Recently added articles from Army Logistician:
Container security system to provide better protection of military cargo.(ALOG NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... In September 2008, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) deployed a container security system that detects tampering to protect military container shipments from Afghanistan to Pakistan. The CommerceGuard container security system, by GE Security, Inc., reports the security status of ...
The 752d Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, trained technicians from the 9th Iraqi Army Bomb Disposal Company in techniques for effective post-blast site exploitation in November 2008.(ALOG NEWS)
Mar 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The 752d Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, attached to the 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, trained technicians from the 9th Iraqi Army Bomb Disposal Company in techniques for effective post-blast ...
Addendum.(ALOG NEWS)
Jan 01, 2009 ... The Soldiers on the cover of the November-December 2008 issue are from the 39th ...
Unmanned aerial system tested for logistics resupply missions.(ALOG NEWS)
Jan 01, 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 Corporation in April 2008 to test the ability of ...
The sustain warfighters' forum: sharing what you know.
Nov 01, 2008; ... For a moment, I ask you to consider the following challenges taking place everyday in our Army-- * A second lieutenant is looking for the latest doctrine and tactics, techniques, and procedures for logistics convoy operations. * A colonel wants to know how human ...
Integrating contractors into brigade support battalion operations.
Nov 01, 2008; ... As the sun set over the desert landscape of Forward Operating Base (FOB) Hammer, the logisticians of the 203d Brigade Support Battalion (BSB) prepared another convoy in support of the 3d Brigade Combat Team (BCT) of the 3d Infantry Division (Mechanized). Following the afternoon logistics ...
Logistics status reports and the logistics common operating picture: to avoid third-order effects that can cost Soldiers' lives, logistics planners must be able to develop a complete logistics operating picture of the battlespace. But that picture cannot be achieved unless units provide timely and accurate logistics status reports.
Nov 01, 2008; ... We had finally established our logistics operation at Forward Operating Base Detroit in Ghazi Province. However, neither the brigade S-4 nor the brigade support battalion (BSB) support operations officer (SPO) had received any of the brigade's logistics status (LOGSTAT) reports at 0800 ...
Providing S-2 support for a brigade support battalion: during her deployment to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the author learned the importance of intelligence information to logisticians.
Nov 01, 2008; ... "You're the BSB S-2? What do you do all day?" When I took over the position of brigade support battalion (BSB) S-2 officer in charge, I believed in the stereotype that the support battalion S-2 job was not a desirable position. Most of the support S-2 shops I had known in my career were ...
Supply line warfare.
Nov 01, 2008; ... A soldier fighting in a war today has many of the same basic needs that a soldier had thousands of years ago. Meals, medicines, and munitions are just a few of the fundamental supplies that are needed to keep a military unit operating at full capacity. Soldiers require the same basic life ...
The army reserve at 100: an emerging operational force.
Nov 01, 2008 ... As Chicago Cubs fans this year ruefully note the 100th anniversary of the last time their team won the World Series, the men and women of the Army also are marking a centennial--and their anniversary is one truly worthy of celebration. It was 100 years ago, in 1908, that the first step was ...
Project management principles for unit logisticians.
Nov 01, 2008; ... In 2004, the Army conducted the first rapid fielding initiative of nearly 20 individual items, such as advanced combat helmets, lightweight global positioning systems, hydration systems, goggles, and boots, for 4,000 Soldiers deployed to Iraq. This was no small feat, given that the first ...
DCAM: managing MEDLOG systems on the battlefield.(medical logistics)(Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Customer Assistance Module)
Nov 01, 2008; ... "Tedious, yet important" is the mantra of medical logisticians manning medical facilities lion the frontlines and at home. Tasked with ordering, maintaining, and reporting the status of class VIII (medical supplies), medical logisticians have the arduous task of ensuring commanders and ...
Measures to prevent profiles in combat support commands.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Soldiers on duty-limiting medical profiles offer reduced benefits to commands that provide logistics support to operations in Iraq. Medical limitations can prevent a Soldier from wearing body armor or driving, leaving fewer Soldiers to perform a steady workload. For units already ...
Ee Afghanistan Ast: Medical logistics mentoring in the Afghan National Army.(Cover story)
Nov 01, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As part of a joint medical logistics embedded training team (ETT), I spent a year in Afghanistan mentoring members of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Our 10-member team, which included 4 U.S. Soldiers, 4 U.S. Airmen, 1 Afghan civilian, and 1 ANA medical ...
Sense and respond: logistics on the insurgent Battlefield.
Nov 01, 2008; ... This article, the second in a series of three on sense and respond logistics, focuses on how logisticians can support a counterinsurgency most effectively by being flexible and responsive. Insurgencies are a blend of political maneuvering and military tactics and operations ....
SETAF mechanics train Botswanan soldiers.(Southern European Task Force and the Botswana Defence Force)
Nov 01, 2008 ... A three-man joint contact team from the Southern European Task Force (SETAF) Maintenance Division in Vicenza, Italy, went to Gaborone, Botswana, last winter to instruct members of the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) on the roles and responsibilities of a maintenance soldier. This training ...
The nature of knowledge in the profession of military logistics: how does the Department of Defense best educate and develop its logisticians? The author looks at how to frame military logistics knowledge holistically.
Nov 01, 2008; ... Last year I participated in a professional forum in which educators and practitioners came together to discuss how best to educate and develop Department of Defense (DOD) logisticians, be they military or civilian. The dominant theory of effectiveness seemed to be centered on the concept ...
Delivering value through logistics.(SPECTRUM)
Nov 01, 2008; ... The most dynamic and diverse functional element on the Army battlefield is logistics. The effectiveness of this element determines the success or failure of the battle. For the maneuver commander to be successful, logistics must deliver value through its management. Furthermore, logistics ...
DLA to purchase reparable item "spares" for army and other services.(ALOG NEWS)(Defense Logistics Agency)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2008 ... The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will now procure depot-level reparable (DLR) items for the Army and the other services. The Army Materiel Command (AMC) previously ordered depot-level reparables, such as new tank engines, radar components, electronics, and helicopter engines, for the ...
New condition-based maintenance tools coming to army aviation.(ALOG NEWS)
Nov 01, 2008 ... Bell Helicopter and the Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate have signed a 3-year agreement to develop and improve condition-based maintenance (CBM) technologies for Army aircraft. The agreement will include an integrated set of diagnostic, prognostic, and system health assessment ...