CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES INFORMATION MEMO 158 10 JUL 91

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             Table 1. (Continued)


              Date                                  Event


              2 Sep    Second increment of FH-5 main body arrived in theater

              2 Sep    USNS Mercy arrived in Subic Bay for provisioning and additional
                       medical equipment

              2 Sep    7th MEB stand down; composited into I MEF

              3 Sep    TJSNS Mercy departed Subic for the Gulf

              4 Sep    lst MEB chopped to COMUSMARCENT under operational control of
                       I MEF (in-flow of personnel completed 13 Sep)

              5 Sep    Lack of essential medical supplies delayed activation of FH-5

              6 Sep    USS Nassau transited the Suez Canal

              6 Sep    FH-5 saw first patient

              7 Sep    USNS Comfort passed through the Strait of Hormuz

              7 Sep    BTJMED promulgated Navy logistics policy for Operation Desert
                       Storm


              8 Sep    USNS Comfort arrived at anchorage area north of Bahrain

              8 Sep    USS Guam and USS Iwo Jima passed through the Suez Canal

              9 Sep    FH-5 declared operational with 350 beds

             10 Sep    COMUSNAVCENT issued concept of operations for medical support
                       and designated USNS Comfort, USNS Mercy, and FH-5 combat-zone
                       MTFs

             10 Sep    BUMED formed an infectious disease/biological warfare diagnos-
                       tics laboratory

             12 Sep    FH-5 fully operational with 500-bed capability

             14 Sep    USS Guam and USS Iwo Jima joined USS Nassau to complete 4th MEB
                       deployment

             15 Sep    USNS Mercy passed through the Strait of Hormuz

             16 Sep    USNS Mercy arrived at anchorage area north of Bahrain

             17 Sep    USCINCCENT extended the theater evacuation policy from 7 to 15
                       days


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