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-Condition of the ATC's on am'val was variable but most of the problems were
related to heat in theater otpoor maintenance w'blle in WRM storage

-Oonti~uaUy growing base popii1a~ons overstressed t1;~e designed supply
capabuities of tte ATO and rouline si~ call inodicalions were rapidly deplete~

-Although the ATO ConOps requires ability to communicate with crash, rescue
and other agencies, there WaS 110 system in' place to guarantee this capability

                                Supply

-~tesupply was a critical and pe~sistent problem f~r nearly all units

-The most dependable resupply mechanism was to request from the home base
and ship with bombs and spare parts from home

-Difficulty in obtaining contact lens replacements1 solutions and spectacles was
alniost unfvorsal

-Inability of the SME's to order supplies directly unpeded the resupply process

-Local purchase was a common but costly early method o~ coping with supply
problems

-Bargaining, borrowing,  tradinL confiscatin~ and stealing were variolls
niethods u~~ Lu pru(:ure needed smpplies

                             Pa~ent Care

-At ~~~ry In~~tio~, in~IvIduals W8rC de~loyed with sigwficant medical problem~
beyond the capabilittes of the ATC to care f~r the~  Many thought this was
more common among ARC personnel~

-Many individuals were deployed on pres~r~ption medieations for which refills
were unavailable on either the ATC or ATH T~ Obtaining these refills wtthin
SO days of deployment was extremely difficult.

-There was almost universal need for better access to dental care although about
half the conference participants believed more vigorous enforcement of dental
standards predeploym~nt would have sub~tantiaIIy reduced the demand

-Women's heaItb care issues were poorly addressed in deployment supply
pad~ages

-More rapid identification of specialty backup was desired

ert wu iwpossible to keep track or patients once they left a base for care, and
tbere was no system to retura t~em when they were released from the refemd
f~ciUt~.

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