AFTER ACTION REPORT 20 MARCH 1991

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Subject: AFTER ACTION REPORT 20 MARCH 1991                               

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                                                          20 March 1991

               From: Inpatient Nursing Se-vices
               To:   Director, Nursing Service

               Subj: After Action Report

               1. PRE-DEPLOYMENT PHASE:

                    From October on, it was evident that FH 22 would be called up.
               By third weekend of October, plans were laid for the Predeployment
               conference in early December, Camp Pendleton to involve command
               staff, air det/advance party personnel. All statements from otir
               Reserve Centers continued to be prefaced by "if or "we have no
               information. The Reserve Centers did give out factual information
               as it was received from REDCOM level. Better information at the
               Detachment level will only occur if REDCOMS receive info frum
               higher authority and pass it on through HDQTRS and Reserve Centers.

                    For those individuals attached to PH 22 at a relatively late
               stage, receipt of accurate information became a serious problem and
               might be correctable through a welcome aboard type statement from
               our command staff.     This could be generic document prepared in
               advances realizing we would receive augmentees without knowing
               specifically who they would be.
                    Some Dets received queries from REDCOM18, other dets did not.
               Recall bills were activated to obtain requested info which was
               forwarded up chain of command and never heard of again.         Anxiety
               levels rose measurable with each recall bill exercises and no hard
               data returned.   Several billet scrubs occurred at Dets, HDQTRS, and
               New Orleans level.    Each adding to the confusion at Det level as
               names appeared and disappeared again.      Perhaps a better system of
t should be developed.
                    Pre Deployment     conference    at  Camp   Pendleton   was   very
               productive in terms of general deployment info. Site confirmation
               proved to be inaccurate.        Nursing administration involvement
               revolved around setting up functional teams based on feedback in
               data sheets requested by Fli22 HDQTRS, The feedback was only 33% of
               the manpower in FH Nursing service and therefore inadequate.          A
               better system of identified persons and their-potential for recall
               in a specific billet would be most efficient.       Flexibility as to
               where the billet is located so as to capture the right person
               inspite of the place in which he lives may be more appropriate.

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