Army Logistician articles from January 2009

Army Logistician archives from January 2009

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 32d Iraqi Army Brigade, push a high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle off a flatbed trailer before beginning a 3-day project, nicknamed "Grease Monkey," designed to improve the skills of Iraqi Army maintenance personnel.(ALOG NEWS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 32d Iraqi Army Brigade, push a high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle off a flatbed trailer before beginning a 3-day project, nicknamed "Grease Monkey," designed to improve the skills of Iraqi Army...

Consequence management response force assigned to Northern Command.(ALOG NEWS)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The first of three Department of Defense CBRNE [chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive] Consequence Management Response Forces (CCMRFs) is ready to respond in support of U.S. domestic operations or disasters. The...

Army Force Generation dominates discussion at AUSA meeting.(ALOG NEWS)(Association of the United States Army)(Conference notes)
January 1, 2009... Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) was a key topic in the discussions concerning modular unit readiness at the Association of the United States Army annual meeting and exposition, held 6 to 8 October in Washington, D.C. During the session on...

Addendum.(ALOG NEWS)
January 1, 2009... The Soldiers on the cover of the November-December 2008 issue are from the 39th Transportation Battalion, Deployment Processing Center, 21st Theater Sustainment Command.

Joint Publication (JP) 4-0, joint logistics.(RECENTLY PUBLISHED DOCTRINE)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Joint Publication (JP) 4-0, Joint Logistics, is the keystone document for Department of Defense (DOD) join logistics doctrine. Its contents apply to the Joint Staff; combatant commanders, subunified commands, joint task forces, subordinate...

Field Manual (FM) 4-20.07, Quartermaster Force Provider Company.(RECENTLY PUBLISHED DOCTRINE)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Field Manual (FM) 4-20.07, Quartermaster Force Provider Company, serves as an operational guide for leaders in Force Provider companies on critical wartime tasks and gives those working closely with a Force Provider company an understanding of...

FM 6-01.1, Knowledge Management section.(RECENTLY PUBLISHED DOCTRINE)(field manuals)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... FM 6-01.1, Knowledge Management Section, is the first step in incorporating knowledge management (KM) into Army doctrine. FM 6-01.1 provides the procedures needed to "effectively integrate KM into the operations of brigades, divisions, and...

Unmanned aerial system tested for logistics resupply missions.(ALOG NEWS)
January 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Aviation Applied Technology Directorate of the Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command at Fort Eustis, Virginia, teamed up with Lockheed Martin Systems Integration--Owego and Kaman Aerospace...

New property accountability team address critical issues.(PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G-l, has approved a proposal from the Army Combined Arms Support Command to create a skill identifier for personnel who have attended the Theater Logistics Studies Program (TLog) and to code positions in the...

Collective tasks for support units needed for major combat operations.(PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Army Combined Arms Support Command is asking current and former commanders, staffs, and leaders of brigade support battalions (BSBs) and forward support companies (FSCs) to help identify the collective tasks that should be emphasized under...

Army War College sponsors Strategic Landpower Essay Contest.(PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... The Army War College and the Army War College Foundation are holding their 2009 edition of the Strategic Landpower Essay Contest. The competition is designed to advance the professional knowledge of the strategic role of landpower in joint and...