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File: aacad_08.txtIndoor/outdoor vacuums came in very hands an the tents when it came to getting rid of sand especially in the computer areas and dining hall, linoleum was ordered for the dining hall but never arrived, we were lucky to finally get wood floors, small compact refrigerators also greatly enhanced living conditions but were few and far between, additional orders never made it, ice chests would have been a good substitute but we only had 5 which were used for Search and Recovery. Tilt grills, convection ovens, large ice machine were ordered but never made it . The soft serve ice cream machine ordered did arrive and was a huge hit in the dining hall. Mix was obtained from King Fahd contract food vendor and delivered right to our location, unfortunately this didn't occur until late March. Two cold bars, several drink dispensers, folding chairs 5 insect zappers, and a small ice machine did arrive. A large mixing bowl, coffee maker and pallet jack were needed and ordered but failed to be delivered after constant nagging of King Fahd contracting office and several visits in person. E. Food Service generally went very well, after the MKT's were used for 3 weeks, the first 9-1 kitchen arrived and we erected it the day after Christmas with great haste, mainly to get inside out of the cold nights and mornings. Our main source of B-rations was Dhahran, but we picked Tra Packs and 100 man meals and dinnerware (all paper) up from the Army when they had it available. Water and MRE`s also came from the Army mainly because we were relatively small in a largely populated Army region and the Air Force couldn't reach us except by air. We ran a hot breakfast, MRE lunch, hot dinner and no midnight meal. This was in effect until April when Saudi Catering moved in with 3 hots a day, but the population dropped to half and we were moving on. Problems that existed included numerous meetings being held in the dining tent (mostly due to the fact it was our largest tent) constant squabbles between first sergeants and commanders over KP duty which most felt was SVS responsibility (we had KP s from other squadrons the majority of the time, but new CSG commander believed it to be our problem), undermanning resulted as our population tripled leaving us on twelve hour shifts the entire deployment with 1 day off a week beginning in late February. During the war we were extremely rank heavy with 5 Masters and a Senior Master who had no food experience. Creative supervision was a challenge until we finally slimmed down to 3 Masters which was still unnecessary and more of a hassle than a help. Most all the 623x0 personnel did a fantastic job though and worked extremely long days for several months. The attitudes were good but the morale was awful. I attribute this mostly to the lack of MWR activities/assets, lack of mail for the first 6 weeks, and the northern location of our site and potentially good chance of attack. We were also selected as the only Air Force personnel in the world to take Anthrax shots and tablets before the final days of attack. We basically were projected casualties waiting to happen and everyone felt it. .
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