Logistic WOs Join Forces for Training

Trans Exercise

FORT LEE, VA (March 29, 2012) -- Transportation and quartermaster warrant officers course students teamed up for their first joint operational logistic exercise March 12-16 at the Army Logistics University. The challenging exercise, created by ALU, required students to develop, analyze and provide a course of action for coordinating and managing transportation assets.

Twenty students from the Transportation School’s 882A Warrant Officer Advanced Course and their instructors, Chief Warrant Officers 3 Onedia Clark and David Wynn, in a collaborative effort with 45 students from the Quartermaster School’s advanced course and their instructors, Chief Warrant Officers 4 Richard Martinez and Pedro Mercado, participated in the realistic scenario-driven training program.

Using various automation systems, the students operated at the sustainment brigade and command level and were responsible for the movement of all supplies, equipment and personnel using both military and commercial aircraft, trucks, ships and trains. The exercise scenario provided the students with the opportunity to plan movements in support of a corps, division headquarters and three heavy brigade combat teams in a combat environment.

The exercise served as the culminating training event for the students and required the demonstration of all knowledge, skills and abilities learned during the 13-week courses. Throughout the training program, students had to demonstrate they could effectively plan, coordinate and execute transportation and logistics tasks at the operational and strategic levels.

Explaining the importance of the program, Clark said the exercise moves the Technical Logistic College and ALU closer to meeting the objectives of the Army Learning Model 2015 of providing credible, rigorous, and relevant training and education to develop logistic leaders.

“Relevant exercises, such as the OLE, will serve as a vital tool that can be employed to effectively plan, rehearse, execute and evaluate operations and training,” she added.

The final briefings were presented to Chief Warrant Officer 5 Michael Wichterman, Combined Arms Support Command chief warrant officer, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Thomas Wilson, Transportation Corps regimental chief warrant officer.

“With this first exercise being such a success, this type of joint training program will continue to be used to develop leaders and expand capabilities and integration,” Clark said.

The actual story can be found in the Fort Lee newspaper, the Traveller, at: http://www.fortleetraveller.com/.

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