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ALOG NEWS
THIRD-PARTY TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT BECOMES REALITY
The Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative
(DTCI) began operations 31 March at Defense
Distribution Depot Puget Sound, Washington. This
initiative uses a third-party contractor to coordinate
transportation management services among Department
of Defense (DOD) organizations and commercial
shippers. The DTCI contract was awarded
to Menlo Worldwide Government Services, LCC, of
San Mateo, California, in August 2007.
DTCI is an initiative of the U.S. Transportation
Command as the DOD Distribution Process
Owner, in cooperation with the Defense Logistics
Agency, the services, and the private transportation
industry. The program uses electronic data interface
transactions to process shipment requests, confirm
outbound shipping details, provide shipping status,
and process billing. DTCI will give DOD and its
customers in-transit visibility of goods and real-time
access to shipment information.
DTCI will help to improve operational effectiveness,
support strong small business participation,
improve customer confidence, reduce the time from
request to delivery for materiel, enable improvements
in business practices, and protect operational capabilities,
such as DOD critical infrastructure assets.
The use of a third-party coordinator will allow DOD
to secure on-time, cross-platform and cost-effective
shipping options for materiel moving within the continental
United States.
DOD will exclude some items from the program,
including sensitive and classified shipments, arms,
ammunition, explosives, bulk and missile fuels,
household goods, and privately owned vehicles.
LOGISTICS LEADERS CHANGE
The commanding general of the Army Combined
Arms Support Command (CASCOM) at Fort Lee,
Virginia, Major General Mitchell H. Stevenson,
was promoted to lieutenant general and assumed
the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, G–4, Department
of the Army, in June. He replaced Lieutenant
General Ann E. Dunwoody, who became the deputy
commanding general and chief of staff of the Army
Materiel Command. General Stevenson is a former
Chief of Ordnance and commanding general of the
Army Ordnance Center and Schools.
The new CASCOM commanding general is Major
General James E. Chambers. General Chambers was
the Chief of Transportation and commanding general
and commandant of the Army Transportation Center
and School at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
HET UPGRADE BENEFITS VEHICLE RECOVERY
Oshkosh Defense has secured a contract to
upgrade the Army’s M1070 heavy equipment transporter
(HET) with new technology and greater loadbearing
capability.
The M1070A1 HET will be the first palletized
load system recovery vehicle with the capability and
payload capacity to recover heavy armored vehicles
like the mine resistant ambush protected (MRAP)
and Stryker vehicles. It will also be capable of
uprighting vehicles, recovering vehicles on steep
slopes, and pulling vehicles stuck in water, mud,
sand, or snow. Use of the new HET will reduce
wear and tear on recovered equipment by using
flat towing, which places less pressure on vehicle
axles and chassis during pulling. Improvements
to the power train, including the engine, transmission,
transfer case, and electrical systems, will also
be part of the project. The new HET will feature
improved axles, wheels, seats, a new hood, dash
panel, airconditioning, and additional support for
future armor upgrades.
Under the $11.333 million contract, Oshkosh will
deliver six pilot vehicles for testing by January 2009.
ARMY LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT COLLEGE
ALEDC COURSE IS CHANGING TO ATLog
Students currently enrolled in the Army Logistics
Management College’s (ALMC’s) Associate Logistics
Executive Development Course (ALEDC) have
until December 2008 to complete all five phases of
the current program before ALEDC becomes the
Associate Theater Logistics (ATLog) Course. The
ATLog Course will kick off with a pilot course in
October before the full program is implemented in
December.
Like ALEDC, the ATLog Course will include
five phases that will have to be taken in order.
Phase 1 is a 2-week resident phase at Fort Lee, Virginia,
on theater logistics. Phases 2 through 4 will
be online courses on data analysis and application,
JULY–AUGUST 2008