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File: aacad_12.txtThe equipment I had obtained such as m-2 burners, tag, vcrs, microwave oven, refrigerators etc...was all transferred to our equipment account at homestation . The dining hall equipment was all packed with the 9-1's for storage. Our vehicles which we literally had to fight to obtain and keep, started with a mini van for postal, 6 PAX pick up for billeting, and a Suburban for Mortuary Affairs...all were used extensively. The refer truck arrived the week before we left for Egypt..doing us no good at all. We had begged for one from Centaf but once again we were ignored, King Fahd had 4 and we had O, just an example of inequal distribution. After the tear down began and we settled into a permanent poulation of 1000, I searched out the full food service contract and it was in full swing before we left for Egypt. A few Services people remained to perform billeting locator and QAE of the contract. I left for Cairo West with three of my Bergstrom folks and the Mountain Home team minus Major Larsen who went to Al Karge. We left via C-130 to Riyadh, stayed over night at Cabin Village and took off the next via C-141 to Egypt landing at 0400 local. II. CAIRO WEST - Lessons learned/positive-negative experiences (See Attacbed Memo for Record) A. Arrival at this location was a major relief and a sense of safety was felt by all of us, morale increased dramatically and our first beer in four months was outstanding. I arrived to become operations officer again according to Centaf, however I found out from the SVS Commander Capt Jones who was departing that I was really going to be the MWR Chief. However the Major projected in to take Captain Jones place never showed up and thus I was the Chief of Services and MWR for this refueling wing of 850 people. The facilities were temper tents as usual but things were dramatically and noticeably different here. Services consisted of a 9-1 dining hall with local purchased linoleum floors, a walk in freezer, stereo system, Bunn Automatic Coffee maker, micrwave oven, and air doors. It was a sharp facility. Four hot meals were served a day here with A-rations from Germany and few B-rations. Water was controlled by CES. Baked goods were contracted from the Ramada, and the Army Commissary in Cairo provided us with anything we needed for the dining hall and TFE. Liquor was available at the Csiro PX which was rationed to each squadron of which we controlled. A long strip of pavement in this tent city made alot of difference in blowing sand and cleanliness until the monster sand storms struck. The laundry exchange was based out of contract service with the Ramada Renaissance Hotel, they did an excellent job of dry cleaning uniforms and cleaning civilian clothes, an excellent change from Saudi, the tent also had two field laundrys for large items. Water was not a problem here. The Tactical Field Exchange was pretty much the same except for the additional sale of American beer from Germany. The
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