127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT

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Subject: 127 MED GP HISTORICAL REPORT                                    

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Folder Title: 127 MED GROUP HISTORICAL REPORT OPERATION DESERT SHIELD-STORM                                   

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                                   127 MED BP HISTORICAL REPORT, 910401

                                                 CHAPTER 6


                                         COMMANDER'S EVALUATION


             THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP ENTERED OPERATION DESERT SHIELD WITH AN AUTHORIZED
             S-RENGTH OF 51 PERSONNEL AND ACTUAL ASSIGNED STRENGTH AT ITS PEAK OF 51
             P-@RSONNEL. AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE DEPLOYMENT, THE MORALE WAS VERY HIGH,
             R.:XED WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FUTURE. A TRAINING SCHEDULE FILLED WITH
             Fz--M'lQDS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING AND MIXED WITH CRITICAL TRAINING TOPICS HELPED TO
             E-ARPEN AND FINE TUNE THE UNIT.


             A: TIME PASSED IT WAS EVIDENT THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP WAS WELL PREPARED FOR
             I 5 MISSION. MANY OF THE TRAINING TOPICS PRESENTED AT THE MOBILIZATION
             S-ATION WERE REDUNDANT AND OFTEN TIMES SOLDIERS WERE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE THAN
             T@E INSTRUCTORS. THIS LEAD TO BOREDOM AND OCCASIONAL FRUSTRATION. MUCH OF
             T-E TRAINING WAS PERFORMED BY THE "HANDS-ON" METHOD. THIS ESPECIALLY WAS TRUE
             W:TH THE NBC AND CHEMICAL TRAINING. ADMINISTRATIVELY THE UNIT WAS UNDER THE
             87TH MAC, BUT OFTEN WAS ABLE TO GET MORE DONE BY WORKING DIRECTLY WITH FORT
             BENNING.


             TH=- UNIT EXPERIENCED SOME PROBLEMS ADMINISTRATIVELY WHILE CHANGING FROM THE
             NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL SYSTEM OF RECORDS OVER TO THE ACTIVE DUTY SYSTEM. AN
             EXAMPLE WAS REQUIRING INITIAL INPUT TO THE SIDPERS TACCS SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO
             TRANSFERRING PERSONNEL DATA FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER: THE ARMY SYSTEM AND
             TRIE NATIONAL GUARD SYSTEM WERE NOT COMPATIBLE. THE PROBLEM WAS COMPLICATED BY
             A LACK OF EQUIPMENT AND TIME.


             IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THE 127TH MEDICAL GROUP WAS WELL PREPARED FOR ITS WARTIME
ORY TO THE MOBILIZATION STATION AND
             ON TO SAUDI ARABIA EVEN BETTER PREPARED. THROUGH THE ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, WITH
             ITS MANY HARDSHIPS AND SACRIFICES, THE UNIT MAINTAINED ITS MISSION FOCUS.
























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