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11-10-05, 06:30 AM
2nd FSSG gets a new name
November 10,2005
BY CHRIS MAZZOLINI
DAILY NEWS STAFF
It takes more than a name-change ceremony to bring a general back from Iraq.
So when Brig. Gen. John E. Wissler came to Camp Lejeune to preside over Wednesday's redesignation of 2nd Force Service Support Group as 2nd Marine Logistics Group, he made it clear that this was really about a new way of doing business.
"We don't say combat service support anymore because that's not what we do; we do combat logistics," said Wissler, 2nd MLG commander, speaking before a formation of Marines along the banks of the New River.
Mandated by the commandant of the Marines Corps, this shift in language will help Marine Air and Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) work more efficiently by attaching logistics units to the combat forces they'll support and supply, said Col. Steve Otto, Wissler's chief of staff.
"What it does is develop units that are tied to or closely related to the supporting units they are going to deploy with," he said. "They will train with whoever they are going to deploy with."
Otto said they will form three logistics regiments, which will be composed of various parts and functions.
One regiment will be divided into three combat logistics battalions, each tied with a regimental combat team.
Another regiment will include three logistics battalions that will support Camp Lejeune's three Marine Expeditionary Units.
The final regiment will be a general support regiment.
All three active duty and one reserve force service support groups will or already have adopted the moniker of logistics groups.
And while the change only takes an order and a ceremony, the transition has been in the works since as far back as Operation Desert Shield in 1990, Wissler said.
"Every time, we knew there was a better way to organize, but we couldn't figure out how to get there," he said.
"The most exciting thing from my perspective is it isn't just about logistics. This is truly something that has been spawned by the entire (task force)."
As Wissler put away the old flag and brought out the new one - emblazoned with a compass sun and a crouching griffin - the sound of rifle fire echoed from the far side of the river. The bursts were audible even while the 2nd Marine Division band played martial hymns.
It was an aural reminder of what it's all about in the first place.
Wissler, who has commanded the forward element of the logistics group since September 2004, said it's a mode of operation that has been effective in a war zone.
"I have lived this organization, in a sense, for the last nine months in Iraq, and it works. It works well," he said.
Ellie
http://p089.ezboard.com/bthefontmanscommunity
November 10,2005
BY CHRIS MAZZOLINI
DAILY NEWS STAFF
It takes more than a name-change ceremony to bring a general back from Iraq.
So when Brig. Gen. John E. Wissler came to Camp Lejeune to preside over Wednesday's redesignation of 2nd Force Service Support Group as 2nd Marine Logistics Group, he made it clear that this was really about a new way of doing business.
"We don't say combat service support anymore because that's not what we do; we do combat logistics," said Wissler, 2nd MLG commander, speaking before a formation of Marines along the banks of the New River.
Mandated by the commandant of the Marines Corps, this shift in language will help Marine Air and Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) work more efficiently by attaching logistics units to the combat forces they'll support and supply, said Col. Steve Otto, Wissler's chief of staff.
"What it does is develop units that are tied to or closely related to the supporting units they are going to deploy with," he said. "They will train with whoever they are going to deploy with."
Otto said they will form three logistics regiments, which will be composed of various parts and functions.
One regiment will be divided into three combat logistics battalions, each tied with a regimental combat team.
Another regiment will include three logistics battalions that will support Camp Lejeune's three Marine Expeditionary Units.
The final regiment will be a general support regiment.
All three active duty and one reserve force service support groups will or already have adopted the moniker of logistics groups.
And while the change only takes an order and a ceremony, the transition has been in the works since as far back as Operation Desert Shield in 1990, Wissler said.
"Every time, we knew there was a better way to organize, but we couldn't figure out how to get there," he said.
"The most exciting thing from my perspective is it isn't just about logistics. This is truly something that has been spawned by the entire (task force)."
As Wissler put away the old flag and brought out the new one - emblazoned with a compass sun and a crouching griffin - the sound of rifle fire echoed from the far side of the river. The bursts were audible even while the 2nd Marine Division band played martial hymns.
It was an aural reminder of what it's all about in the first place.
Wissler, who has commanded the forward element of the logistics group since September 2004, said it's a mode of operation that has been effective in a war zone.
"I have lived this organization, in a sense, for the last nine months in Iraq, and it works. It works well," he said.
Ellie
http://p089.ezboard.com/bthefontmanscommunity