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`ro:     3atrle Assesr~rnent Ter~~

~ub~:    SWA ~XIT STUD?

1.    Identification:     Engin~ers   contributed   ~  tn'e co~~ined arms
team of Desert S';~ie1d/S1:c~rm by per~orm1.ng t:~e mission Oa~ rnob~1ity
count~rrnobilit~,   st~rv1vabilit:"'? ~Lfld rjensral enqineering. T'LI~ one
~r~a    tiat  o~r   ~n~i.:~~~r  te~ai  found   tha~  ~mpacts   or~  Desert
Shield/Storm was our ~~neral ~nginecr role.          These shortcomin;s
wer~ ~n the are~ of:      ~a~terial handling equipment;   trac~ vehicl~;
wat~r production;    *~toctr2cfl;.?; refri~er~ticn; ~?S eQ~pfl0ent; Class
*tV anc~ i:<.

      Developrent    ~n~ine~r   equ~pr~~ent  stored `~pon ~PS  sn~r~  lacI~
riaint~nance, reqi~jre modi ~ ~cat: tons, tec~nica  nanuals and comple Ce
St-:3 inventores.

      Ei~ctrical and water *3upport it~fltS proved to be ttt4O critical
r~reas that dr'~~ the bulk of these neglect.~.

      The Commanding Officer 0      8th Engineer Support aattalion.    7th
tngineer S~pport Batt~1ion, a~d ~~SS-27S e~pounded their con~'.~rns.

      In the area of flaterial handling eq~ipment items suc~ as seals,
`0"   rings   and  fan  belts   had   `ir'; rotted.    These deletertous
shortcomings had the potential ~f being a         Iwar stopper."    It was
too often that ~arines such as GySgt ~scobedo, ~`)peratidn Chief 1st
CEB, GySgt Glenn, Maintenance Chief 2nd CZ~, CWO Smithers. 7th ESB1
OWO   l~ing,  ~th  ~SB,   SSgt  Richardson,    Engineer Chie~    2nd  Tank
3attalion,    and (~O Stou~,  1st tSB,    ~choed the lac:~ of rnai~tenance
conducted on these items.      They also e~pressed their concorn about
the   lack  ot technical     manuals  tor   ~ew iteas  of equipment,    no
modification bein~ conducted and no StJ components.

      There were a total of twent7-one audio tape.~ and two h'~~red
surveys conducted.

      Follow-up ran `~e *oerfc:rmed oy con~~cting th~~se ~ar~n~s listed
above.

      flpressicfl: :~ initial p~rception is that we must re-t'n~n:~ M~S
~aint~nance.     At .~~m~.. point all the jear mus     be ser',iced,  This
service should in<~1ude, bu:: not be limited to, r~placin~ seals, "0"
rings,   1'~bric:ation, ipdati~£; T~,  St-    inventories ,~*~ ~onducting
*~ll required modi~ications.

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