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Box ID = BX005678

Folder Title = DCG TRANS HISTORY REPORT                                                                        

Unit = 22D SUPCOM  

Parent Org = ARCENT      






             APPEtJ[,'[X El TO IIF.AriCil-IARTER!z 41@-?TH TRAN'3PORTATION SATTALIJ-IN AFI'@R
             ACTION REF'CIRT


             LATMMY

             @@ Thee-e was/is not an adequate laundry service      available.    In
             c,-,fnbination with thp shortages of linifr--rms, the turn arol-ind time
             for laundry was at best three days. Some units        were allowed to
             have laundry machines at their billets, as well       as at their work
             sites.  Other- units were limited to the $2,500.      for the purchases
             of washing machines despite the fact that ther-e      wer-e eight
             companies (1100 + Per-sonnel). When clothing items were lost by
             the contracted laundry reifrkbljr,sernent was not timely, and could
             not be used to locally procure replacements.


             CL-ASS I SUBSISTAHM


                lubsistance pick-up points were often changed, and units were
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             shijt-off without prior, notice as to the newly assigned supporting
             unit.


             RB@ORTS OF SMVCY

                There ar,e a t.--tal Of fifteen reports Of survey registered for
             this battalion as @f 14 April l';191. Current status have thirteen
             completed, one assigned to a surveying c.fflcpr-, and one is
             pending fur-they action or- undpt- review.    See Enclosure D2.



             PKMM,E HEALTH AM) WEL-FARE


             kF Selection -,f items f.-,y troops ar-r-iving in countr,y after twc- or-
             three months was very Iifni teci.



             GEKJERAI- AREAS OF CT*ICEM WITH SL">LY


             i* No advance par-ty was sent to set up supply accounts, arrange
             fot- billeting ?t@. Mu,2h needed supplies needed when units
             arrived we ye nc,t r-e,-idi 1 y ev a l I ab I.? due tr-, the t irrie necessary tc,
             set lip supply accents :-f all class types.

             * Total Arrrty is still a 'ccncept' not a r-eality. Regular Active
             Army deals with an automated supply system. The Reserve
             Cc,mporients are net automated.    National Guard units are not
             automated.   This spverly 1-iarnpet-ed the effectiveness of the
             battalion supply sections who were assigned command and contol of
             s:jbc-rdinate units of all :c.mp.Dnents. An effort to automate the
             components was done t.@@, late to be effective.      Unless all
             components beci:-m,? automated these and any attempts will be
             worthless, and Pr-oblems experienced here will be repeated in any
             futijr-e deployments.   There was gross mismanagement of c,Drnputprs
             at higher- levels. Automation was equally needed at the battalion
             and company levels, hc,wever the system was front loaded at the
             higher command levels. This resulted in the requirement of
             repor-ts diie in a impossible time sequence for lower echelons not
             having automated capabilities.

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