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Subject: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91  DTD 1 FEB 91      

Unit: VMFA 333    

Parent Organization: 2D MAW      

Box ID: BX600027

Folder Title: COMMAND CHRONOLOGY VMFA 333 JAN 90 - JUN 91                                                     

Document Number:         40

Folder SEQ  #:         26




                                        UNCLASSIFIED

                                           Maintenance

                 Maintenance Support for the month of January provided by Mai
             David S. Shutt, Capt Steven   W. Dowling, MSgt Glenn W. Zeitlow, CySgt
             George H. Mason, GySgt Robert L. Means, and SSgt Robert M. Kaitchuck,
             along with every member of the Squadron Maintenance Department was
             outstanding. 2,989.8 total man-hours were devoted during January
             and 1,644.0 man-hours hours during combat operations. The Squadron's
             twelve aircraft, Supporting Document Item 14, were all Full Mission
             Capable throughout the month of January, and the co f@idence of the
             pilots in the ai-craft's ability to fly and fight was unsurpassed.

                WO Bobby G. Clements, MSgt Authur J. Benoit and their Ordnance
             personnel worked extremely hard to provide the correct aircraft
             loadouts and were extremely flexible with last-minute changes in
             chaff and flares, fuzes, bombs, and missile requirements. Total
             ordnance expended during January is as follows:

                      MK-20 -    17                   HARM    -  29
                      MK-82 -   125                  Shrike -     I
                      MK-83 -   179                  20mm     - 813 rnds
                      MK-84 -    31

                 CWO4 Leonard  A. Goetz, SSgt Richard C. Plunk, SSgt Tim D.
             Fowler, Sgt Don M.  Augenstein and the members of the Avionics
             department ensured  aircraft radars, ALO-126B countermeasures set,
             ALE-39 chaff and flare dispensers worked flawlessly.

                                   Personnel and Administration

                 CWO2 Calvin C. Colbert, SSgt Guy S. Short and the rest of the
             'Trip Trey' Administration department joined 15 Marines during the
nce the
             departure of VMFA-333 to SouthWest Asia in August igge.

                 Unit Diary entries, to include the *Shamrocks' receiving
             retroactive Hostile Fire Pay for the month of August, remained
             accurate and timely, resulting in no pay discrepancies.
                 'Minimize Consideredw message traffic slowed down normal admin-
             istrative functions, but through innovative means,,all essential
             tasks were completed.

                 Three Marines, Sgt Tracy Wasson, Cpl David B. Huff and Cpl Chad
             R. Barnes were awarded Good Conduct Medals and one (1) Marine was
             awarded a Letter of Appreciation.

                 Marines of VMFA-333 were informed of squadron policy and events
             taking place aboard Shaikh lea AB by the Plan of the Day (POD),
             Supporting Document Item 15.

                 On I January Brooke Shields toured the Squadron spaces passing
             out autographed pictures and posing with Squadron members for photo-
             graphs.


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Document 10 f:/Week-38/BX600027/COMMAND CHRONOLOGY VMFA 333 JAN 90 - JUN 91/command chronology for 1 jan 91 to 31 jan 91 dt:1122961652247
Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX600027
Unit = VMFA 333
Parent Organization = 2D MAW
Folder Title = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY VMFA 333 JAN 90 - JUN 91
Folder Seq # = 26
Subject = COMMAND CHRONOLOGY FOR 1 JAN 91 TO 31 JAN 91 DT
Document Seq # = 40
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 22-NOV-1996