ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
NCEL wishes to acknowledge invaluable inputs to this investigation 
provided by the following individuals who generously gave of their time 
and effort in discussions with the investigator: 
P.M. Dadant, The RAND CORPORATION, Santa Monica 
Commander James J. Tritten, USN (Ret) 
(Currently Associate Professor in National Security Affairs at the 
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey) 
Major John Brusca, USMC 
(Currently Liaison Officer to the Naval Civil Engineering 
Laboratory, Port Hueneme) 
Lieutenant Colonel Michael D. Armstrong, USA 
(Currently Director of Plans, Training and Mobilization at 
Headquarters, 7th Infantry Division (Light) and Fort Ord) 
Lieutenant Commander James L. Gustafson, CEC, USN 
(Currently Operations Officer, Thirty-First Naval Construction 
Regiment, Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme) 
Lieutenant Richard Crompton, CEC, USN 
(Currently on duty with the Thirty-First Naval Construction 
Regiment, Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme) 
Mr. James L. Malone, J.D. 
(Former special representative of the President of the United States 
to Third United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea) 
NAVAL RESERVE NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND DETACHMENT 222 participated 
with NCEL staff in a two-day workshop for evaluating assumptions 
and analysis applied in the MOBS investigation. The following 
members of that detachment provided numerous suggestions for which 
the investigators wish to express appreciation: 
Captain Ernst J. Bitten, USNR 
Captain Michael J. Kolar, USNR 
Captain Richard H. Evans, USNR 
Captain John F. Kittell, USNR 
Captain Ronald P. Ernst, USNR 
Captain Ronald M. Krell, USNR 
Captain Ronald J. Stryer, USNR 
Commander Russell C. Johnson, USNR 
Commander Stephen J. Szender, USNR 
