Stand-To!- Logistics (LG) Branch - Fri, December 14, 2007

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TODAY'S FOCUS


Logistics (LG) Branch

What is it? The "Logistics" branch will be the newest branch of the Army for
commissioned officers, officially established on 1 January 2008 by General
Order of the Secretary of the Army. This branch will be comprised of
logistics officers in the rank of CPT-COL and replaces the Functional Area
90 (Multifunctional Logistician) program. Establishment of the Logistics
branch fully supports the modular Army and further emphasizes the need for
multifunctional Army logistics officers. A MILPER message will be released
in December, further explaining implementation guidance. 

What is happening? Effective January 2008, all officers in the rank of
CPT-COL of the Ordnance, Quartermaster, or Transportation branches who have
completed the Captains Career Course will become Logistics branch officers.
This change will occur across all components of the Army. 

What does this mean for officers? For lieutenants entering the Army in FY 08
and beyond, they will begin their careers as Ordnance, Quartermaster, or
Transportation officers. Their focus is to become technically and tactically
proficient in these basic branch specialties. Upon promotion to captain and
completion of either the Combined Logistics Captains Career Course (CLC3) or
the Reserve Component-Captains Career Course, they will automatically
convert to the Logistics branch. 

Logistics branch officers will transition from a functional branch focus, to
a broader focus on logistics as a whole. Between their 4th-9th years of
service, they will gain experiences and develop themselves as logisticians,
as well as providing specific functional expertise (secondary AOC) to their
units when required. As officers move from the company-grade to field-grade
level, they will continue to broaden their experiences not only as
logisticians at the tactical level, but also as supply chain, maintenance,
and distribution enterprise managers of organizations with global impact,
such as the Army Materiel Command and the Defense Logistics Agency.

Officer personnel managers will be focused on getting officers experienced
in multifunctional logistics, while at the same time alternating them into
assignments where they will work and keep up their skills in their secondary
AOC. Although officers will hold both multifunctional and functional
positions throughout their career, officers should expect to have more
Logistics branch assignments and fewer assignments in their secondary
specialty. This becomes more pronounced as the officer rises in rank.

Officers will wear the Logistics branch insignia (available now in Military
Clothing Sales stores) along with the regimental crest associated with their
secondary specialty AOC. 

For more information, go to the Logistics branch website.
<http://www.cascom.army.mil/cascombasic2/publicsite/logbranch/index.htm>  


INFORMATION YOU CAN USE


*	2007 Strategic Communication Guide
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/409993>  - Read the 2007 Army Strategic
Communication Guide for key messages and updates. 
*	Strategic Communication Coordination Group (SCCG) Workspace
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/303879>  
*	Army Public Affairs Portal
<https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/216363>  
*	Stories of Valor <http://www.army.mil/valor> 


NEWS ABOUT THE ARMY


*	Stryker Soldier awarded Distinguished Service Cross (ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/12/13/6554-stryker-soldier-awarded-distingui
shed-service-cross/> ) 
*	War games: Reality show (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20071214567503.html>  | NT
<http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/military/story/229299.html> ) 
*	Guard Members respond to Midwest ice storms (AFIS
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48411> ) 
*	U.S. Army 'construction surge' in Afghanistan (AFP
<http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gRAL2uwtU-nVfsU4u0OE7wrPWRVA> )


WAR ON TERROR NEWS


*	Violent day in Iraq begins with liquor store bombings (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20071214567411.html>  | NYT
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/world/middleeast/14iraq.html?_r=1&oref=sl
ogin> ) 
*	Baghdad-area surge operations garner more success (AFIS
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=48410> ) 
*	Death toll in southern Iraq car bomb attacks lowered to 25 (SAS
<http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=50965> ) 
*	Iraqi citizens provide vital information on insurgents, weapons (MNF
<http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15839&Ite
mid=1> )


OF INTEREST


*	Bomb becomes blessing for Fort Campbell Soldier (RCT
<http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071213/MTCN0101/3121300
11/1292/MTCN0301> ) 
*	Steering committee completes 10 AFAP issues (ARNews
<http://www.army.mil/-news/2007/12/13/6564-steering-committee-completes-10-a
fap-issues/> ) 
*	Panel probes spending of veterans charities (EB
<http://ebird.afis.mil/ebfiles/e20071214567390.html>  | WP
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/13/AR200712130
1778.html> ) 
*	AKO link functioning again (AT
<http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/12/army_AKO_link_071213w/> )


WORLD VIEW


*	U.S. troops may replace British army in Basra (TG
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/>  | Story
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/14/wbasra114.x
ml> ) 
*	Amid Afghan war worries, Pentagon chief seeks more from European
allies (IHT <http://www.iht.com/>  | Story
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/14/europe/EU-GEN-NATO-Afghanistan-Ga
tes.php> ) 
*	Army operation 'to strike down militias' (GN
<http://www.gulfnews.com/>  | Story
<http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10174736.html> ) 
*	U.S. Defense Secretary to discuss Afghan strategy with NATO allies
(CTZ <http://www.citizen.co.za/>  | Story
<http://www.citizen.co.za/index/Article.aspx?pDesc=1,1,22&Type=top&File=0712
13160710.jyl5lkgy.xml> )


WHAT'S BEING SAID IN BLOGS


*	Blackfive TV- Blogger's roundtable w/ COL Grigsby (BF
<http://blackfive.blogs.com/> ) 
*	More Iranian made weapons turned over to U.S. forces (SM
<http://soldiersmind.com/> ) 
*	Troops train veterinarians in Iraq (GAF
<http://gazingattheflag.blogspot.com/> ) 
*	When is a veteran not a veteran (RR
<http://www.retiredreservist.blogspot.com/> )

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