CENTAF ENGINEERING AND SERVICES PERSONAL HISTORY

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SUBJECT: CENTAF ENGINEERING AND SERVICES PERSONAL HISTORY
DESCRIPTION: DISCUSSES TYPES OF MEALS, MORTUARY ACTIONS ON PERSONNEL, ANTHRAX SHOTS, AND FINALLY 10 PAGES OF FIRE FIGHTER LOGS. DOCUMENT IS MISSING PAGES 12 AND 14. FIGHTER FIGHTING LOGS WERE NOT READABLE.
USCENTAF ENGINEERING AND SERVICES -

PERSONAL HISTORY

1. TIME COVERED: 7 Oct 90 - 5 Nov 90 (C+60 - C+90)
2. RANK, NAME: Lt Col Ronald P. McCoy
3. AFSC, TITLE: 6216, Services Staff Officer
4. UNIT MISSION: Support COMUSCENTAF with Engineering and Services
activities for the 31000 deployed combat forces located at 22
sites within the CENTAF AOR.
5. JOB TITLE, JOB DESCRIPTION: Assistant DCS/Engineering and
Services. Supports the DOS and acts in his absence regarding CENTAF
Engineering and Services.
6. E&S Accomplishments: Refinements continued on any USCENTAF/DE
programs. The DE staff developed a new focus where attention was
given to sustainment and wartime operations versus the previous
emphasis on initial beddown issues. Telephone communications with the
sites continued to improve permitting the staff to develop a closer
understanding of site challenges. Site visits also increased via
C-130 intra-theater airlift. he DE staff gained valuable insight
these visits. Specific highlights of this period were:

a. Emphasis began in earnest to complete the theater mortuary
plan. TAC/BS-DE was very helpful in developing a straw man concept
plan. However, as we questioned the issues' we discovered CONUS and
AOR shortfalls and issues that needed immediate resolution. There was
a lack of guidance from the Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Office
(CJMAO) regarding the handling of contaminated remains (NBC) and the
procedures for processing large numbers of deceased for return to
CONUS. This issue centered on the Dover AFB mortuary capabilities and
whether Travis AF and other CONUS AFB's would need to be opened to
handle mass casualty operations. Additionally' the ARCENT Graves
Registration Units in theater were not organized to accept
responsibilities as executive agent during hostilities. They neither
had a plan, people, transportation, processing equipment or unit
leadership to effectively organize. As a result, our DEHM staff
provided them an inordinate, but necessary amount of assistance;
Other issues surfaced regard the procedures for temporary burial.
USCENTCOM helped work this problem by obtaining Saudi approval to
bury U.S. and Allied forces should our return program be interrupted.
See USCINCCENTCOM Operations Order 001, Annex D. These issues and
procedures were eventually incorporated into our USCENTAF\ Mortuary
Plan. Note: he CENTAF Mortuary Plan was later briefed to Lt Gen
Homer on 17 Nov 90. he Commander was very pleased and requested we
prepare a letter for his signature to COMUSARCENT advising the Army of
Air Force mortuary capabilities.

b Mortuary Affairs was very busy this period, highlighted by
mass casualty ot 10 deaths on-board the U.S.S. Iwo Jima. Processing
was accomplished without difficulty. However, there were mixed