34                          HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN IRAQ, 1991:

service people wearing desert cami~ies enjoying their first pizza and beer in
many months.
    Fleet Marine Force Europe (FMFEur) was the conduit between Provide
Comfort Marines and the United States. Both joint and combined task forces
included Marines in staff and liaison positions. Fleet Marine Force Europe
(Designate) in London functioned as the single point of contact for U.S. Marine
matters in Europe. Operation Provide Comfort required FMFEur (Designate) to
shift its focus from Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf to Turkey and
northern Iraq.
    Colonel Donald A. Gressly, the chief of staff, sent a liaison team to incirlik
on 11 April.  This team, collocated with a team for Navy Forces Europe
(NavEur), was designated Navy-Marine Liaison Team 10, Combined Task Force
Provide Comfort. Fleet Marine Force Europe (Designate) coordinated material
and personnel movements from Europe, conducted hospital liaison support, and
assisted special logistics support in Europe. The FMFEur G-1 and 0-4 sections
provided administrative and logistics support to include fiscal, administrative,
transportation and billeting, and postal services. The 0-3 section prepared daily
situation reports, worked on planning issues, and relayed intelligence (especially
threat conditions) to CTF Provide Comfort.37


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Humanitarian Service Support Base Silopi (HSSB 1) was the site of the Combined Support
Command (CS C). The CSC coordinated togistics efforts for Operation Provide Comfort.