One of the most important aspects of having a strong and successful military is logistics. Without a strong supply corps, a military is not able to mobilize nor sustain their current operations. Sun Tzu says “the line between disorder and order lies in logistics.” Navy supply is a large operation, consisting of over 26,000 personnel. Navy supply’s sole objective is to provide “One-Touch-Supply” in which a single request can activate a global network. With “One-Touch-Supply” navy supply “is responsible for quality of life issues for our naval forces, including food service, postal services, Navy Exchanges, and movement of household goods”(globalsecurity).
Navy Supply System Command is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania but is responsible for supporting Navy forces worldwide with the supplies they need. Since operations are worldwide there have been several units or fleets that are set up. The Navy Inventory Control Point (NICP) headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and is the central location for repairing parts, components, and also provides logistic and supply assistance to friendly and allied nations. There are other locations known as Federal and Industrial Supply Centers (FISC) that provide logistics support services and products in their regions. There are six Federal and Industrial Supply Centers; they are located in Jacksonville, Norfolk, Oakland, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound, San Diego, and Yokosuka. There are also several other support services that come under Navy supply such as, Navy Exchange Service Command located in Virginia Beach, with other subunits throughout the world. Fleet Material Support Office is responsible for designing, developing and maintaining information support systems....
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...accounts, which are a retirement plan and are available for military personnel too, but for civilians the government will match up to five percent of the money the person puts in. Navy supply also offers flexible work schedules, tuition assistance, on-base day care centers, fitness center and recreational activities (NAVSUP). So whether in the military or working as a civilian Navy supply is a good organization to work for.
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The United States Navy Recruiting Command (NRC) consists of 26 Navy Recruiting Districts (NRDs) spread out throughout the Continental United States. One of the largest Recruiting Districts is NRD San Diego, which consists of 55 recruiting stations spread out throughout San Diego, Riverside, Orange County, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Yuma Arizona. The obvious mission is to recruit men and women to join the United States Navy. According to NRC webpage (2015), their mission is to “recruit the best men and women for America's Navy to accomplish today's missions and meet tomorrow's challenges” (pr. 1), Obviously, NRD San Diego shares the same mission, but there are different set of unique challenges, which trickle up from each recruiting station. Having completed a three year recruiting tour assigned to one of the local San Diego area
Joint Publication 3.0 entitled Joint Operations, defines Joint Sustainment as the provision of logistics and personnel services necessary to maintain and prolong operations through mission accomplishment and redeployment of the force. Joint Publication 4-0 further states, “Effective joint logistics planning identify future requirements and proposes solutions; it requires joint logisticians to understand the commander’s intent and concept of operations (CONOPS).” Logisticians use seven principles in their planning at the strategic, operational, or tactical level of war to ensure operations are logistically supportable. These principles are responsiveness, simplicity, flexibility, economy, attainability,...
All of these supplies were the most significant to the soldiers because they were the most important to their survival.... ... middle of paper ... ... Works Cited Hynes, Samuel Lynn.
The US Navy has founded its self with being an organization that will train and activate skilled combat naval personnel. The official mission statement taken off their web site states, “The mission of the Navy is to maintain, train and equip combat-ready naval forces capable of winning wars, deterring aggression and maintaining freedom of the seas.” (http://www.navy.com) The Navy also prides itself on the adventurous spirit it takes to embark on a career in the navy. The slogan used in getting new recruits is “Accelerate your life“. These statements suggest that the Navy is not only clear in its purpose and design, but also dedicated to its end. The clarity of its mission is seen in the extensive training that recruits receive in boot camp and the mental focus directed by their superiors to focus on the mission statement. In recruitment, the Navy seeks young men and women, often bogged down with school and jobs that to an eighteen or nineteen year old seems to be boring and slow paced.
The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the concept of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
...g in Action and then presumed dead. The troops paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country. Every one of their names deserves to be placed on the wall. The United States Maritime Service Veterans (USMSV) is an organization that was formed to inform the U.S. Government and the public about the United States Maritime Service. The USMSV strives to gain recognition for all of the men who served their country during wartime and national emergencies. The massive impact that the Merchant Marines had on the United States Navy during World War II and the Vietnam War is considered to be one of the largest impacts that the in Naval History. They Merchant Marines were undoubtedly the largest make up of the shipping throughout these two wars. The U.S. wartime merchant fleet was one of the largest contributions made by any nation to the ultimate winning of World War II.
