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FORT BELVOIR, Va. -- Mine Resistance Ambush Protected vehicles provide the key troop-movement capability in Afghanistan, and Defense Logistics Agency and Defense Department leaders are working constantly to ensure the vehicles are performing as needed.
Readiness for MRAPs and the lighter-weight MRAP all-terrain vehicles remains high, but the challenge of sustainment is continual, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness Alan Estevez said during a Jan. 13 “MRAP Deep Dive” meeting at the McNamara Headquarters Complex.
The event included senior leaders from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, combatant commands, military services and DLA.
The agenda included a review of various MRAP support issues and a look at how to ensure appropriate organizations quickly address deficiencies, DLA Director Navy Vice Adm. Alan Thompson said during a Jan. 12 Director’s Call.
“I know it will be a great discussion. I think both DLA Headquarters [Logistics Operations] and DLA Land and Maritime deserve tremendous credit for the really superb support we provided for the MRAP,” he said.
The admiral noted that DLA is helping ensure the vehicles have an operational readiness rate at higher than 90 percent in Afghanistan and that exceptional support from DLA Land and Maritime is a factor in this.
“It’s almost a textbook example of how to do it right,” Thompson said.
Army Lt. Gen. Kathleen Gainey, the Joint Staff’s director of logistics, said it was good to see progress made since the most recent Deep Dive meeting in July.
“I think we’ve identified some new areas that we need to partner in, and I’m looking forward to hearing from the services how we’re working the battle handoff between the joint program office and the services,” she said.
The focus of the deep dive meetings is on the critical aspects of support to warfighters, said DLA MRAP Program Manager John Dreska, who works for DLA Land and Maritime.
“Battle damage repair is the most important issue challenging us at this point in time,” Dreska said. “DLA is preparing to send the fourth five-person team to Afghanistan to exclusively work MRAP support issues.”
Besides battle damage and loss, other briefings focused on MRAP operational performance, recovery capabilities in theater, accountability and readiness, Marine Corps MRAP logistics, and the future of MRAP Deep Dive meetings.
| Date Taken: | 01.14.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 01.18.2011 13:11 |
| Story ID: | 63744 |
| Location: | FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA, US |
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