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directorate having access to the knowledge of the pending "storm", Colonel 
Smith organized a task tracking system to handle what would become over 180 
separate tasks.  This well thought out system allowed for reliable transfer of 
information from one shift to another and also allowed ESRC augmentees to 
quickly come up to speed as they joined his staff.  It was the ESRC's job to 
liaise with US Central Command Air Forces (USCENTAF), US European Command 
(USEUCOM), and Headquarters US Army, Europe (USAREUR) and answer the ES&ABO 
questions for USAFE, or put the requester into contact with the person who had 
the answer.  they also managed the ES&ABO Time Phased Force Deployment Listing
(TPFDL) that directed, controlled and monitored the deployment of all ES&ABO 
personnel and equipment as well as monitored the deployment of  Continental US 
(CONUS) units so that layover accommodations could be made as they staged 
through the USAFE area of responsibility (AOR). The taskings were broad and 
deep, but the ESRC balanced the tasking load so that the mission requirements 
could be met while allowing peacetime missions to continue.

Throughout Operations DESERT SHIELD, DESERT STORM and PROVEN FORCE, the 
Readiness team continued their planning for any eventualities. Noncombatant 
evacuation of the AOR, mass medical evacuation from SWA to Europe, defense 
against increased terrorist activities in Europe due to the conflict in SWA, 
and defense of lines of communication and supply routes through and within  
Europe, all had to be thought through and planned to the smallest detail 
because implementation might be only hours away.

The team of ES&ABO people from HQ USAFE's Operations and Maintenance 
Directorate Readiness Division who staffed the Engineering and Services 
Readiness Center(ESRC) lead by Lieutenant Colonel Robert Smith, included 
Captains Noel Ortiz, Steven Rose, Patrick Ryan, and Terry Watkins; Chief 
Master Sergeant Daniel DeYoung, Senior Master Sergeant Roger Fox, Master 
Sergeant Ray Mends and Staff Sergeant Mark Munoz, the regular, full-time 
staff.  Mr Tom Smith and Chief Master Sergeant Mike Bole supplemented them, 
representing the USAFE firefighters.  Chief Master Sergeant James Halvorson, 
Senior Master Sergeant Emile Dyson, Master Sergeant John Rohrbaugh, Technical 
Sergeant Bruce Wood, and Staff Sergeants Glen Siple and Jeff Garnand 
represented the Services community. Captains Victor Harrel, Ralph Hensley, 
Bill Owen, and Glenn Pollick; Chief Master Sergeants Steven Schubbe, Larry 
Hicks, and John Maxey: Master Sergeants Mike Ashley, Ernie Lorelli, and 
Russell Savage: and Technical Sergeant Dennis Geiser provided chemical, 
biological and explosive ordnance disposal expertise.

In the days to come, as the scope of the operation grew, this small group
would be augmented by others from the Headquarters USAFE staff including 
Housing and Community Services' Major Gail Waller, NATO Infrastructure's 
Captain Mark Malone, Planning and Programming's  Captain's Ray Bariuan and 
Gerard Montani, and Engineering and Construction's Captain Joe Worrell and 
Senior Master Sergeant Ron Menke.  Major Waller and Captain Malone served as
base survey team members for several Mediterranean bases and Captain Montani 
initiated the beddown of Strategic Air Command (SAC) assets at Moron AB, 
Spain.  Captain Worrell also served as an ESRC team member and helped direct 
the movement of equipment, vehicles and supplies in support of deployed civil 
engineering units.  They all served long days and longer nights for the 
duration of Operation DESERT SHIELD, which turned into Operation DESERT STORM 
in January 1991, and during the contemporary Operation PROVEN FORCE in Turkey 
on the northern front of the war in SWA.  The wartime environment of long

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