WITH MARINES IN OPERATION PROVIDE COMFORT                               35


   Navy-Marine Liaison Team 10 worked out of a converted warehouse across
the street from the CTF headquarters. On 20 April, 20 additional Marines were
transferred  to Headquarters, CTF   Provide   Comfort  from  FMF   Europe
(Designate). Colonel Robert M. Hansen was the senior Marine. Major Mugno
(MSSG-24)    was the MEU    liaison officer and acted as executive officer,
supervising administrative matters and arranging transportation for incoming and
departing personnel. The team also included one air liaison officer, three watch
officers, a staff sergeant, and three administrative clerks.
   The Joint Operations Center, called the "Jock," was manned by members of
all services. The Joint Operations Center at Incirlik included eight Marines: one
in the personnel section (C-I), two in the operations section (C-3), one in the
plans section (C-5),  a protocol officer, a linguist, and two public affairs
officers.31
   Colonel Peter M. "Mike" Gish, a Marine combat artist in Vietnam and an
internationally famous watercolorist, covered the activities of Combined Task
Force Provide Comfort at Incirlik and Silopi in Turkey, in northern Iraq, and
with Phibron 8 afloat.39 The Marine historical team worked with Senior Master
Sergeant Thomas L. Robb, USAF; Staff Sergeant Thomas A. Traynor, USAF;
and Sergeant Marie Y. Hererra, USAF, of the Combined Task Force History
Office. Lieutenant Colonel Gordon W. Rudd, USA, an instructor at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point, later joined the History Office.

                       Combined Support Command

   General Shalikashvili formed the Combined Support Command (CS C) to
administer the logistics needs of Combined Task Force Provide Comfort. The
CSC was based at Silopi and was commanded by Colonel (soon to become
Erigadier General) Harold E. "Hal" Eurch, USA. In Europe, Burch had been the
deputy commander of the 21St Theater Army Area Command (21st TAACom)
at Kaiserslautern, Germany. Although the CSC eventually became the logistics
focal point, the 7th Special Operations Support Command (7th SOSC) initially
provided planning and support coordination for the U.S. Army forces involved
in Provide Comfort. The expansion of Operation Provide Comfort required more
support than the 7th SOSC could provide, so the 29il~ Area Support Group
assumed this role. The Combined Support Comn~nd was primarily an Army
organization. It served as the principal gateway for theater logistics support for
United States forces in Turkey. Requisitions flowed from the originating unit
through its parent task force, either JTF-A or JTF-B, to the CSC. The Combined
Task Force logistics section (C-4) coordinated support not available through U.S.
sources (commercial cargo and fuel trucks, for example). The CSC directed its
requests to the 200th Theater Army Material Management Command in Europe
for action. Supplies coming from Europe were usually routed from the General
Support Center in Germany. They arrived at Incirlik, Mersin, or Iskenderun.
From there, they were shipped to Silopi, Yuksekova, or Sirsenk, then moved to
a forward humanitarian or combat service support detachn~nt for distribution.