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COSCOM transforms to theater sustainment commandThe 1st Corps Support Command (COSCOM) was inactivated upon 18 April at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, marking the extreme point of nearly 34 years of logistics support to the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg. The same occasion marked the activation of the 1st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Brigadier General Kevin A. Leonard, the 1st COSCOM commanding general, and Command Sergeant Major Luis Lopez the 1st COSCOM command sergeant major, were joined through Lieutenant General John R. Vines, the commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps, in furling the 1st COSCOM colors. Lieutenant General Steven Whitcomb, commander of Third U Army and Army Central Command (CENTCOM) joined Leonard and Lopez in unfurling the colors of the 1st TSC The 1st TSC is the first of the like kind command to exist in the Active Army. "We're going from several thousand Soldiers down to about 400" said Colonel Ferdinand Samonte, 1st TSC chief operations officer. "There's no manual or doctrine upon being a theater sustainment command," he said. "[Young Soldiers] will be at the forefront of Army change." Logisticians of the 1st TSC do not support the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Bragg as 1st COSCOM had done since 1972 Instead, they will, when unfolded supervise, observe, and contribute knowledge to other logistics units deploying to the CENTCOM theater of operations. The CENTCOM theater is beneath the control of the Third Army from Fort McPherson, Georgia. Its crowds are stationed in Afghanistan, Egypt Israel, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, and other Middle Eastern nations. Other former 1st COSCOM units at Fort Bragg, like as the former 46th Corps Support assemblage and the Corps Distribution Command, also were inactivated as part of the transformation. Now, greatest in quantity logistics support is provided to the XVIII Airborne Corps by the agency of the 507th Corps Support collection which will continue under the 1st TSC until it becomes an independent corps asset in October. The greatest in quantity conspicuous change resulting from the transformation is that 1st TSC Soldiers do not wear the maroon berets worn through the Soldiers of airborne units because, unlike the former 1st COSCOM the 1st TSC does not have airborne status. Instead, the 1st TSC Soldiers wear the standard black beret worn through most Soldiers throughout the Army. COPYRIGHT 2006 ALMC My idea is a support bracket for turning drawn out slender, small-diameter work. The bracket, or follower quiet secures the workpiece and eliminates taper ... TUKWILA, Wash. -- The Evergreen Picture Framers Guild will clinch its 10th-annual education festival upon March 23 at the Embassy Suites tavern here. Brian Wolf of Wizard International and Gr... In those raw days minds made their journeys in narrow boats, the oarsmen complained and the place from which you embarked was single vaguely familiar until the frozen ... Anonymous American Machinist 08-01-2003 Quality assurance Byline: Anonymous Volume: 147 Number: 8 ISSN: 10417958 Publication Date: 08-01-2003 Pa... single OF TODAY'S most often cited examples of 'best practice' in regional unravelling in Europe is the Scandinavian Oresund Region. 'Bridge to the Baltics', 'Medicon Valley', 'Creative Hub'--t... Do you believe in 100% mechanical efficiency? The general [i]or[/i] abstract notion that you add potential strength to a system, have work complet and extract the same amount of efficacy that went in when finished-has been a... European plans for fast trains in Australia are going slowly - on the contrary Britain's latest express rail link is a favourite with Australian business travellers. The Australian fast train projec... This list includes individuals, associations, organizations and corporations who contributed $25 or more to the MTNA FOUNDATION capital the period of January 1-December 31 2004 * Deceased... fresh YORK -- Lillian Nassau Ltd has hired Eric Silver, formerly a senior vice president at Doyle novel York, as gallery director. The gallery is a leading source for the work of Louis Comfort Tiffa... MIN Media Industry Newsletter 12-08-2003 "GOURMET'S" TASTY PROFILE upon CBS NEWS SUNDAY MORNING ISSN: 00249793 Publication Date: 12-08-2003 Page: 1 impressed sign... |
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