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WARDAK PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The National Logistics Center-Wardak passed to Afghan National Police control during a ceremony Nov. 18, 2012, at one of the facility’s new maintenance bays.
The signing of transition documents and a ribbon cutting symbolized the transfer, with more than one hundred coalition and Afghan guests present.
“This is where engineering and logistics intersect, to make a significant step for the Afghan National Security Forces, specifically the Afghan National Police logistics system,” said NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan Engineer Director Andy Backus.
“It has been a very good project,” added Backus. “A lot of the logistics facilities in the Kabul region are compressed. When you get out here and see NLC Wardak, you see that it is a significant site. They have warehouses spread out, they have place for a container yard, loading ramp – that type of expansive facility was not available here in Kabul,” he said.
From a logistics standpoint, access to the facilities is much easier at the Wardak location than it would be at locations in Kabul, Backus explained.
“During the past 10 years during the recent history of the ANP, this is the first very large modern national facility that we are taking over,” said deputy minister of support ANP Lt. Gen Whadat. “NTM-A and the coalition partners have contributed a huge budget to this facility. This facility will enable us to support the ANP all over Afghanistan, and they will greatly benefit from this facility over here,” he said.
The facility is designed to be the center for the ANP logistics and will house the Ministry of Interior Support Center, the Police Materiel Management Center and the Interim Logistics Facility, currently located in Kabul, said Whadat.
The MSC provides command and control to all operational organizations and elements of the Department of Logistics. MSC provides interface to the logistics infrastructure at the national, regional and provincial level. The MSC also provides planning and support requirements for all vehicles and equipment assigned to the Afghan Ministry of Interior.
MMC-P provides logistical support in the areas of supply operations, weapons, property book management, fuel, transportation and maintenance support and management, in order to provide responsive and efficient support to the ANP and meet operational needs of the MoI.
The Interim Logistics Facility is the ANP’s National Supply Depot. It holds various classes of supply for forward distribution to regional ANP units. It receives its tasks from the MSC and MMC-P. The facility also requests, receives, stores and issues Supply Class I (subsistence and bottled water), Class II (clothing, individual equipment, tools, admin and housekeeping supplies), Class III (P) (Packaged petroleum, oils and lubricants), and Class VI (personal demand items) for the ANP.
“It is very important that we upkeep these buildings in their current condition and conduct the proper maintenance on them … I would like to urge everyone to be proactive in keeping this facility operational,” said Whadat, addressing all who will work at NLC-Wardak.
| Date Taken: | 11.18.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 11.20.2012 05:02 |
| Story ID: | 98134 |
| Location: | WARDAK PROVINCE, AF |
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