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Airman 1st Class Christian Risenhoover, 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron wheel and tire technician, removes bolts from a C-17 Globemaster III wheel assembly at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 13, 2018. The 379 EMXS supplies an average of 180 wheels a month to various deployed aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Enjoli Saunders)

June 15, 2018

379th Maintenance Squadron maintains process improvement

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron supplies hundreds of tires a month to various aircraft. As a 24-hour operation supporting nine airframes for about 13 military installations, it is imperative that maintainers have every resource to do their jobs.

Engineers from the 230th Vertical Engineer Company, Hawaii National Guard, construct 20 micro shelters in Pahoa, Hawaii, June 9, 2018. The project is a community effort led by Hope Services Hawaii, a faith-based non-profit organization.

June 11, 2018

Hawaii National Guard engineers build shelters for evacuees

PAHOA, Hawai — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Since June 7, engineers of the Hawaii Army National Guard have been constructing a community of emergency "micro-shelter" housing units in Pahoa, Hawaii, for residents displaced by the ongoing Kilauea eruption.

Senior Airman Elio Esqueda, 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technician, uses a lathe to create a ‘Spline Insert Extractor,’ May 16, 2018, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. The tool was originally created by Tech. Sgt. Chance Cole and Staff Sgt. Hermann Nunez, 386th Air Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Stoltz)

June 11, 2018

A ‘simple fix’ will save the Air Force a lot of money

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — In early May, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Tech. Sgt. Chance Cole, 386th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight line expediter, came up with an idea – and it’s going to save the Air Force a lot of money.

June 5, 2018

The Tactical Field Religious Support Kit increases 173rd FW chaplain's readiness

KINGSLEY FIELD, Ore. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 173rd Fighter Wing website — The 173rd Fighter Wing chaplain’s office recently received a Tactical Field Religious Support Kit (TFRSK), allowing them to respond to Airmen in field conditions.

Representatives of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, out of Natick, Massachusetts, had an array of combat helmets on display at the Pentagon, May 24 and 25, 2018, as part of a "Close Combat Lethality Tech Day." This helmet, a NSRDEC prototype, provides equal protection to earlier helmets but at less weight.

June 5, 2018

Army researching high-performance lightweight helmet

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — Researchers in Massachusetts are developing technology that may one day soon yield a lightweight combat helmet that provides more protection than anything ever fielded.

June 1, 2018

Corps to award sole source orders for cold weather boots and socks

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Marine Corps Systems Command website — Marines will stay warm during ambient cold weather operations with new boots and socks. Marine Corps Systems Command intends to award sole source purchase orders for two types of Intense Cold Weather Boots and Intense Cold Weather Socks to improve Marines’ performance in cold weather environments. A total of 2,000 boots and 50,000 pairs of socks will be delivered from four vendors by Sept. 28.

Seven materiel management Airmen from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, visited the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Whiteman AFB this month as part of a two-day Airman exchange program.

May 31, 2018

509th LRS hosts Airmen exchange program

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Whiteman Air Force Base website — Seven materiel management Airmen from Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, visited the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Whiteman AFB this month as part of a two-day Airman exchange program.

Two airmen stand in the turbine of a C-17 Globemaster 111 aircraft.

May 30, 2018

Air Force Maintainers Play Critical Role in Operation Inherent Resolve

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Defense Department website — With more than 1,000 successful missions in the last six months, the 5th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron, known as ‘The Jokers,’ supports Operation Inherent Resolve’s busiest aerial port in Southwest Asia.

The prototype Close Combat Assault Ration on display at the Pentagon May 24, 2018, includes a tart cherry nut bar, cheddar cheese bar, mocha desert bar, vacuum-dried strawberries and trail mix of fruit and nuts, among other items that were vacuum-microwave dried

May 29, 2018

More nutrition to fuel Soldier lethality

WASHINGTON — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — The pizza MRE is finally coming to Soldiers in the field and the chocolate Performance Readiness Bar will now be available to all basic combat trainees.

Mark Flannery, a welder from Detachment 6 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, welds a steel plate to the bottom of a Jet Petroleum 8 tank in a vehicle management garage at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, April 27, 2018. Flannery was hand selected to come and repair the tank. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

May 22, 2018

Vehicle Management welds fuel tanks back to life

SOUTHWEST ASIA — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing website — The 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle management flight has been hard at work keeping the refueling vehicle fleet mission ready over the past few months at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia.

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