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U.S. Armed Forces report Operational readiness of [Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Army Caribbean; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Force Continental Air Defense Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Staff; Commander-in-Chief of the North American Air Defense Command] to be at DEFCON 5; Anti-submarine warfare patrols in the straits of Florida are instructed to maintain their Flight plans flying within 13 miles of Cuba Territorial waters; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command revises Operation Plan 316 to include additional Military personnel and a \"floating reserve\"; Commander of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet Key West Force states that the 8 September 1962 harassment of S-2F Aircraft near Cuba were hostile in nature

[Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces; Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force; Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army] are requested to attend a 12 October 1962 meeting on Operational readiness in preparation for Operation Plan 314-61; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command request for the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps. 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade from the U.S. Pacific Command is granted

Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces releases control over the Operational readiness of [Nike Missiles; Hercules Missiles] located at Fort Bliss (Texas) to Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Force Continental Air Defense Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces directs Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Command to reconstitute the U.S. Strike Command forces in the event that [Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 316] are implemented

Operation Plan 316 problems identified during the Cuban Crisis were the result of unfamiliarity with recent U.S. Army reorganization; U.S. Army. Continental Army Command history of [Logistics support; Logistics assistance] during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Army. Continental Army Command description of [Aerial reconnaissance; Amphibious operations] during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Army. Continental Army Command Lessons of the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces is directed to ensure maximum Operational readiness for the [Military personnel; Military equipment; Logistics support] required to implement Operation Plan 312 by 20 October 1962; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff call a planning conference on 12 October 1962 to respond to Robert S. McNamara questions regarding the status of Operational readiness for Operation Plan 314; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command realigns command structure for Military actions on 20 October 1962; Codeword Operation Scabbards was assigned to all Communications relating to Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff established the completion of Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba as a first priority in February 1962; Robert S. McNamara decided in early November 1962 that U.S. Armed Forces designated for use in Operation Plan 316 were insufficient; U.S. Army. Continental Army Command received its first indications that U.S. military intervention in Cuba was possible in February 1962 when Robert S. McNamara directed that Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba be expedited; Operation Plan 316 command structure; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff established the U.S. Strike Command in 1961 composed of [U.S. Air Force. Tactical Air Command; U.S. Continental Army Command] in a state of Combat readiness; Operation Plan 312 was a fast reaction plan for Air attacks on Cuba which was followed by [Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316] which provided for U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Walter C. Sweeney, Jr. was assigned to assist Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command for Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba on 24 September 1962; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command directed Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Force Atlantic Command on 1 October 1962 to assume Operational readiness to execute Operation Plan 312 by 20 October 1962

