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quarters, messing, and other facilities were not notice- ably better than they had been at MADDj but the fact that the airstrip was both longer and wider, added to the mental comfort of the pilots. 99/* At the same time that the advanced training for the aircrews was going on, plans were made to airlift the ground troops from JMADD to JMTIDE for embarkation on the ships which were being assembled to transport them to Cuba. Because of delays imposed by Washington, the bulk of the Brigade cargo had been airlifted to TIDE before the troops were ready to be debarked. Initially, it had been planned that troops and cargo would be flown in simultaneously. Major Billy Campbell, who had been in charge of air operations at JMADD prior to Thorsrud, was called back from Eglin to coordinate the administrative airlift details with Gar Thorsrud. , * The one lament that Ferrer did raise about facilities at JMTIDE concerned the latrines. Apparently some of the quick-lime used in the latrines for sanitary disposal got on the seats of the johns and the Cubans were coming up with sore butts. Consequently, some chose to go, pistol in hand, into the nearby woods to perform nature's functions -- the pistols being necessary, according to Ferrer, for protection from the wild animals which roamed the areas near the Base. 1001 For photos of JMTIDE, see Figures 24 through 33-.--Also see DDS Historical Series OL-7, James Burwell, Logistics Support for Opera- tions in Cuba~ March 1960 - October 1961, Fig. 70-88. S. - 165 -