Training and Certification for Convoy Escort Teams

摘要

We are Soldiers first, logisticians sec-ond!" This quickly became rny mantra as I prepared to assume command of the 53d Quartermaster Company, a bulk petroleum support company in the 553d Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas. The company had recently received orders to provide 42 guncrews for convoy security in Afghanistan-a mission that 1 had hardly expected when I graduated from the Petroleum Officer Course.