From: bergman@AFPAN.PA.AF.MIL (CMSgt Mike Bergman)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Army News Service 09/04/92
Date: 8 Sep 92 14:40:08 GMT
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Floridians receive logisticians

      WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) -- Fifteen Army logistics assistance 
representatives and three civilian contractors recently joined Army 
personnel deployed to South Florida.
      Led by Lt. Col. Joe Malcolm, the group will provide materiel 
maintenance and supply support to the units and equipment in the area.
      According to Malcolm, most of the representatives are coming 
from Fort Bragg, N.C. Normally, they provide support to the 82nd 
Airborne Division, which is taking part in the South Florida 
operation.
      "The reps will provide technical assistance to units, and in 
some cases, will assist in obtaining spare parts," Malcolm said.
      "Each one is trained to support specific types of equipment,  
For instance, we have reps that support trucks and such other vehicles 
as fork lifts, front-end loaders, bull dozers and fuel tankers. Others 
support mobile kitchen trailers, generators, reverse-osmosis water 
purification units and aircraft," he said.
      The three contractors are with the GTE corporation, and provide 
support to certain types of communications-electronics equipment.
      "Many of our reps and contractor personnel went to Operations 
Desert Shield and Desert Storm. They're used to living and working in 
less than ideal conditions. Needless to say, that is a plus in this 
situation," Malcolm added.
      "The representatives will be out with the units that have the 
types of equipment they specialize in. They don't wait for the units 
to find them -- they're out there looking over the shoulders of our 
soldiers. It's their job to be there when they are needed."
      Maj. Gen. Thomas B. Arwood, task force commander for the Army 
Humanitarian Depot fielded by the U.S. Army Materiel Command, said, 
"Our logistics assistance representatives are the supply and 
maintenance eyes and ears of the commander. The Army is here to help 
these people out, and we want to make sure we do it in the best 
possible way."


Humanitarian depots aid relief effort

      WASHINGTON (ARNEWS) -- Victims of the hurricane disaster in 
Florida now have access to an Army-manned depot system installed to 
support relief operations. 
      The Humanitarian Depot System will receive, store, and issue 
materiel for all relief operations and agencies, including military, 
federal and civilian agencies.
      The system's hub consists of the Humanitarian Depot located in 
Hangar 22 at Miami International Airport. On Sept. 1, the first of 
three forward-placed Humanitarian Depots opened at Florida City, which 
is in the disaster area.
      Arrangements are being made to open two other depots in the 
communities of Homestead and Cutler Ridge.
      According to Maj. Gen. Thomas Arwood, task force commander for 
Humanitarian Depots, the units are being operated with a team of 
personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, Defense Logistics Agency and 
the Army.
      "It is a team effort," Arwood said. "It is our goal to provide 
temporary storage so that all agencies involved in the relief effort 
can get materials to the people that need them as quickly as 
possible."





      The U.S. Army Materiel Command, headquartered in Alexandria, 
Va., oversees the operation of Army depots. More than 40 military and 
civilian AMC personnel are operating in southern Florida to support 
relief efforts.


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