Iraq : Training soldiers in logistics
By SwizStick • Sep 18th, 2006 • Category: Misc Logistics
Iraq has one of the world’s largest oil reserves, but the Iraqi army can’t get enough fuel for its tanks. It also cannot get spare parts for its trucks or supply ammunition on its own.
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Even in areas where Iraqis have taken over security duties, they need help getting supplies from central and regional storage facilities. In volatile Anbar province, a hotbed of insurgents, it has been especially challenging for the Iraqis to keep troops supplied with food and water.So now there is an emphasis on building an effective Iraqi logistics operation.
Of the roughly 120,000 Iraqi soldiers, 10 percent to 15 percent are involved in supply-related activities, said Maj. Gerald Ostlund, a coalition spokesman.
By contrast, for every combat soldier in American and other foreign contingents, there are three performing support or logistics roles, U.S. officials say.
Interesting article. Read the whole thing here. As the article points out, it’s one thing to get Iraqi soldiers trained up in combat skills, but it’s all for naught if they can’t get ammo, weapons, food, and fuel. There is a renewed emphasis in training logistical units to pick up the slack.
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