, provided timely system