LIT CTLR BECOMES DISTRACTED AND IS INVOLVED IN LOSS OF SEPARATION BTWN AN ARR AND A DEP MIL TRANSPORT TRAINING C130.

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WHEN THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT OCCURRED; THERE WERE MANY EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES. THERE WERE TSTMS IN THE AREA WITH VERY STRONG XWINDS. WE WERE CONTEMPLATING A RWY CHANGE AND THE ARR POS WAS JUST OPENING. I HAD A MEDICAL EMER THAT WAS DIVERTING IN. AT LEAST 3 ACFT WERE DOING PRACTICE APCHS AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS INBOUNDS. ONE OF THE ACFT INVOLVED WAS MLT-1 WHO WAS DEPARTING LIT; WANTING TO GO BACK TO LRF; AND I COULDN'T FIND THE CLRNC FOR HIM. THE OTHER ACFT WAS MLT-2 WHO HAD BEEN HOLDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO TFC; ONCE HE WAS READY FOR THE APCH. I WAS WANTING TO GET MLT-2 DOWN AND IN FOR AN APCH DESPITE ALL THE OTHER TFC. ALL MY OTHER TFC HAD BEEN HELD UP DUE TO MLT-2 HOLDING. ONCE THE ARR POS OPENED; I WAS TRYING TO HELP OVERSEE THE HDOF AND HANDLING OF ALL THE DIFFICULT SITS THE OTHER CTLR HAD INHERITED DUE TO ALL THE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THE MIDST OF THIS; MLT-1 CAME OFF LIT WANTING TO GO BACK TO LRF. MLT-2 WAS OUTBOUND ON THE PROC TURN FOR THE VOR-A AT 2000 FT; CLRED FOR THE APCH. I DIDN'T FIND A STRIP FOR MLT-1 TO GO BACK TO LRF; BUT I CLRED HIM ANYWAY AND TURNED HIM TO 070 DEG HDG AND LEFT HIM AT 2000 FT; PLANNING TO GET HIM NEBOUND AND OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE MLT-2 GOT BACK AROUND ON HIS PROC TURN. THEN I LOOKED TOWARD THE REST OF MY AIRSPACE; ESPECIALLY UP BY ARR TO SEE HOW HE WAS HANDLING WHAT I HAD GIVEN HIM; AS WELL AS MY OTHER TFC MIXED WITHIN THAT. WHEN I LOOKED BACK AT THE TWO MLT-2; I WAS SURPRISED TO SEE THAT MLT-2 WAS ALREADY TURNED IN AND I HAD ALREADY LOST SEPARATION. I DON'T KNOW IF MLT-2 TURNED IN TIGHTER THAN NORMAL OR NOT; BUT I EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO GET MLT-1 THROUGH AND OUT OF THE WAY BEFORE IT BECAME A FACTOR. AT THIS POINT; I TURNED MLT-1 R TO 180 DEGS; AS THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO. THEN THE CONFLICT ALERT WENT OFF AND I BELIEVE IT WAS MLT-1 THAT SAID HE HAD THE OTHER C130 IN SIGHT. SEPARATION WAS REGAINED A MOMENT LATER. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT A RECURRENCE? I WILL NOT TRY SO HARD TO WORK THINGS OUT WHEN IT'S NOT CONVENIENT. I WILL PIN DOWN THE PLTS SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO. I WILL NOT DO SOMETHING UNLESS I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT WORK. WHEN A LOT IS GOING ON; I WILL TRY HARDER TO PAY ATTN TO ALL ITEMS UNDER MY RESPONSIBILITY. WHEN THE TFC WARRANTS; THE ARR POS NEEDS TO BE STAFFED BEFORE THE RUSH ARRIVES; NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. WHEN IT IS SO BUSY; I WILL ALSO REQUEST A COORDINATOR. THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT ANY ONE PERSON CAN DO.