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File: aaaal_02.txtRITY FEATURES OF A MILITARY COMPOUND. WHEN COMPOUNDS WERE PRO- CURED, THEY WERE NOT SAFE NOR HABITABLE AND REQUIRED EXTENSIVE RENOVATION EXISTING SEWAGE SYSTEMS WERE BLOCKED AND DUMPED RAW SEWAGE INTO THE COMPOUND, CREATING SERIOUS HEALTH HAZARDS. CMS STEGGAL DIRECTED THE REBUILDING AND RE-ROUTING OF THE SEWAGE SYSTEM, PROCURING HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND LABOR TO INSTALL PIPELINES, DIG ADDITIONAL SEPTIC TANKS, AND PREVENT FURTHER SEEPAGE. HE DIRECTED THE RENOVATION OF A GYMNASIUM INTO QUARTERS TO HOLD AN OVERFLOW OF 800 PERSONNEL. CMSGT STEGGAL WORKED TWENTY HOUR DAYS DURING THE FIRST WEEK TO PROVIDE MILITARY PERSONNEL WITH SECURE AND SAFE HOUSING, PUTTING IN 12-15 HOUR DAYS THEREAFTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMANDS OF EVER-INCREASING MILITARY POPULATION, WHICH EVENTU- ALLY NEARED 2,000 PERSONS. CHIEF STEGGAL'S EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING PER- SONNEL WERE RESTED AND PREPARED TO MEET THE HEAVY MAINTENCE AND FLYING SCHEDULES DEMANDED AT THE TIME. TSGT MARTIN CRAVEZ, 940TH CES SERVICES TECHNICIAN, ARRAIVED IN JEDDAH SAUDI ARABIA, JUST EIGHT DAYS AFTER IRAQIS INVASION OF KUWAIT. THE LARGE AND SUDDSN INFLUX OF AMERICANS AT JEDDAH RESULTED IN A CHAOTIC ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LOGISTICS SUPPORT.AND INFRASTRUCTURE HAD YET TO EVOLVE. SGT. CHAVEZ BUILT AN INGENIOUS BILLETING SYSTEM WHICH WAS SO COMPETENT THAT IT WAS USED BY THE PERSCO TEAM TO ACCOUNT FOR. PERSONNEL ASSETS DURING THE FIRST CRITICAL DAYS OF THE DEPLOY- MENT. SGT. CHAVEZ PERFORMED INITIAL ASSESMENT OF QUARTERS, DIRECTED NECESSARY REPAIR/RENOVATIONS, REINSPECTED ROOMS UPON WORK COMPLETION AND ASSIGNED THEM TO RESERVE, GUARD AND ACTIVE MILITARY PERSONNEL AS THEY POURED IN. HIS BILETING SYSTEM WAS SO RELIABLE THAT IT BECAME THE STANDARD AT JEDDAH AND WAS EXPORT- ED TO OTHER COMPOUNDS. SGT CHAVEZ ALSO ENSURED THEHEALTH OR-COMPOUND RESIDENTS BY EVALUATING LOCAL FOOD SERVICE PROVIDERS AND DISMISSED NUMEROUS FOOD SERVICE CONTRACTORS WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT THEIR SANITATION AND FOOD PRESERVATION PRACTICES DID NOT MEET STANDARDS AND POSED HEALTH HAZARDS. HIS RIGOROUS INSPECTION OF CATERING FOOD STAND- ARDS AND SAFETY/SANITATION PRACTICES RESULTED IN OBTAINING A CONTRACTOR WHO WAS ABLE TO MEET AIR FORCE STANDARDS. SGT CHAVEZ WAS ON CALL 24 HOURS A DAY FOR THE FIRST WEEKS OF TMM DERLOYMENT, THEN WORKED 18-21 HOUR DAYS THEREAFTER TO ENSURE MILITARY PERSONNEL WERE FED AND RESTED AND ACCOUNTED FOR. HIS SUPPORT OF THEIR NEEDS WAS AN INVALUABLE FACTOR IN THE SUCCESS OF THE HEAVY MAINTENANCE AND FLYING SCHEDULES DEMANDED AT THE TIME.
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