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Show HILLTOP TIMES Get your Ogden Raptor tickets for Appreciation Night BY VALERIE BURKE 75th Public Affairs Community Relations chief H ill Air Force Base has recently received free tickets to The Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee/Hill Appreciation Night at Lindquist Field with the Ogden Raptors on Tuesday, July 27, at 7 p.m. The Raptors will be playing the Missoula Osprey. This is an annual event that is graciously offered to Team Hill by the Top of Utah Military Affairs Committee, or MAC, and the Ogden Raptors organization to show their support for all the members of Team Hill and their families. This is a great family event and 75th Air Base Wing • Public Affairs Community Relations encourages everyone who is available to attend and support the communities who have unwaveringly supported Hill AFB throughout the years. The 75th ABW PA Shop encourages you to appoint someone to be your organization's representative, pick up blocks and distribute tickets to your team members from Public Affairs Building 180, Room 109. Join together to show the MAC and the Raptors that Team Hill appreciates their salute. DLA From page 1 supplies, and construction and barrier equipment," the DLA Web site says. "We manage eight supply chains, everything from hardware support to land combat systems," Thompson said. "We also run the distribution network for the DoD ... We're also bringing online our most recent addition in Kandahar, Afghanistan." The DLA's focus in the Middle East has prioritized the responsible drawdown in Iraq and supporting forces in Afghanistan via the Northern Distribution Network. After his visit to Iraq about two months ago, Thompson is pleased with the progress being made there. "The drawdown in Iraq is going well," he said. "It is getting to be an extremely busy place right now." The drawdown required DLA to analyze the situation and begin a shift in the support it provides in Iraq, Thompson described. Now its focus is more on the proper disposal of materials in the country. "From a DLA perspective it's been all about repositioning the full spectrum of our support/' Thompson said. "(The disposal team has) done tremendous work to make sure that essentially ... sensitive items don't get in the wrong hands and that we don't leave behind environmental hazards." He also described the logistical difference between Iraq and Afghanistan, citing the support centers in Kuwait that aid in supporting the efforts in Iraq as one of the major discrepancies. "DLA has substantial support capabilities down in Kuwait that we're leveraging — we have a distribution center there, we have a large DRMO (Defense Reutilization and Marketing TIMES 7 July 22, 2010 "Over the last 18 months or so, it's been a story of kind of building up the initial base infrastructure that was needed to support the 30,000 plus troop presence in Afghanistan. Those troops are flowing in and the FOBs (forward operating bases) ...are basically ready — they have the full spectrum of support they need, whether ifs assistance, troop support, construction materials, fuel—you name it" VICE ADMIRAL ALAN THOMPSON, director of the Defense Logistics Agency Office) there, we have another DLA lution proved to be successful, and support team that's in place there." Thompsonis proud of its success. As for Afghanistan, DLA success"I think it's been a huge success fully analyzed and met several chaland it's saved a lot of lives from the lenges in providing logistics support standpoint of reducing the fairly vulto the forces stationed there. nerable flow of materials through the "Over the last 18 months or so, it's two points on the Pakistan border." been a story of kind of building up As for the future, Thompson knows the initial base infrastructure that that DLA will continue to provide was needed to support the 30,000 strong support for the Air Force and plus troop presence in Afghanistan," other military branches. Thompson said. "Those troops are "The support to the AF continues flowing in and the FOBs (forward to be very, very important as it is operating bases) ... are basically with each of the military services," ready — they have the full spectrum he said. "Whether it's support to AF of support they need, whether it's asunits forward deployed or the non- ' deployed operation forces or the sistance, troop support, construction industrial customers, it's very impormaterials, fuel — you name it." tant that we keep our eye on the ball "(Afghanistan) has huge logistics there." challenges," Thompson continued. In fiscal year 2009, DLA provided "We also don't have the good fortune $9.6 billion to the Air Force alone, of a Kuwait right next door that can with petroleum and aviation being the provide a support base that we can top areas of support. leverage. Everything has to go in over hundreds of miles of roads that Perhaps the most important methare not in that great of shape and od of support the DLA provides to high mountain passes and all kinds all is the ability to analyze situations • of weather, and oh by the way, fairly and provide timely and efficient supfrequent insurgent attacks." port. Through their efforts, DLA is an integral part of the success of the Air The solution to the supply chain Force, both abroad and at home. problem was to create the Northern "As logisticians, being analytical Distribution Network, which involved is typically an important skill to be the cooperation of not only DLA but most successful," Thompson advised. other U.S. agencies as well. The so- foo|> ASHFORD UNIVERSITY SERVES AIR FORCE STUDENTS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD • •••• Saturday July 24,2010 4pm - 7pm EARN YOUR ASSOCIATE'S, BACHELOR'S, OR MASTER'S DEGREE ONLINE Layton Commons Park Your Ashford Military Tuition Grant covers all required course materials and you pay only $250 a credit. Tickets $1 each or 12 for $10 Redeem tickets at restaurants of choice. All food items offered will be less than 4 tickets. • • • • •, •--.'" .. Your military-training^ counts. Transfer up to 99 previously earned credits, from prior college/work experiences. 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