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and provided some support in De- long supply lines, few available LOGCAP Before OIF sert Shield/Desert Storm. In 1992 vendors, and rapid expansion of In April 2002, LOGCAP III began the contract was converted to a operations in in 2002. establishing operations at K2 Air- task order system focused more on However, the Army and contractor 15 July 2013 base in Uzbekistan. Until then life life support. In this form LOG- members of LOGCAP III quickly support was provided by tactical CAP I supported operations in learned how to operate in an aus- Volume III, Issue 10 Army units. Those combat units , Bosnia, , , tere environment while adding had been running their own dining and . In 1996, AMC as- support at Bagram and Kandahar. facilities and maintenance opera- sumed responsibility for the pro- The honing of skills by the LOG- tions as well as providing latrines, gram and the next iteration of CAP III contractor and Army per- This MONTH showers, and water. When LOG- LOGCAP (LOGCAP II) was sonnel in establishing and execut- CAP III arrived in Uzbekistan, the awarded that same year. LOGCAP ing LOGCAP missions in an ex- in military tactical CSS units were able to both II was used to support operation in tended combat environment in redeploy and focus on their prime the , , Co- 2001-2002 paid dividends when in history… missions rather than life support. lombia, , and . June 2003 LOGCAP was tasked to This progression complemented the In 2000, LOGCAP was transferred simultaneously provide support in original intent of the program, re- to the Operations Support Com- . ducing Soldiers on the battlefield mand (OSC) as a vital element in While the concept has evolved 1775: Congress by creating a sustainment augmen- enhancing a single point of entry since the mid-1980’s, the basic resolves to forge tation capability for logistics during into AMC for the field Army. Dur- principles remain the same. The deployed operations. ing this time, OSC began estab- US Army can reduce the size of its Indian alliances The Logistics Civil Augmenta- lishing strategy for the next LOG- logistics force at home station by tion Program (LOGCAP) is an CAP iteration (LOGCAP III), relying on contractor support dur- Army Program that augments the awarded in December 2001. ing a wide variety of deployed force by providing Combat Service LOGCAP I, II, and III each re- scenarios. 1809: Chief Tecum- Support (CSS) capabilities to meet quired the awarded contrac- tor to develop a worldwide seh urges Indians operational requirements for mis- sion support. While best known for support plan proving feasi- to unite against operations in support of US Forces bility of support. These during OEF and OIF, LOGCAP has plans listed potential ven- whites been around since 1985 and is ca- dors in different geographi- pable of also supporting humanitar- cal areas to demonstrate ian operations, disaster relief, and contractors had the ability to chemical, biological, radiological, support contingency opera- 1863: Confeder- nuclear operations. tions around the world. A ates surrender The first iteration of LOGCAP challenge for LOGCAP III (LOGCAP I) fell under the respon- was that Army units were Vicksburg sibility of the US Army Corps of operating out of K2 in November Engineers (USACE). The first con- before the December 2001 con- LOGCAP in East Timor 2000 tract was awarded in late 1988 to tract was awarded. The LOGCAP building a runway

install petroleum pipelines in SWA program at K2 was challenged by 1898: The Battle of San Juan Hill The Arsenal’s First Building In 1862 the Army appointed selected two possible sites for York in 1867. Considered to a board of officers to inspect an ammunition magazine, also be one of the finest in the the island and to recommend a on the west end of the island. country, the clock may be the 1944: American construction site for the first Once the officers’ final report only timepiece of its kind still bombers deluge buildings on Rock Island. The was approved, Major Charles operating with its original officers were to further report P. Kingsbury, the first Rock parts. The massive weights Budapest in more on the type of construction Island Arsenal Commander, which operate the clock hang ways than one material to be used for the was appointed to oversee the the length of three floors, and building. The board consisted initial construction of the arse- its clock bell weighs 3,500 of three Ordnance officers: nal. pounds. The clock was pur- Major C.P. Kingsbury; Major Construction of the first chased for $5,000. The Clock 1947: “Mr. X” F.D. Callendar; and Captain building on the island began in Tower Building was the only article appears in T.J. Treadwell. In their report mid-1863, and in April 1864 building erected from the to the Chief of Ordnance, the the cornerstone of the initial original arsenal plans. Foreign Affairs officers recommended the permanent building, Store- On 19 April 1864, Congress first Arsenal building, desig- house A, was laid. Builders passed into law an act that au- nated “Storehouse A” and to- using LeClaire limestone thorized the army to reclaim 1965: Ball recom- day known as the Clock erected a five story tower, the entire island and to settle mends compro- Tower Building, be con- nearly 120 feet in height, all legal land claims held by structed on the western tip of which housed a clock with di- others. This act provided Ma- mise in Vietnam the island. The officers also als facing in four directions. jor Kingsbury with the capa- recommended limestone from The clock’s four dials were bility to build an arsenal equal LeClaire, Iowa as the building twelve feet in diameter, with a to the Harper’s Ferry Armory material minute hand six feet long and and capable of manufacturing for the an hour hang approximately ordnance stores. The armory Arsenal five feet long. Kingsbury’s would now become an arse- struc- successor, Brevet Brigadier nal. In August 1865, General tures. General Thomas J. Rodman, Rodman would take over this In addi- purchased the clock from its mission from Major Kings- tion, the manufacture, A.S. Hotchkiss bury, as the second Rock Is- board Company, New York , New land Arsenal commander.

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