Photo By Maj. Anthony Buchanan | Staff Sgt. Rogerick Graves, a supply sergeant assigned to the 327th Chemical Company...... read more read more
FORT KNOX, Ky. – As the U.S. Army and its reserve components, the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve, transform by downsizing, ramping up, and modernizing to remain the most highly trained and professional land force in the world, its personnel must change too.
Staff Sgt. Rogerick Graves, a supply sergeant assigned to the 327th Chemical Company in Chattanooga, Tennessee, entered the active component as supply specialist in September 1979 when the MOS was 76Y. He left the active component in 1988 due to downsizing. After an 18-year break in service, Graves decided to reenter the military by joining the Army National Guard in 2005 and later transferred to the Army Reserve. Graves reminisced about how things changed from when he first joined the Army.
“Things are so different, said Graves.” “Back in 1979, everything was manual. Documents were written and everything had to be done manually. Today, everything is more technical and computerized.”
Graves completed the Company Level Supply Course this week, a course provided by the Army Reserve Readiness Training Center on Fort Knox, Kentucky.
“This course will help me get current with the times and become more technically proficient with PBUSE (Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced), and AIT (Automatic Identification Technology),” said Graves.
CLSC provides an overview of basic supply functions for supply sergeants, supply clerks, and other personnel working in the supply field at the company or detachment level. The primary focus of the course is training on the PBUSE system. Graves also took part in several scenario-driven practical exercises similar to real world situations where he practiced preparing hand receipts, shortage annexes, and relief from responsibility documents. He said that throughout his years of military service, a continuous trend in all Army components was Soldiers referring to regulations as guidelines. Chief Warrant Officer 4 Sherill Small, the supply course manager for the CLSC assigned to the 83rd ARRTC, provided additional insight and perspective to the Soldiers attending the CLSC.
“Most people look at the regulation as guidance, but we should look at it differently,” said Small. “When something goes wrong, or there is a FLIPL (Financial Liability Investigation of Property Loss), the regulation becomes the law. We should always go by the regulation and local SOP.”
Some of the biggest challenges Army Reserve supply sergeants have are getting information to the lowest level and access to systems said Sgt. 1st Class Cassandra Hill, Senior Instructor for CLSC assigned to the 83rd ARRTC.
“The supply field constantly being updated with new and improved things,” said Hill.
She said if Soldiers in the supply field can’t get access to the tools and the resources needed to function as supply sergeants, Army Reserve units can’t be successful.
| Date Taken: | 08.08.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.08.2014 05:54 |
| Story ID: | 138690 |
| Location: | FORT KNOX, KY, US |
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