Sickness: No excuses will be acceptable. We will no longer accept the Medical Officer’s statement as proof of illness as we believe that if you are able to go on sick parade, you are able to come to work. Leave of Absence for an Operation: We are no longer allowing this practice. We hired you as you are, and to have anything removed certainly makes you less than we bargained for. Death, Other than Your Own: This is no excuse. If you can…
BOOK REVIEW By George Rees, DML “Logistics in the Falklands War – A Case Study in Expeditionary Warfare” by Major General Kenneth Privratsky, USA (ret) World travel connects one to history. Touring an area where an event took place makes it much more meaningful – especially when the event happened within your lifetime. Thus was I very impressed with a daylong visit to the Falkland Islands as part of a cruise taken a few years ago. I remembered the Falklands War…
By Philip T. Frohne, CPL Logistics is concerned with: . . . Requirements Logistics activities are involved with analysis, synthesis and definition of the resources needed to reach an objective or perform an operation under stated conditions. The total task of determining requirements is a planning function involving both strategic and logistical considerations. Allocation of the principal resources available, if less than those required, and evaluation of the impact of shortages upon major objectives, are primarily strategic responsibilities, not logistics…
“Cipher’n” By Philip T. Frohne, CPL Does the thought of combining ‘Mean Time Between’ anything frighten you? Confused about how to perform basic logistics calculations? Loggie math skills get’n a little rusty? Fear not, because you are not alone. I, too, am mathematically challenged. Many school teachers told my parents that I should stick to the violin (I play French horn). My book on logistics math began as a desk drawer full of illegible sticky notes. So let’s calm those…
The logistics of mushing is older than the Russian-Alaskan frozen bridge; about 2000 BC or more.