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May 18, 2020

Team DLA averages two hour delivery time for crucial Air Force parts

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Robins Air Force Base website — In early March, Robins Air Force Base began to send high risk personnel home to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. By the end of the month the base had emptied to critical personnel. One critical team from Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Warner Robins is the Delivery Response Team that ensures timely delivery of crucial Air Force maintenance supplies.

April 10, 2020

97 LRS continues to support sole C-17 airdrop training mission

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Altus Air Force Base website — A typical day for an air transportation specialist assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron includes precisely packaging 64 feet of parachute, securing two tons of material onto a handmade pallet while safely executing its transportation aboard the world’s most flexible cargo aircraft, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.

July 30, 2019

621st CRW teams up with joint partners in 'Southeast Asia' for exercise

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center website — Nearly 1.6 million people are still trying to get their bearing after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake ravaged Southeast Asia. After a request for assistance from South Torbia, U.S. Transportation Command calls upon its premier response forces: 621st Contingency Response Wing, 689th Rapid Port Opening Element and the Defense Logistics Agency’s Rapid Deployment Team-Blue. This was the exercise scenario for Turbo Distribution 19-03, held July 18-24, 2019, at Contingency Operating Base Panther in North Vernon, Indiana.

Senior Master Sgt. Joseph Carter, an occupational safety and health manager assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, spent two months in Antarctica on a mission to improve safety procedures for the Airmen of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, giving them a better chance to survive and operate in the most inhospitable place on Earth.

March 5, 2019

Keeping Airmen safe in the most inhospitable place on Earth

SWANTON, Ohio — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the National Guard website — An occupational safety and health manager assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, spent two months in Antarctica on a mission to improve safety procedures for the Airmen of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, giving them a better chance to survive and operate in the most inhospitable place on Earth.

Thomas DeRosier, 733rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Transportation section, utility rail branch locomotive engineer, operates a switch on a rail line at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Feb. 15, 2019. The U.S. Army closed the military occupation specialty to active duty and now only has Army Reserve and civilian railway operations crewmembers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)

Feb. 27, 2019

Aging technology that never fails

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Joint Base Langley-Eustis website — Throughout the Civil War leading up to the Korean War, the U.S. Army relied heavily on the success of railroad operations, and that still rings true today at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the 435th Contingency Response Group, 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, march to the location of their bare base site during exercise Contested Forge on Grostenquin Air Base, France, Dec. 3, 2018. Contested Forge is an annual exercise that tests the 435th CRG's ability to build a forward operating base and conduct airfield operations in an austere environment, friendly or hostile. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

Dec. 10, 2018

Ramstein Airmen build a bare base in contested exercise

GROSTENQUIN AIR BASE, France — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Ramstein Air Base website — Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's 435th Contingency Response Group and more than 11 other organizations, along with one C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, deployed to Grostenquin Air Base, France, to participate in exercise Contested Forge.

39th Medical Operations Squadron food safety and public sanitation NCOIC inspects a new shipment of food at Incirlik AB

Sept. 6, 2018

Agencies integrate to fulfill European mission

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Incirlik Air Base website — There are many factors that go into how the Airmen of Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, receive their food, household goods and supplies. Before the product is delivered to the customer, many moving parts and multiple agencies must work together seamlessly.

The 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) cargo facility contains numerous inbound and outbound cargo at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Dec. 4, 2017

20th LRS equips the mission

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Shaw Air Force Base website — A sea of cardboard, the shuffle of boxes placed on racks of metal and the repetitive beep of a forklift greets those entering the 20th Logistics Readiness Squadron cargo warehouse at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

Marines attached to 3rd Transportation Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistic Group, move a hose reel system during Operation Pacific Reach Exercise 2017 (OPRex17). OPRex17 is a bilateral training event designed to ensure readiness and sustain the ROK-U.S. Alliance by exercising an Area Distribution Center (ADC), an Air Terminal Supply Point (ATSP), Combined Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore (CJLOTS), and the use of rail, inland waterways, and coastal lift operations to validate the operational reach concept.

July 13, 2017

Extending Operational Sustainment in Korea

Republic of Korea — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Pacific Command website — Providing joint operational sustainment in the Korean theater of operations (KTO) to ensure the commander is able to maintain operational options and reach presents challenging and unique opportunities for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), the United Nations Combined Forces Command, and Republic of Korea (ROK) forces.

Spc. Alexander Triska and Spc. Keith Manning of the 824th Quartermaster Company, secure a parachute to a container for aerial delivery at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 25, 2017. Aerial delivery operations are essential for getting supplies to troops in the Middle East when conventional means of transportation are not feasible. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jeremy Bratt)

June 15, 2017

Rigging the Sustainment Game

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Central website — While the parachute riggers of the Army Reserve’s 824th Quartermaster Company may not include packing parachutes for Soldiers to jump out of perfectly good airplanes, the supplies and equipment they prepare for aerial delivery are no less vital to the survival of Soldiers.

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