U.S. Army practices airborne training in Exercise Sun Shade from 12 November to 10 December as rehearsal of Operation Plan 316; Cuba. Revolutionary Navy Komar Missile Attack Boats depart Mariel on October 18 for operations at Banes; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command proposed the capture of intact SA-2 Missiles Surface-to-air missile sites as part of [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 316]; Commander of the U.S. Navy Naval Base Guantanamo indicated that movement of FROG Missiles into positions threatening Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) should be deemed \"an offensive act unacceptable\" to the U.S. due the missiles capacity to carry Nuclear warheads; Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) reported a marked increase in Cuba harassment in June 1962; Military build-up in Cuba of the Cuba. Revolutionary Navy included the acquisition of [Military training; Komar Missile Attack Boats; Kronshtadt Patrol Boats] from the Soviet Union; Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force Military build-up in Cuba was indicated from 1961 to 1962 by [MiG-15 Aircraft; MiG-17 Aircraft; MiG-19 Aircraft; MiG-21 Aircraft; Helicopters; Light aircraft; Military training] from the Soviet Bloc; Soviet Union Merchant vessels traffic to Cuba increased in July 1962; Cuba. Ground Forces Military equipment includes new shipments of [Tanks; Weapons; Rocket launchers; Artillery; Anti-aircraft weapons; Rifles; Mortars; Machine guns; Amphibious vehicles; Armored personnel carriers]; Intelligence confirms [Surface-to-air missiles; IL-28 Aircraft] Deployment in Cuba and Soviet Submarines in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean region during September to October 1962; Intelligence indicated Soviet combat teams are in control of [FROG Missiles; Snapper Anti-Tank Missiles] at [Artemisa; Santiago de las Vegas; Remedios IRBM Complex (Cuba); Holguin (Cuba)] Military bases; Contingency plans to assure maximum Operational readiness for [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 314] were implemented during 1-22 October 1962; Robert S. McNamara informs Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command that Soviet counteractions against Berlin (Federal Republic of Germany) will be considered valid reason for U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Robert S. McNamara directs that evidence of Offensive weapons in Cuba or Attacks by Cuba against Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) will be considered sufficient to warrant U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Robert S. McNamara reports that Cuban intervention in Latin America or indication of support for Cuban anti-Castro groups Attacks will be considered sufficient to warrant U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes problems of U.S. Armed Forces Deployment affecting implementation of Operation Plan 316; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet Submarines operations during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet service force operations during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Armed Forces Amphibious operations during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet operations in conducting the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962); Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet count of Soviet missile withdrawal from Cuba does not match with reports from Soviet Ships; U.S. Navy reports minor collisions between its Naval vessels taking part in the Naval quarantine line; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Task Force 135 involvement in Cuban Crisis operations; U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet. Anti-Submarine Force involvement in the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962) operations; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes Anti-submarine warfare activities against Soviet Submarines in the Atlantic Ocean; [Anti-submarine warfare; Air defense systems] forced Soviet Submarines to surface prior to implementation of the Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962); Latin America-U.S. Naval Task Force involvement with the U.S. South Atlantic Force during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command analysis of U.S. Atlantic Command role in the Cuba Crisis; Cuba Alliances with Soviet Union lead to increased requests for [Economic assistance; Security assistance]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates numbers of Soviet Bloc Military personnel assigned to assist the [Cuba. Revolutionary Army; Cuba. Revolutionary Navy; Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force]; Soviet Bloc Shipping for [Arms shipments; Trade with Cuba] during period of the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command describes status of and command structures for Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba as specified in [Operation Plan 314-61; Operation Plan 312-62; Operation Plan 316]; [Exercise Blue Water; Exercise Phibriglex-62] are carried on prior to Cuban contingency operations; [U-2 Aircraft; Low altitude reconnaissance flights] received fire only twice over Cuba during Surveillance of Soviet missile bases; U.S. Atlantic Command Communications plans and activities during the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command initial reaction to knowledge of the Cuban Crisis was to improve Operational readiness of U.S. Atlantic Command to be able to execute Operation Plan 312; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff informed Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command of events that may lead to execution of [U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Operation Plan 314]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates number of Soviet Union. Armed Forces in Cuba and Cuban [Cuba. Revolutionary Air Force; Military personnel] trained in the Soviet Union; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces increased Operational readiness and prepositioning of Military personnel for the implementation of Operation Plan 314 prior to the days of the Cuban Crisis; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command developed plans for Military governments to assume control of a zone of Emergency powers in southern Florida to start at the \"commencement of hostilities\"; U.S. Federal Aviation Administration participated in planning for [Military air transit rights; Military aircraft] to assume priority over civilian and non-tactical Air traffic as part of implementation of [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates of Military personnel staffing requirements for U.S. military intervention in Cuba; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command evaluates problems affecting the implementation of Military actions and operations; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command estimates of expected Casualties of U.S. Armed Forces with implementation of Operation Plan 316; Psychological operations preparations for [Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316]; Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) participation in and command structures during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Marine Corps participation in U.S. Navy. Atlantic Fleet operations during the Cuban Crisis

Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command states that the U.S. Army requires the use of Opa Locka Naval Air Station (Florida) to accommodate Operation Plan 316; U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff call a meeting of [Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces; U.S. Defense Communications Agency] to coordinate the support plans for [Operation Plan 314-61; Operation Plan 316-61; Operation Plan 312-62]

[Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces] are instructed to prepare Contingency plans for the accommodation of extra Military personnel at Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) and for the implementation of [Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316]; U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency reports the detection of Cruise Missile Site (Banes, Cuba); U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff may add Military personnel to Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) in anticipation of Attacks

Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command issues the portion of Operation Plan 312-62 pertaining to the defense of Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) and lists the participating Military personnel; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces is advised that [U.S. Army; U.S. Air Force] units required for [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 314; Operation Plan 316] should be released from Military exercises; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command recommends that Exercise Phibriglex-62 be canceled; Contingency plans for military actions against Cuba include the capture of SA-2 Missiles Surface-to-air missile sites during execution of [Operation Plan 316; Operation Plan 312]; U.S. Marine Corps. Marine Amphibious Unit. Battalion Landing Team movements from the U.S. Pacific Command to the U.S. Atlantic Command; U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command states that approval for the use of Ramey Air Force Base (Puerto Rico) for support of [Naval vessels; Military aircraft] in connection with Operation Plan 312-62 is contingent on Logistics support; Operation Plan 312-62 support plans require Military build-up of Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba) and Military aircraft Deployment to Key West Naval Air Station (Florida)

Chief of Naval Operations of the U.S. Navy recommends that Exercise Phibriglex-62 include Aerial reconnaissance demonstrations; A-4D Aircraft are positioned at Guantanamo Naval Base (U.S. facility in Cuba); Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Strike Forces requests the designation of Military officers qualified to interpret Aerial reconnaissance for temporary duty

U.S. Air Force estimates Military expenditures for Transportation of [Aircraft; Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants] during the Cuban Crisis; Robert S. McNamara called for continued Airborne alert for conducting [Aerial reconnaissance; Low altitude reconnaissance flights] and possible return to Naval Quarantine of Cuba (24 October - 20 November 1962) operations or implementation of [Operation Plan 312; Operation Plan 316] on 29 November; U.S. Air Force reports John F. Kennedy praise for critical activities of the U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command as a major source of Military deterrence against the Soviet Union; Cuban Crisis provided the U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command with the \"best and most realistic\" test of its Command and control system in its history; U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command preparations of [Intercontinental ballistic missiles; Communications] during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Air Force. Tactical Air Command reports that its requirements for [Military personnel; Military equipment] during the Cuban Crisis put other commands in danger; Minuteman I Missiles were put at Military alert beginning on 27 October; U.S. Air Force. Systems Command turned Intercontinental ballistic missiles launch sites to control of the U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command at the time of the Airborne alert; U.S. Air Forces in Europe redirects squadrons for Nuclear strikes away from Germany (Federal Republic) in order to focus alert for Conventional warfare; Thomas S. Power notes significant possibility of Nuclear strikes from the Soviet Union by way of Antarctica; U.S. Air Force. Air Defense Command involvement in the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Air Forces in Europe involvement in the Cuban Crisis was hampered by inadequate information prior to News media announcements; U.S. Air Force. Systems Command recommends that Research and development Missiles not be incorporated into the Operational readiness status; U.S. Air Force. Alaskan Air Command required improved Communications procedures with Civilians in Civil defense organizations; Communications equipment required by the U.S. Air Force for the Cuban Crisis diluted the Military strength of forces in [Europe; Pacific Region]; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command directed Airborne alert of one-eighth of U.S. Air Force. Air Defense Command B-52 Aircraft armed with Nuclear weapons for the first time after implementation of DEFCON 3; U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command activated all its forces after DEFCON 2 announcement of 24 October; U.S. Air Force. Tactical Air Command began Low altitude reconnaissance flights on 26 October to search for targets for \"massive\" Air attacks against Missile bases; Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Air Force Atlantic Command had 579 Aircraft at stage of Operational readiness and 49 Ballistic Missile Early Warning System Radar equipment on 24-hour operation during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Air Force reports that U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff decided against planned use of tactical Nuclear weapons during U.S. military intervention in Cuba on 31 October that had been part of Operation Plan 314; U.S. Air Force reports that the U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command performed 2,511 missions armed with Nuclear weapons during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Air Force. Continental Air Command reports problems because it was not consulted on [U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command; U.S. Air Force. Tactical Air Command; U.S. Department of Defense] decisions during Cuban Crisis planning; U.S. Air Force granted authority for forward Deployment of GAR-11 Falcon Missiles with Nuclear Warheads during DEFCON 3; U.S. Air Force. Caribbean Air Command was tasked with provision of [Riot control equipment; Military equipment] to Latin America during the Cuban Crisis; U.S. Air Force. Strategic Air Command began B-52 Aircraft Aerial reconnaissance with declaration of Airborne alert on 24 October; U.S. Air Force involvement in the Cuban Crisis