Army Logistician articles from May 2004

Army Logistician archives from May 2004

SDDC makes historic equipment moves.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... During the first 4 months of 2004, the Surface Deployment and distribution Command (SDDC) carried out the largest move of U.S. military equipment since World War II. Elements of eight Army divisions were moved to or from Operation Iraqi Freedom...

SBCT supports future force.(Log Notes)
May 1, 2004... As one who participated in the design of the Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) at the Combined Arms Support Command at Fort Lee, Virginia, I would like to address some of the concerns expressed in the article "Logistics Risk in the stryker...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
May 1, 2004... In the March-April issue of Army Logistician, on page 20, the ship in the photo was mis-identitied as the USNS Antares. The photo actually shows the M/V Antares. We apologize for the error.

Improving intratheater joint distribution.
May 1, 2004... The way forces are employed is changing. Current operations in Iraq have shown how operational forces can bypass cities and focus on the enemy. The quick advance of Army combat forces from Kuwait to Baghdad required support units to stretch...

Medical logistics during operation Iraqi freedom.
May 1, 2004... On 17 February 2003, the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, embarked on another rendezvous with destiny"--this time to participate in what would become Operation Iraqi Freedom. In preparing for deployment to Iraq,...

Hospital logistics support for operation Iraqi freedom.
May 1, 2004... Daily Logistics support in an Army hospital is a "behind-the-scenes" operation. If all goes well, no one notices. Hospital activity revolves around patients, compliance with standards prescribed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of...

Class VIII push packages: what you really need to know.
May 1, 2004... It is 0200 and you, as the Charlie Medical Company Commander, are huddled in your command post with your evacuation platoon leader going over the brigade combat team's combat health support plan for an upcoming mission. You have gone with...

MTS is revolutionizing logistics on the move: the Movement Tracking System allows the Army to track and communicate with individual vehicles on the battlefield.
May 1, 2004... The Army is undergoing a revolution that will provide the technology and systems needed to support U.S. soldiers around the world. Older databases and redundant systems are being replaced with cutting-edge technologies that help the Army do its...

Understanding Intermediate-Level Education.
May 1, 2004... By now, most Army officers know that the term "Intermediate-Level Education" (ILE) refers to the third tier of the Officer Education System and is linked directly to Army Transformation. Under ILE, officers will attend schooling and...

Improving visibility in the DOD supply chain.
May 1, 2004... To ensure the readiness of the U.S. military to fight and win in any conflict, the Department of Defense (DOD) maintains an inventory of supplies and equipment valued at more than $80.5 billion. Managing this inventory is difficult because the...

Obtaining and purifying water in Iraq.
May 1, 2004... During Operation Iraqi Freedom, the 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) was responsible for a large portion of north and northwest Iraq. The 3d ACR Support Squadron, or "Muleskinner Squadron," set up operations on an Iraqi air base near Al Asad,...

Maintenance assessment guide for the new reserve component commander.
May 1, 2004... So you are the new commander of a National Guard or Reserve unit. As you probably have learned by now, Army National Guard and Army Reserve unit commanders face challenges different from those faced by Active component commanders. The Reserve...

JOPES and Joint Force deployments: the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System provides vital information for managing force movements. The author explains how the elements of JOPES fit together.
May 1, 2004... A newly arrived Army logistician assigned to the US. Central Command's J-3 staff is tasked to assist in planning for an upcoming rotation of joint forces operating in Iraq. Hundreds of units will be involved in the deployment and redeployment,...

Sea basing and maritime pre-positioning: the Navy and the Marine Corps look to the sea to provide support bases for future expeditionary operations.
May 1, 2004... Sea Basing is one of the three fundamental concepts underlying Sea Power 21, which is the Navy s vision for how it will defend the Nation and defeat enemies in the 21st century. (The other concepts are Sea Strike and Sea Shield.) Sea Basing...

Slingload operations in heavy units.
May 1, 2004... Slingload operations normally take a back seat in heavy operations, partly because heavy logistics units often do not have adequate slingload equipment and partly because their personnel are not sufficiently trained to use it. This situation...

Insights gained through an army G-4 internship: an Army ROTC cadet describes how an internship with the Army G-4 influenced her perception of Army logistics and her role as an officer.(Commentary)
May 1, 2004... Last summer after completing the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) National Advanced Leadership Camp at Fort Lewis, Washington, I served as an intern with the Army G-4 at the Pentagon. This proved to be a true learning experience, giving me...

Distribution process owner initiatives are underway: the U.S. Transportation Command's new role as the Department of Defense's Distribution Process Owner is becoming a reality.
May 1, 2004... The designation of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) as the Department of Defense's (DOD's) Distribution Process Owner (DPO) in September 2003 began a series of unprecedented actions to transform the way DOD supports its warfighters....

Joint National Training Capability completes initial exercise.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... The Department of Defense conducted the first exercise under its new Joint National Training Capability (JNTC) concept in January. Over 9,400 service members participated in the exercise, called the Western Range Complex JNTC Horizontal...

Army budget submitted to congress.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... The President is seeking $98.526 billion for the Army in his fiscal year 2005 budget, an increase of about $4.6 billion (or 4.7 percent) over what he sought and $2.7 billion (or 2.8 percent) over what Congress appropriated for fiscal year 2004....

Field study in Afghanistan finds need for lighter combat loads.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... A study of the combat loads carried by 82d Airborne Division soldiers in Afghanistan found that the loads were too heavy. The study--evidently the first study of battlefield combat loads since one conducted by the Marine Corps in 1942--was...

Army names its network enterprise.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... In February, the Army announced a new name for its network enterprise. "LandWarNet" is the Army's share of the Department of Defense's (DOD's) Global Information Grid (GIG). It provides networks to the Active Army, Army National Guard, Army...

Florida tech announces ALMC fellowship.(ALOG News)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2004... The Florida Institute of Technology (FT), which has a graduate center on the campus of the Army Logistics Management College (ALMC) at Fort Lee, Virginia, has announced the establishment of the ALMC Logistics Executive Development Course...

Annual SOLE conference scheduled.(ALOG News)
May 1, 2004... SOLE--The International Society of Logistics, will hold its 39th Annual International Conference and Exhibition 31 August to 2 September at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott in Norfolk, Virginia. This year's theme is "Future Logistics: The...