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-- the other method to transport a unit’s equip- ment – is used for things like Humvees, genera- tors and trailers. Line haul trucks are driven on the highways and eventually arrive at Fort Irwin viatheManixTrail,adirttanktrail,versususing a highway.
“It does have its challenges as far as equipment moving by the line haul,” said Stephanie Jeffery, LRC’s Installation Transportation officer.
“We sometimes run up against the wall be- cause we’ll look for carriers that can move our shipments and because the shipments are not paying enough for the movement we have to go through a long list of carriers just to accept a movement of one piece,” Jeffery said.
Heading up the LRC’s motor pool is Bill Fraser, a transportation assistant, and a main benefactor of the maintenance shop.
“A lot of vehicles do break down, especially buses,” Fraser said. “The main thing is, I would say, down to the dirt and dust, the terrain out here. It can tear up the suspension.”
The motor pool offers rotational units and post units sedans, various-sized vans, stake bed trucks, and buses, Fraser said. A total of 237 vehicles are available.
Personal equipment is another function of the LRC.
“We have a very unique operation here be- cause we are always supporting different elements
and we work at a rapid pace – fast, real fast,” said Herman Carey, LRC’s Central Issue Facility ac- countable officer.
“Some of the things we do is above and beyondlikesupportingtherotationalguys,you know we do that on a monthly basis,” he said. “But everybody’s a Soldier and everybody needs support.”
CIF supports all installation Soldiers includ- ing the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and designated area support.
Keeping Soldiers, family members and employees fed is another very important LRC function. Unlike most Army installations, there are no restaurants outside the gate. Thus, the LRC is empowered to serve all Irwin personnel.
LRC-Irwin serves between 610,000 and 650,000 meals annually in two dining facilities. It also provides theater entry-and-closing feeding support to various personnel who are initiating, supporting, and ending a rotation.
“It’s my responsibility to ensure that the Sol- diers, as well as the family members and everyone else, to have the best dining facility experience as they possibly can have,” said Bobby Jarman, LRC’s Installation Food Program manager.
“Because we’re 45 miles from the nearest city, we try to give everyone here at the NTC the best dining facility and dining pleasure we can pos- sibly give,” he said.
LRC-Irwin also supports an average of 3,900 in- and out-bound shipments annually for Sol- diers experiencing a permanent change of station.
It provides transportation for training pur- posesandbussupportforSoldiersaveraging844 buses for $1.1 million and 1,950 Soldier-travel missions at a cost of $784,000 annually. On- post transportation is conducted via the Instal- lation Shuttle Service Monday through Friday, the “Kiddy Bus” from the child care center to elementary school, “Box Tours” to rotational training areas in transporting Garrison Public Affairs Office, and mission bus support to an average of 2,820 Soldiers and civilians annually.
Frank D. Martinez is the LRC Hazardous Material Operations accountable officer.
“The main mission is to take care of the rotational units when they come in for their basic Class 3 needs as far as grease, oil, and in some cases paint; the tenant units will mainly use the items for the upkeep of their buildings, their equipment, generators, stuff like that,” said Martinez.
And finally, the Subsistence Supply Manage- ment Office provides Class I – subsistence items like food, combat rations and water – and ice to 10 RTUs annually averaging $2.9 million per RTU and 2,521 tons of ice annually.
Ice is heavily consumed during the summer; in 2015, SSMO issued 2,544 tons of ice.
From TRAINING, Page 8 SSMO also oversees food service and dining
facility support, laundry services, bulk fuel sup- port, ammunition supply, material management and supply storage along with other critical missions.
All logistics support is provided under the Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise contracts with a total value of more than $16.5 million.
EAGLE is a unique contracting tool that the government uses to award task orders to a pool of qualified Basic Ordering Agreement holder companies for supply, maintenance, and trans- portation functions.
According to the EAGLE contracting office, the program is intended to find efficiencies and standardize contracting processes in order to save the government money, increase competition, and expand the role of small business.
The missions of the NTC and LRC are tightly wound. LRC-Irwin provides the last support military personnel will see prior to deploying into a hostile environment. Supporting this realistic training is critical to a unit’s success overseas.
“We make a contribution to the national defense and to the survivability of these Soldiers because this is the last in the culmination of the training to prepare them for actually going and doing it in a combat environment, in a combat situation,” said Walsh, LRC director.
Coffee with a Cop
Story/Photo by Jason Miller
Fort Irwin/NTC Pao
FORT IRWIN, Calif. — The Directorate of Emergency Services held a community outreach event to connect with Soldiers, Families and children of the community, here, Feb. 1.
The event dubbed, “Coffee with a Cop” is a quarterly event, providing a relaxed atmosphere in order to meet your local police officers and emergency service personnel. The event gave community members a one-on-one opportunity to voice comments and concerns directly to law enforcement.
“Our goal is just to be here for the community so they can come out and talk with us,” said 1st Lt. Jacqueline Marks, MP Platoon Leader, “It’s an opportunity for us to get out and see the community and if they have any concerns we’re here for them.”
Crime dog McGruff met with kiddos, while the local police handed out stickers that resembled police badges. The event took place inside Burger King, but DES staff has future plans to conduct the event in one of the parks during warmer months.
Director of Emergency Service, Lt. Col. Brad Fisher, said community issues often go unreported.
“Sometimes people think that they are wasting our time,” said Fisher “I tell people always call even if it’s something small. If everybody calls when they see something that doesn’t look right, we can begin to establish patterns and with those patterns, we can narrow down a suspect.”
Fisher encouraged the community to report anything from missing street signs to damaged roadways, or sidewalks. Even though it may not be criminal in nature, they can get the issue, or concern to the right people.
Law enforcement personnel pose for a quick photo during their community outreach event, “Coffee with a Cop.” From left: Johnathan Drake, Police Officer; Crime Dog McGruff; Mike Gardner, Police Officer; and Wayne Stickels, Police Officer.
For more information go to www.irwin.army.mil