Henry's Web Log

We finished our deployment process Wednesday, with a security briefing in the morning. By 10:30am, we were able to get started on our Ordnance training! Finally! We joined a reserve component captains career course (CCC) which replaced the old “advanced course” I attended in 1996. Interestingly, it’s in the same classroom I was in, 12 years ago.
Our instructor was able to quickly catch us up on the latest doctrine changes for how the army maintains its fighting force, and it all started coming back to me and Tom pretty quickly. What used to be four levels of maintenance is now two, and of course its all modular to support the deployable packages of brigade-sized elements instead of entire divisions. There are still theater assets, but most of the wrench-turners are in brigade support battalions. We reviewed the “MOKSL” Mission, Organization, Key personnel, Stammis (standard army management information systems), and Location on the battlefield for the different maintenance units via 114 slides. There were also lessons on "Contractors on the Battlefield", and Site Selection for emplacing a maintenance unit. Great stuff!
There are 15 or so Captains and 1st Lieutenants in the class, all with vehicles, staying in an off-post motel. Us two Majors are hoofing it, using the LPC (leather personnel carriers, size 12). The dining hall is on the diagonally opposite end of the post, and we’re getting a couple of good walking miles in each day. Today, we followed that up with an hour and a half in the gym, then showered and got back into our ACUs for a hike over to the dining hall for dinner.
After talking to Lisa and the boys, Tom and I watched “The Bucket List.” Another great title from the post library.