ASC receives proclamation from local mayor for Military Appreciation Month
Brig. Gen. Duane Gamble, deputy commanding general, Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., shakes hands with Bill Gluba, mayor of Davenport, Iowa, flanked by Sgt. Maj. Keith Jones, Distribution Management Center, ASC, at the Davenport City Hall May 8. Gluba presented ASC a proclamation declaring May is Military Appreciation Month. (Photo by Capt. Phillip Palomo, Army Sustainment Command)
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AMC CG tours 403rd AFSBn-NEA during 3-day visit to Japan
Lt. Col. Gary Cregan, commander, 403rd Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia, briefs Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general, Army Materiel Command, during Via’s visit to the Yokohama North Dock, Japan, April 20 during a three-day visit. Later, Via toured one of several Landing Craft Utility boats docked there. (Photo by Rich Feagler, Japan Visual Information Division, IMCOM)
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QC ballpark hosts Military Appreciation Night
Brig. Gen. John F. Wharton, commanding general, Army Sustainment Command, signs his name to the Quad Cities Military Community Covenant May 11 at Modern Woodman Park in Davenport, Iowa. Wharton and military and civilian leaders from Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., joined local community leaders from the Quad Cities area in signing the covenant as part of the Association of the United States Army-sponsored Military Appreciation Night at the ballpark. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Riley, ASC Public Affairs)
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ASC recognizes Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders
Brig. Gen. Kevin O’Connell, commanding general, Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command/Joint Munitions Command, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., (center) and Capt. Jason Kappes, aide-de-camp to Brig. Gen John Wharton, commanding general Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal Senior Mission Commander, team up as Master Ken Huor shows them how to firmly hold the stack of boards he splintered minutes later as part of his demonstration at the Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance hosted by Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal’s Baylor Conference Room May 3.
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RIA commander speaks of Arsenal’s future, way ahead
Rock Island Arsenal senior mission commander, Brig. Gen. John F. Wharton, addresses the Arsenal tenants during a town hall meeting May 1 at Heritage Hall in Building 60. (Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Sean Riley, ASC Public Affairs)
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ASC CG swears in new inspector general
Brig. Gen. John Wharton, commanding general, Army Sustainment Command, and senior mission commander, Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., swears in Lt. Col. JoyVetta Lewis as the command’s official inspector general April 26 in his office. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs)
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ASC logisticians hold briefing about retrograde in Zabul province in Afghanistan
Maj. James Bluman, a systems acquisitions officer for the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, speaks at a briefing at Forward Operating Base Apache concerning retrograde in Zabul province, Afghanistan. (Photo by Spc. Jovi Prevot, 102nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
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MCRP interns conduct out-briefings to end session
Four months of learning and hard work came to an end April 19 for 15 Minority College Relations Program interns after each out-briefed a general officer on their accomplishments within the Army Sustainment Command and Joint Munitions Command. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs)
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406th AFSB hosts Brigade Logistics Support Team Olympics
Mario Chavez, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, competes in the 406th Army Field Support Brigade’s first Brigade Logistics Support Team (BLST) Olympics April 10 at Fort Bragg, N.C. Teams of Soldiers and civilians competed in the BLST Olympics, to include High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle rollover, Engagement Skills Trainer, and weapons disassembly and assembly. (Photo by Sgt. Jeffrey Moore, 10th Press Camp Headquarters)
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Kandahar Airfield property turn-in yard streamlines operation, expedites Stryker turn in
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2nd Brigade, 23 Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade unload supplies from one of 16 Strykers turned in at the Army Field Support Battalion-Kandahar, 401st Army Field Support Brigade’s four corners location during the first curtailment operation since the opening of the new Kandahar Redistribution Property Assistance Team yard in Afghanistan late March. (Photo by Sharonda Pearson, 401st AFSB Public Affairs)
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Sergeant Major of the Army visits Kandahar RPAT, Soldiers
Cpl. Allen Strohl explains the ammunition abatement process to the Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond Chandler III. Soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 401st Army Field Support Brigade conduct four of five ammo inspections during the retrograde process. The unit conducts ammo inspection one. The second through fifth ammo inspections are conducted after the unit has been relieved of accountability. (Photo by Sharonda Pearson, 401st AFSB Public Affairs)
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An RIA overview
Heidi Schultz, district director for U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos, Illinois’s 17th District, listens as Col. Scott Lofreddo, chief of staff, Army Sustainment Command, begins an orientation brief April 17 with representation from the major installation tenants in the ASC headquarters building. (Photo by Jon Micheal Connor, ASC Public Affairs)
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