Supply Chain Support
Tags: MILITARY transportation; IRAQ War, 2003-2011
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- LOGISTICS SYSTEM STRAINS BUT SUCCEEDS IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. // Army Logistician;Sep/Oct2003, Vol. 35 Issue 5, p1
Reports on the performance of the U.S. military's logistics system during the 2003 Iraq War. Difficulty in locating and monitoring troop movements during the 1991 Gulf War; Application of computerized ordering and in-transit visibility; Rate of turnaround and discharge.
- Moving a Supply Room. Poss, Machael D. // Army Logistician;Nov/Dec2005, Vol. 37 Issue 6, p55
This article share the author's creative idea of a hardworking Army logistician, Sergeant First Class Dennis Eberhard, that the author believe can be of use to other Army units. Sergeant Eberhard is a part of the 2-361 Combat Service Support Battalion out of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. His unit...
- Is the WAR on Terrorism Sustainable? Record, Jeffrey // U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings;Dec2003, Vol. 129 Issue 12, p44
Critical to postwar U.S. military and reconstruction activities in Iraq will be countering insurgent warfare, which scored a costly hit in early November 2003 with the shooting down of a U.S. Chinook helicopter outside Fallujah in Iraq. Failure in Iraq could have catastrophic reputational and...
- To Iraq in 'Chunks'. Fulghum, David A. // Aviation Week & Space Technology;7/7/2003, Vol. 159 Issue 1, p48
The movement of U.S. forces to the Middle East in time for the invasion of Iraq was possible only because, for the first time, units and equipment were broken into modules and moved independently within the mobilization plan. This logistical innovation helped to speed deployment and compensate...
- A New Vehicle to Deal With a Deadly Threat. Mulrine, Anna // U.S. News & World Report;11/12/2007, Vol. 143 Issue 17, p39
The article looks at the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP) being sent over for U.S. forces in Iraq. The MRAP is designed to protect soldiers from shrapnel and roadside bombs. Some people are arguing that the MRAP weighs too much and will be difficult to maneuver in narrow city...
- The patriot. // Glamour;Dec2006, Vol. 104 Issue 12, p259
This article focuses on Major Tammy Duckworth, chosen by "Glamour" magazine as one of its women of the year. Major Duckworth lost both legs when her Black Hawk helicopter was shot down in the Iraq War. She is running for U.S. Congress as a Democrat in Illinois. Duckworth opposes the Iraq war and...
- THE TRUE COST OF WAR. Kosova, Weston; Campo-Flores, Arian; Kovach, Gretel C.; Dehghanpisheh, Babak; Theil, Stefan; Ephron, Dan; Conant, Eve; Wolffe, Richard; Briscoe, Daren; Mummolo, Jonathan; Tuttle, Steve; Murr, Andrew; Childress, Sarah; Breslau, Karen // Newsweek;2/5/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 6, p26
The article examines the circumstances surrounding the crash of a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter in Diyala Province, Iraq in January 2007. The article profiles the 12 individuals killed when the helicopter crashed. In addition the piece notes that owing to the crash the on which it occurred...
- Warrior Logisticians: Establishing an SSA From the Ground Up. Westhoven, Brice R. // Army Logistician;May2008, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p12
The article discusses the challenges put to the logisticians of the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) in establishing an operational supply support activity (SSA) from the ground up in a combat environment during the Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08 in May 2007. It...
- A Longer Look at Chinook. Buckley Jr., William F. // National Review;12/8/2003, Vol. 55 Issue 23, p54
This article presents information on the casualties suffered by the U.S. in the Iraq war. It is informed that the problem in Iraq derives from 500,000 Iraqis trained by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to fire missiles. Not all of them are proficient at it, and the great majority would not want to...
