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the individual preference of each medical crew director (MCD). In 
response to those issues, the AECC Director created the Training and 
Standardization Section and tasked it with accomplishing the 
following: (a) develop a standard aeromedical configuration for C130 
and C-141 aircraft, (b) develop a vigorous training program, to 
include a provision for integrating C-130 and C-141 aeromedical 
crews, (c) initiate a program to orient and train MASF personnel in 
the austere desert environment, (d) address the issue of AE 
operations in a chemically contaminated environment and (e) create a 
standardization and monitoring function to ensure the effectiveness 
of those measures. To meet the requirements, representatives from 
various AE units in the theater provided input into the standardized 
C-130 and C-141 configuration plans and crew duties. After 
preliminary plans were developed, crew members tested the proposed 
configurations and provided feedback and recommendations. A 
standardized C-130 and C-141 configuration guide was implemented in 
December. The Section also established the following programs to 
ensure that assigned AE personnel were prepared to perform their 
wartime duties:

(a) Numbered Directives. To ensure standardized operations, the 
Section was tasked to prepare and distribute a series of numbered 
directives to each of the AE elements in the AOR. The 24 directives 
covered topics ranging from personal readiness issues to AE mission 
management. An index of those directives is at attachment 4.

(b) MASF training. A MASF training site was established at Thadj, 60 
kilometers west of Jubail. The site was collocated with an Army 
medical clearing company to facilitate joint training opportunities. 
Four MASFs were trained at the site prior to the onset of 
hostilities. The comprehensive one-week training program included 
engines running on/offloads (EROs), night operations, helicopter 
operations, patient triage, and litter carrying. ~

(c) AECM Training. As the size of the Squadron increased, the Section 
established a permanent training cadre in Riyadh to orient newly 
arriving AECMs on mission management policies, aircraft configuration 
and other pertinent topics. This training cadre was essential in 
ensuring the smooth accession of AECMs into the TAES.

(d) On-Site Training. Once MASFs and AECMs were positioned at their 
permanent duty locations, further training was conducted. In 
February, three AECC-staffed teams (strategic, tactical and MASF) 
traveled throughout the theater to review compliance with the 
numbered directives, discuss crew management issues and train AE 
personnel on medical equipment. Over twenty site visits were 
conducted by the three teams over a three-week period.

(3) Flight Clinical Coordinator/Aircrew Manager Section. Consisting 
of three flight nurses, this element functioned in the

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