TACOM deputies visit Sierra Army Depot

Photo By Doug Magill | Brian Butler, U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command deputy to the commander speaks with (left to right) Lt. Col. Amy Cory, Sierra Army Depot commander, as well as Alice Crayon and Thomas Carlisle who serve as the deputy to the commander at Watervliet Arsenal and Anniston Army Depot, respectively. Sierra Army Depot hosted the TACOM deputy to the commander and those of four of TACOM's Organic Industrial Base locations, May 10, 2022 at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, Calif. The group used the opportunity to talk about the U.S. Army supply chain, supply chain operations and issues that effect the wider Organic Industrial Base.  

HERLONG, CA, UNITED STATES

05.10.2022

Story by Doug Magill 

Sierra Army Depot

HERLONG, California – Senior-ranking civilians from across U.S. Army’s industrial base, discussed optimizing the Army supply chain at the U.S. Army’s industrial base location, here, May 10, 2022.

Deputy commanders from across the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command footprint held a forum at Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, Calif., where they toured Sierra Army Depot operations and discussed operational and administrative issues facing the U.S. Army supply chain.

U.S. Army TACOM is a major subordinate command of Army Materiel Command. TACOM manages the Army’s ground equipment supply chain, which constitutes about 60 percent of the Army’s total equipment.

Sierra Army Depot provides a variety of long-term life cycle sustainment solutions for joint services, including equipment receipt; asset visibility; long-term care, storage and sustainment; repairing and resetting Army fuel and water systems; on-demand rapid deployment from organic airfield; dry climate and moderate desert temperatures allow low-cost outdoor or indoor storage without need for energy-sponsored controlled environments.

• Date Taken: 05.10.2022
• Date Posted: 05.31.2022 19:35
• Story ID: 421900
• Location: HERLONG, CA, US