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       D~ve~opmen~: T.~~ ?4PS     onC~rt `~~`.~~r-d to b   a 30~CO~.~5.    ~oWeve:,
       novenent  0  Cfl. fl..a1flerir..~'~ *.~nq::~eer eQ~??lnent *.~as   a `?ro~iem.
   or th~ fl0~5  art.  *.~V~1~:~fl .r~i~e~s h.~c~ to `so utii=ed -a per-orn
this    m:ss1~n `~n~c~  cr.~at~~    :~ro'oie.0~.      These ha'.ilers     Uro~e dawn
rerjujtariy,   :esultin~  in -~quI~irent       bein~    lost fl tran~~t.       Thee
Items event'.~al:.~ arriveC1.     `~~t cn~y atter e:~te:~sIve search ettorts
were cond~cted.     The dai -~ ~a.rge vo1~ne o~ ~Q..~ipment ta `~e            novod,
coiipied with the nw~ber         ar ha'~1ers ava~1able      rssii~ted      In severe
delays in the emplacement: of su~h items as the Amphibio~s Assault
ruel Systen (~O~~!~) ana the r~evers           Osr~os~s rv~tr.r ~~rItication Unit
   32604) .  it 4as not'~d that ~ach         .in~ a ~;~nit disria~ec'. the overal
*:~~ission was jecparr.1i~e.1 `ry   he 1aci~ of r~otor transport assets.

       Csll~ction ~fEorts ~~re Wrawn fron the             onwaand~ng Ctticer 5th
tngin~er     Support  3attal~cn,         Commanding     ~ticer MWSS-27~'     and rho
   :ecut~ve Otfi~er 7th    n%?n~~r S~pport 3atta~~on.

       Surveys   rom each a      .hs~ battalion         wer~ ccnj...ucte~.

       There wese   a  ta-tal    ~-Z     tive  audio  tapes  an~      r-fl.~rty ~urveys
   cnducted.

       ~ollow-up:   i:-ut~nant Cclone          Stcipper, Commanding Dfr-~cer 8th
   ngineer   Support    Battalion,           Camp    tejeune,  North       Carolina;
   ~eutenant    Colonel   Ritnyc-~o~.*         Command~ng   Ofroer         `.`4WSS-273,
Seautort,    S.C.   and  ?-`~jor    John       Sweeny,  t:-:r.ecutI~e  OffIcer.. 7th
Snginesr     S~part    3attal~on,          Camp  `0.-endleton, California,      were
~~~t:'~rvIewed.     tac:h  at     their        coflimod:ty sectIons       wer"' also
Interviewed.

.~.    impress1:~'n.3: Ta overcome *~his problem, addlt.~onal tVS assets
--"ith traIl~rs should be `~iac~d -~n both the D'\WSS and                 he Cnglneer
Support Bactalians.      Other'i...-~e,      the i.tc~ of tra~srort ~tion assets
will fore',er drive     .ne mi~sion.

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