FM 57-35 Airmobile Operations - Survival Books

WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COM(3) The debarkation officer (Navy) is responsible for themovement of personnel and equipment to the properhelicopters, and for the coordination of debarkationactivities.(4) The embarkation team commander and the air unit commander assign debarkation directors, controllers (including a hangar deck control officer), and loading supervisors to the ship's debarkation officer to assist in debarkation operations.c. Debarkation of Personnel.(1) The assembly area for the embarkation team is hangarbay No. 1.(2) The debarkation control point is hangar bay No. 2, alongside elevator No. 2.(3) An assistant to the debarkation officer stations himselfat the debarkation control point with a copy of the helicopter employment and landing table (fig. 22). One waveload of heli-teams is kept in readiness to move to theNo. 2 elevator immediately upon call from the air operations officer.(4) The debarkation officer is stationed on the flight deckwith telephone communication to the control point onthe hangar deck. He orders heli-teams to be brought up,coordinating their use of the elevator with the flight deckofficer. He holds one wave load of heli-teams in readinessin the staging area on the flight deck. The staging areais the space between the forward end of the island andthe 5-inch gun turret.(5) A flight deck guide is assigned to each helicopter takeoff/landing point. He takes charge of each heli-team as itreaches the flight deck and guides it to the staging area.When a helicopter arrives at his takeoff/landing point,he leads the team to it and helps it to emplane.d. Debarkation of Cargo.(1) Since the cargo lift is a separate operation from thepersonnel lift, the cargo debarkation control systemmust also be separate. Of the two, cargo control is moredemanding.(2) It is the responsibility of the hangar deck cargo officer(b above) to keep a steady flow of cargo moving up theNo. 3 elevator in the proper amounts and in the sequenceshown on the landing table (fig. 22), or as directed bythe cargo control officer on the flight deck. Both officersAGO 2294B 75