An Air Force member briefs contractors at the Chabelley aerodrome fuel retail outlet in Djibouti on fuel operations and the condition of the equipment. In March 2022, base survival services to service members deployed at Chabelley aerodrome, including fuel and oil operations, will be provided by the 405th Support Brigade Civilian Logistic Augmentation Program on the field of the army.
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Utility operations – to include power generation, electricity and distribution – is one of the core services the 405th Army Support Brigade’s Civilian Logistics Augmentation program will provide to the forces military personnel assigned to Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa at Chabelley airfield, Djibouti, departing in March 2022.
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When the contract comes into effect in March 2022 at Chabelley aerodrome in Djibouti, one of the services provided by the civilian logistics augmentation program of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade will be operations of catering in a full service dining room. Shown here is an example of the level of food service support provided to personnel assigned to Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.
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CHABELLEY AIRFIELD, Djibouti – When the 435th Air Expeditionary Wing command team wanted the life support services at the Chabelley aerodrome base in Djibouti to be more flexible and efficient, they turned to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade and its civilian logistics augmentation program for support.
Although the formal transition from Airfield Base Life Support, or BLS, to 405th AFSB LOGCAP will not take place until March 2022, work to provide more than 20 BLS services through a solid proposal and clearly defined were launched, and a first LOGCAP contractor assessment was carried out in November.
Some of the essential services that LOGCAP will provide are utility operations to include power generation and distribution, catering services via a full-service dining room, bulk water, facility maintenance and utilities. fuel and petroleum operations.
“With LOGCAP, the end user has a single focal point for all contractual issues,” said James Wilkerson, a 405th AFSB LOGCAP Africa support contractor. “If there are any issues with the contract, they will go through me first as a strategic planner for LOGCAP. “
“One of the advantages of LOGCAP, if a service is already activated – for example, you are maintaining 10 buildings and suddenly need to add two more to the list – we can quickly expand existing services within a time frame. 24 hours. “said Wilkerson, who served 21 years in the military and retired as a senior noncommissioned officer.” We can easily and quickly execute a technical letter of direction to increase or decrease service. “
“That alone provides much needed and required flexibility to the end user in the field,” said Wilkerson, who is located in Djibouti, Africa, at Camp Lemonnier and assigned to Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa.
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning maintenance and support will be included in a list of more than 20 basic life support services at Chabelley airfield, Djibouti, provided by the 405th Brigade of Army support for the Civilian Logistics Augmentation program from March 2022. In the photo, a contractor is working on an HVAC system in Africa.
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A contractor works on a generator at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti. The basic survival equivalent service plus more than 20 more will be provided to service members deployed to Chabelley airfield, Djibouti, through the 405th Army Support Brigade Civilian Logistic Augmentation Program from March 2022. The contract proposal was launched, and a first LOGCAP contractor assessment was carried out in November.
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For example, a generator explodes and the field commander needs a new generator immediately. He cannot wait six months for a new generator to pass through normal supply circuits because the mission is impacted.
“With LOGCAP, we can revise the contract at any time and have the generator replaced immediately – 48 hours by plane, for example, or a few weeks by land,” Wilkerson said.
Being able to provide immediate flexibility as the requirements change supporting the order is what LOGCAP brings to the table – quality services, more flexibility and faster response times, he said. declared.
“By having this flexibility, it helps reduce logistics burdens,” said James Wilkerson, a 405th AFSB LOGCAP Africa support contractor.
The Civilian Logistics Augmentation Program, or LOGCAP, is a preferred source of strategic supply to the military for support and sustainment services for basic operations. LOGCAP services can include everything from laundry and catering to recreation, maintenance, power generation, information technology, medical services, physical security, and more.
The 405th AFSB is assigned to the US Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21th Theater Sustainment Command, of the US Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and provides corporate materiel support to US forces throughout Europe and Africa – providing theater support logistics; synchronize procurement, logistics and technology; and leverage the US Army Materiel Command’s materiel business to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website at www.afsbeurope.army.mil and the official Facebook site at www.facebook.com/405thAFSB.
