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SABHAN, KUWAIT – Soldiers from the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) partnered with the Kuwaiti army during a sustainment and logistics training exercise known as Kazma III at the Kuwait Armed Forces Logistical Operations Center, Sabhan, Kuwait Feb. 15-18.
Kazma III is designed to develop and increase operational understanding and information sharing between the Kuwait military and the U.S. Army.
The four-day exercise focused on the three levels of full spectrum operations: strategic, operational and tactical. Each level of operations can come together to help form a unified, self-sustaining force.
“With today’s complex environment, we need agile and adaptive logistics leaders,” said Maj. Gen. Paul C. Hurley Jr., commanding general, 1st TSC. “We need leaders broad enough to handle the challenges of full spectrum operations in the era of persistent conflict.”
Soldiers, leaders and units achieve the tactical and technical competence required to conduct successful operations through full spectrum operations.
“Our objective is to provide new ways of logistical thinking that will give the Kuwait military reference tools necessary to identify gaps in their logistical operations and develop actionable plans to overcome those gaps to achieve success,” said Tim Bryant, 1st TSC Senior Plans Analyst.
There were many active discussions throughout the training exercise made possible by the use of interpreters. These interpreters played an integral part in keeping both sides engaged and excited about the information being discussed.
“We gained a lot of experience from the classroom portion briefings,” said Kuwait Armed Forces Chief Warrant Officer Sallah Alayyan Alenzi. “They clarified many points of operational impact from a logistical perspective.”
Each day culminated with a practical exercise that allowed the Kuwaiti logisticians to put into practice the tools and techniques learned during the classroom discussions.
“The practical exercises were a great azimuth check to see if the mutual understanding was there”, said Col. Jeffrey W. Jurasek, deputy commanding officer, 4th Expeditionary Sustainment Command. “We were not here to teach our partners what to think, but how to think in terms of sustainment.”
Eight months of planning went into making this year’s exercise and plans are already underway for the next iteration of the Kazma exercise.
| Date Taken: | 02.22.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 02.29.2016 10:42 |
| Story ID: | 190426 |
| Location: | SABHAN, KW |
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