Army Logistician articles from January 2004

Army Logistician archives from January 2004

Army names new G-4.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... Lieutenant General C.V Christianson was promoted to his current rank and appointed Deputy Chief of Staff; G-4, U.S. Army, on 2 October. General Christianson succeeds Lieutenant General Charles S. Mahan, Jr., who retired from the Army. ...

DOD policy mandates RFID use by 2005.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... In a key initiative designed to improve supply chain management, the Department of Defense (DOD) in October issued a new policy that will promote the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. RFID technology is an application...

USTRANSCOM named defense distribution process owner.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... The Department of Defense (DOD) announced in September the appointment of the Commander, U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), as the Defense distribution Process Owner. This designation is a significant step forward in transformation and...

Standards, readiness, and quality.(Log Notes)
January 1, 2004... In the article, "Quality Control Versus Average Cost Per Unit" in your July-August issue, Sergeant Adams addresses minimum standards, readiness, and quality control. I would like to clarify these terms for the maintenance community. ...

Air Force fuels.(Log Notes)
January 1, 2004... "What Army Logisticians Should Know About the Air Force," which appeared in your September-October issue, was well written and gave a complete description of how the military services meet the logistics needs of the combat forces. There...

Delivering logistics readiness to the warfighter: the success of the current and future forces will depend on networking logisticians so they can communicate with each other and with the warfighters they support.
January 1, 2004... "The Army--At War and Transforming." Those words, which greeted attendees at last October's annual meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, sum up the situation facing the Army as it begins this new year. Since...

What's missing in ARSOF logistics? The logistics problems of Army Special Operations Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom indicate that a reorganization of the support structure is needed.
January 1, 2004... The Global War on Terrorism has changed the way Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) deploy, fight, and are supported. Following the Vietnam War, ARSOF focused their operations at the team level, and their logistics requirements, or...

More tooth for the tail: the right stuff for CSS operations.
January 1, 2004... The logistics community must take advantage of the lessons that have been learned so far from Operation Iraqi Freedom and press for materiel and doctrinal transformation of our combat service support (CSS) units. CSS units must have the right...

A conventional class VIII system for an unconventional war.
January 1, 2004... To support Special Forces effectively, a combat health logistician (CHL) must know his customer base. Army Special Forces conduct unconventional warfare operations that can include special reconnaissance, direct action, foreign internal...

Embedded chips and radio queries: a look at the future.
January 1, 2004... During late 2002 and early 2003, the Army was called on to deploy large numbers of forces based in the continental United States to locations throughout the world. These forces eventually included two mechanized infantry divisions (the 3d...

Potential uses for RFID data.
January 1, 2004... Depots and supply facilities in the Department of Defense (DOD) have the capability to "read and "write" radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Facilities with RFID interrogators (whether fixed or handheld) scan ("read") incoming cargo...

ALMC's E-Classroom offers realistic combat training for the future force.
January 1, 2004... Three new high-tech training systems provide a realistic combat environment for students at the Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) at Fort Lee, Virginia. ALMC's first battle command electronic classroom (E-classroom), which was...

The officer assignment process.
January 1, 2004... The Army Human Resources Command (HRC) is a field operating agency of the Army G-1. HRC's primary mission is to manage the Army's military personnel. [HRC was formed in October when the Total Army Personnel Command and the Army Reserve...

Thai coalition engineer unit supports operation enduring freedom.
January 1, 2004... In March 2003, the Kingdom of Thailand successfully deployed a Coalition Engineer Unit (CEU) to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Though only one of many nations to support the Global War on Terrorism,...

Web-enabled repair and return.
January 1, 2004... using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment in military systems is a mixed blessing. Although COTS equipment offers the warfighter cutting edge, technologically advanced equipment, managing it offers unique challenges for logisticians. ...

Logistics risk in the Stryker Brigade Combat Team.
January 1, 2004... Decisive land power is, historically, an essential I requirement for attaining any lasting success in major conflicts or contingency operations. While the Army provides full-spectrum, land-power dominance, it often does so at the expense of...

The role of civilians during the first gulf war: Operation Desert Storm foreshadowed today's reliance on civilian logisticians on the battlefield.
January 1, 2004... For the United States, Operation Desert Storm was a showcase for the technical wizardry of modern weapon systems. Although much has been said and written about the soldiers who manned these critical systems, less attention has been paid to the...

An army learns on its stomach.
January 1, 2004... A fair number of today's soldiers arrive at induction centers with only a basic knowledge of military traditions and of the Army's rich battle heritage. Many commanders feel that it is important for recruits to improve their historical...

Hydrostatic testing and purging of fuel tanker equipment in USAREUR.
January 1, 2004... Preparing hundreds of pieces of fuel tank equipment for deployment by road, rail, barge, and ship from Europe to Southwest Asia for Operation Iraqi Freedom was a significant logistics challenge and an intense learning experience for U.S. Army...

Every soldier a rifleman: although killing the enemy is not their primary mission, combat service support soldiers now face many of the same challenges encountered by their combat arms brethren.
January 1, 2004... The world watched as a visibly shaken Private First Class Patrick Miller told his Iraqi captors, "I'm here to fix broke stuff... I'm told to shoot only if shot at... I don't want to kill nobody." Miller was undergoing harsh and illegal...

New name for MTMC reflects warfighter support role.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... The Military Traffic Management Command has a new name--the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC). SDDC officials believe the new name better reflects the command's critical role in deploying the force and its emphasis...

Strykers head for first operational assignment.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... Last November, the Stryker combat vehicles assigned to the Army's first Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), the 3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division, at Fort Lewis, Washington, headed for their first operational assignment--Operation Iraqi Freedom....

AMC creates three new organizations.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... A 9 October ceremony marked the stand-up of the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) (Provisional), the Chemical Materials Agency (Provisional), and the Guardian Brigade, all at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The...

New mortuary facility opens at Dover.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs opened at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, in October, replacing a 48-year-old facility. It is the only Department of Defense mortuary in the continental United States. The 70,000-square-foot,...

NATO response force established.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... A ceremony held in Brunssum, The Netherlands, on 15 October marked the official stand-up of the new North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Response Force (NRF). The NRF is a joint-service force that will be capable of deploying outside...

An Army sergeant from Detachment 1, 757th Transportation Battalion (Railway), and an Iraqi rail worker adjust a rail at the Port of Umm Qasr, Iraq.
January 1, 2004... An Army sergeant from Detachment 1, 757th Transportation Battalion (Railway), and an Iraqi rail worker adjust a rail at the Port of Umm Qasr, Iraq. The battalion is an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The detachment...

Human resources command named.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... The merger of the Total Army Personnel Command (PERSCOM) and the Army Reserve Personnel Command (AR PERSCOM) announced in the July August issue of Army Logistician became official in October with the establishment of the Army Human Resources...

Army tests pump to make water from exhaust.(Alog News)
January 1, 2004... Soldiers soon may be able to recover drinking water from their vehicles' exhaust. The Army is testing a system that will recover the water that is present in fuel by combining oxygen and hydrogen in vehicle exhaust to produce water. The...