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Article: Army and Marine GS/DS class I storage and distribution center: the 24th Quartermaster Company and Marine Corps Combat Logistics Battalion I combined their operations at Al Asad, Iraq, to create a centralized class I distribution center that provided both GS and DS class I services.(general support and direct support)
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- Army Logistician
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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On 8 October 2006, the 24th Quartermaster Company took over the general support (GS) class I (subsistence) area at Al Asad, Iraq. The company, part of the 593d Corp Support Group at Fort Lewis, Washington, was assigned to the 630th Combat Sustainment Support Brigade. At the time, we provided support to only 4 forward operating bases (FOBs) and 44,000 personnel. Al Asad also had a direct support (DS) class I area, run by the Marine Corps Combat Logistics Battalion 1, that provided support to 5 FOBs and 7,600 personnel.
Now, imagine a centralized distribution center providing class I support to all of Anbar province and its surrounding FOBs. All of the commodities ...