There are many women and men in the United States Navy but it was not easy for women to be able to join the military. Women have had a rough past and fight with gaining the right to join. Women in the Navy are one of the greatest additions to the Navy. Although opposers will say that they do not belong there, women in the United States Navy have proven that they do belong because many women have overcome gender-based biases, made great historical impact, and lead combat situations over men successfully.
In conclusion, without the Navy many of the essential missions that the Military is known for doing would not be possible. No other branch would be able to transport as many troops and weaponry or supplies to the battle zone. The Navy is also able to provide mobile air support, without Aircraft carriers if we wanted planes in the air we would have to construct airfields in the country we wanted to attack. They are also able to provide a nuclear safety net that no other branch could and finally they are the only branch able to provide humanitarian relief on a large scale for almost any disaster.
One of the main benefits about working at Old Navy is the flexible hours. The management at Old Navy understands that many of its employees are students that work part-time. For this reason, they make the scheduling flexible for all employees. Old Navy is a great place for college students as management tries to work around your classes. Also if sometimes comes up and a person is not able to work, the administration will do its best to get another employee to cover the shift in advance. Old Navy also accommodates employees who have illnesses or medical emergencies. These are only so...
A supply chain is a system through which organizations deliver their products and services to their customers. The network begins with the basic ingredients to start the chain of supply, which are the suppliers that supply raw materials, ingredients, and so on. From there, it will transfer the supplies to the manufacturer who builds, assembles, converts, or furnishes a product. The chain now needs to get the product to the consumer by transporting the finished product from the manufacturer through a warehouse or distribution center. An example is that Wal-Mart has a nearby distribution center where products are delivered there and then split up to be delivered to a retail Wal-Mart. “Wal-Mart will take responsibility for breaking down larger loads and delivering the product to other Wal-Mart stores” (Ehring 1).
Armed with numerous studies, and intensive public hearings, Congress mandated far-reaching changes in DOD organization and responsibilities in the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986. This landmark legislation significantly expanded the authority and responsibility of the chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Included in this expanded authority and responsibility was the requirement for the chairman to develop a doctrine for the joint employment of armed forces. As operations Urgent Fury, Just Cause, and Desert Storm have vividly demonstrated, the realities of armed conflict in today's world make the integration of individual service capabilities a matter of success or failure, life or death. Furthermore, the operation Desert One demonstrated the need for a strengthened Joint Warfare Doctrine and the consequent change in Joint Warfare Employment. It is plain to see the benefits of having the greatest navy integrated with the world's greatest army and air force. However, even in the wake of a relatively successful joint operation in the Middle East (Desert Storm), certain weaknesses are evident in the current joint employment tactics and/or capabilities. By analyzing past operations such as Urgent Fury and Desert Storm, we are able to see sufficient evidence that the Joint Warfare Concept can be disastrous in one instance and virtually flawless in another.
Ferdows, K., Lewis, M., & Machuca, J. A.D., 2003. Zara. Supply Chain Forum: International Journal, 4(2), 62-66.
This article adds value to the class by going into detail and providing examples of every pitfall the supply chain management can encounter, by doing so, it makes it easier to understand and visually how the supply chain management works. The supply chain management has various parts to it, and it can be hard to understand, but after reading this article and having so many different examples of situations, I see all the opportunities that come from pitfalls and I am aware of all the problems that can happen in order to avoid making them.
Another lesson of the game materialized gradually at first, but steadily became more and more evident with each round of play. This lesson was the demonstration of the overwhelming ineffectiveness and utter futility of approaching logistics from the position of total ignorance. With no forecast or sales history to serve as a guide or predictive tool, the participating supply elements simply had nothing to base their projected order quantities upon other than pure conjecture. Operating in a vacuum relative to the other players of the supply chain was nothing less than counterproductive. Closely related was the development of a subdued, but underlying, sense of hostility within the supply chain as orders were placed that didn’t correspond with anticipated amounts. When this type of communication breakdown exists in the real world, an irritation between supply elements invariably manifests itself. Additionally, the resulting waste of time, material, storing of inventory and other resources expenses further fuel the fires of frustration and discord between supply elements.
Logistics is the designing and managing of a system in order to control the flow of material throughout a corporation. This is a very important part of an international company because of geographical barriers. Logistics of an international company includes movement of raw materials, coordinating flows into and out of different countries, choices of transportation, cost of the transportation, packaging the product for shipment, storing the product, and managing the entire process. The concept of logistics is fairly new in the business world. The theoretical development was not used until 1966. Since then, many business practices have evolved and logistics currently costs between 10 and 25 percent of the total cost of an international purchase.