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or a combination of the two in 30 to 45 minutes.
Unlike the KCLFF’s open-flame burners, which
cannot be moved while in operation, the AK can
offers a heat-on-the-move capability. Setup by two
cooks takes as little as 10 minutes, and packing up is
equally fast.
The Food Service Equipment Team plans to refine
the system and complete additional testing during the
next 2 years. Current plans call for the Army, the
Marine Corps, and, potentially, the Air Force to combine
their requirements for the AK and tray-ration
heater into one economical production contract.
AIR SHIPMENTS NOW
CONSOLIDATED BY DLA
The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) collaborated
with the Air Mobility Command last summer
to improve their processes for packaging and transporting
military cargo. All Department of Defense
small packages and depot shipments originated and
controlled by DLA now are sent directly to DLA
consolidation and containerization points (CCPs)
and prepared for shipment there. This marks a significant
change in the way business is conducted.
In the past, many small packages from many
sources would arrive at an aerial port, where they
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were held until they could be sorted, combined, and
palletized. Shipments now are arriving at the aerial
port ready for air shipment.
This change in procedure was conceived by
General John W. Handy, Commander of the U.S.
Transportation Command and the Air Mobility
Command. General Handy’s plan included moving
the processing of shipments from the aerial port to
DLA CCPs and having the CCPs load information
about shipments into computer tracking systems
before releasing them. Computer systems for tracking
shipments are being integrated, with information
entered at the CCPs. DLA also has completed its
plan for processing direct vendor delivery shipments
at the CCPs instead of at aerial ports.
Brigadier General Loren M. Reno, the Air
Mobility Command Director of Logistics,
described the change in procedures as significant
process changes that increase the speed and predictability
of warfighter sustainment support and
improve visibility of support earlier in the pipeline.
The DLA Office of Operations Research and
Resource Analysis is developing a tool to predict
the number of pallets that will flow from a CCP to
an aerial port over a 48- to 96-hour period. This
capability will allow the aerial ports to schedule
their workloads and could be used by the Tanker
Airlift Control Center to forecast and schedule use
of air transports.
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