Navy Supply Corps Newsletter articles

Recent articles from Navy Supply Corps Newsletter

A Message from the Chief of Supply Corps.
March 1, 2009... In February I completed my initial round of visits with a trip to the Pacific Fleet AOR where I engaged several of our logistics counterparts from allied Navies and observed NAVSUP operations across the theater. The bottom line: Our Supply community is making a significant impact...

Team studying Supply Corps of the future.
March 1, 2009... Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Pat Walsh has directed the Supply Corps to perform a 2040 Strategic Vision Study to ensure the functional mission focus and billet structure of the Supply Corps will continue to support the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operation's Maritime Strategy well into...

What is the Navy doing in Africa?
March 1, 2009... The question in the title of this article is actually the second most common question I get from people about my recent Individual Augementation (IA) deployment to the Horn of Africa. The most common question is: "Did you see any lions and elephants in Africa?" As if they are a common sight....

The Growler--NAVAIR, teaming up to reduce risk.
March 1, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "He who will not risk will not win." While John Paul Jones' words above can be energizing in the face of adversity, risk is not necessarily greeted with the same amount of spirit in the acquisition world of cost-performance-schedule where too much risk could...

Who? MSC--that's who!
March 1, 2009... Who operates a fleet of more than 110 civilian-crewed ships every day in nearly every time zone of the world? Who operates this fleet with a global workforce of more than 9,000--with about 80 percent at sea at any given time? Who has delivered more than 100 million cubic feet of combat cargo...