Army Logistician articles from January 2008

Army Logistician archives from January 2008

R-CAATs: bridging the information gap.(Collection and Analysis Team)
January 1, 2008... As the Army continues to prosecute the Global War on Terrorism, it is simultaneously undertaking some of the most far-reaching changes in its history. In this period of both war and transformation, the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan...

An interview with the Army's senior enlisted logistician.(Daniel K. Elder)(Interview)
January 1, 2008... Command Sergeant Major Daniel K. Elder is the 12th command sergeant major of the Army Materiel Command (AMC) at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Considered the top enlisted logistics Soldier in the Army, Command Sergeant Major Elder travels throughout...

Maintenance in the brigade special troops battalion.
January 1, 2008... The brigade special troops battalion (BSTB) is designed to provide command and control and logistics support to combat support elements, namely the military intelligence and signal companies that were once attached to brigades from...

Five key areas of the 4th Sustainment Brigade's success.
January 1, 2008... In a 4th Sustainment Brigade officer professional development session, Colonel Gustave Perna, the brigade commander, spoke to a group of captains new to his formation about what the unit had done in its previous Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)...

Operation Mountain Thrust.
January 1, 2008... If anyone had told me before I deployed from Fort Drum, New York, for Operation Enduring Freedom VII that, as the commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 710th Brigade Support Battalion (BSB), 3d Infantry Brigade Combat Team...

Supplying forward operating bases: positioning critical supplies as far forward as possible is the best way to resupply distant forward operating bases. One company led an effort to build up the capability to store supplies and distribute them to distant bases in Afghanistan.(Alpha Company of the 710th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division)
January 1, 2008... Every logistician tries to answer this one basic question: How do I quickly and consistently provide more supplies to the Soldiers who are operating farthest from the supply hubs? The simple solution is to store larger quantities of all classes...

The need for cross-training at the company level: in times when the number of Soldiers needed to complete the mission is not available, cross-training personnel enables maintenance sections to repair equipment more quickly, thus helping keep maneuver units functional.
January 1, 2008... It is said that the new modular brigade combat team was designed to be self-sufficient at the battalion level without needing outside support. This is true if the brigade is operating in the manner for which it was conceived. However, we all...

Female medics in line units.
January 1, 2008... Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) VII has seen many firsts, one of which was the deployment of a modular brigade, the 3d Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), to the Afghanistan theater. Forward support companies (FSCs) were brand new...

Adapted missions for petroleum liaison detachments: petroleum liaison detachments are adapting to perform new missions in the field. The author recommends some ways the detachments can prepare for their new duties.
January 1, 2008... Extended sustainment operations in a mature theater are offering petroleum liaison detachments the opportunity to conduct adapted missions. In particular, detachment personnel are managing fuel operations at several Government-owned,...

Combat escort team validation.
January 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A worn placard posted in the Command Information Center (CIC) of the 4th Sustainment Brigade headquarters in Iraq read, "What have you done to improve our CLPs today?" The message drove home the brigade commander's...

Lessons learned from a reception, staging, onward movement, and integration site.
January 1, 2008... Reception, staging, onward movement, and integration (RSOI) is the process that transitions personnel and equipment arriving in a theater into operationally viable forces. Units that move into and out of operational theaters will most often...

Joint asset visibility: Why so hard? The way ahead: in the fourth and final article of his series on joint asset visibility, the author looks at some of the problems faced by those trying to provide joint asset visibility and the steps being taken to alleviate those problems.
January 1, 2008... A thorough logistics analysis of distribution problems experienced during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom reveals how important joint total asset visibility (JTAV) has become to success in modern warfare and how necessary it is to...

A values-based critique of Lean and Six Sigma as a management ideology.(SPECTRUM)(Essay)
January 1, 2008... These observations are drawn from articles that appeared in the November-December 2006 issue of Army Logistician. That issue focused on the success stories of Lean and Six Sigma (LSS) methods employed by managers at Army Materiel Command (AMC)...

Chief of Staff discusses Army imperatives at AUSA meeting.(ALOG NEWS)(General George W. Casey, Jr on Association of the United States Army's meeting)
January 1, 2008... Attendees at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting in Washington. D.C, in October heard the Army's leaders describe an Army that continues to transform to meet the demands of future challenge even as it pursues a...

Army rail units begin exercises.(ALOG NEWS)(757th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) has begun a multiyear exercise program designed to provide the Army's only rail unit, the 757th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion, an opportunity train with its four...

Army receives 12 Shingo awards.(ALOG NEWS)(Shingo Public Sector Award for Excellence in Manufacturing Achievement)
January 1, 2008... Seven Army Materiel Command (AMC) activities received Shingo Public Sector Award for Excellence in Manufacturing Achievement prizes in October. Considered the "Nobel Prize of manufacturing," the Shingo Prize promotes awareness of Lean...

Production of new HEMTT begins.(ALOG NEWS)
January 1, 2008... Oshkosh Truck Corporation began production of a new model of the heavy expanded mobility tactical truck (HEMTT) called the A4 in November. The variants trader the contract include the load-handling system, the cargo vehicle, and the fuel...

Combat Support Brigade (Maneuver Enhancement) debuts in active Army.(ALOG NEWS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The first Active Army combat support brigade (maneuver enhancement) was activated at Fort Polk, Louisiana, on 2 October. This new unit--the 1st Combat Support Brigade (Maneuver Enhancement)--will be one of 23 combat support brigades (maneuver...

DLA relocates European offices.(ALOG NEWS)(Defense Logistics Agency)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) is relocating several of its activities in Europe to a consolidated facility in Germany. This relocation will collocate DLA logistics services and headquarters activities to better support U.S. military forces...

Joint Qualification System replaces Joint Specialty Officer System.(ALOG NEWS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... A new system for earning points to become a joint qualified officer, the Joint Qualification System (JQS), offers more flexibility in recognizing an officer's joint experience. The JQS, which has replaced the Joint Specialty Officer System...

Civilian Corps Champion appointed.(ALOG NEWS)(Deputy Undersecretary Thomas E. Kelly III)(Brief article)
January 1, 2008... Secretary of the Army Peter Geren appointed Deputy Undersecretary Thomas E. Kelly III as the Civilian Corps Champion in October. This appointment reinforces the Army's commitment to recognizing the importance of the civilian force to the...