CAMP DWYER, Afghanistan – Marines from 1st Platoon (Reinforced), Motor Transport Company A, Combat Logistics Battalion 3, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) are providing direct combat logistics support to Task Force Wolfpack to prevent insurgent activity at the boarder of Pakistan in the southern portion of Regional Command Southwest.
“The purpose of this operation is to deny the enemy the use of the Bahram Cha Village complex as a facilitation zone for the importation of insurgents, weapons, improvised explosive device materials and exportation of illicit goods such as opium,” said Lt. Col. Kenneth Kassner, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion’s commanding officer. Bahram Cha is a small Afghan community near the Pakistan border which includes a bazaar and two nearby villages.
The joint task force, which includes all services within the United States Department of Defense as well as Afghanistan Border Police, is sustained through the logistical support of CLB-3.
“The singular difference between this operation and others like it in [our] security area is the persistent presence we will maintain,” said Kassner. “We’re not leaving. We’re staying in order to interdict the enemy and interrupt their operations to keep them off balance.”
In order to stay, the battalion will need food, water, ammunition and vehicle recovery assets among other necessities, which will all be supplied by the Marines of CLB-3 through combat logistics patrols.
“Integral to this mission is the vast logistics support needed to keep this task force in the fight for an unlimited amount of time,” said Kassner. “CLB-3 brings that capability to this operation by sustaining this task force for continuous combat operations.”
“Without the logistical support of CLB-3, none of this would be possible,” said Capt. John Fulton, logistics officer, 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. “Long operations like this are made possible by CLB-3’s Marines and sailors, and we thank them for their dedication and contributing efforts.”
CLB-3 will continue providing logistics support to Wolfpack until the scheduled transfer of authority to CLB-7.