Logistics Movement Coordination Center (LMCC) -- Moving Mountains of Materiel

摘要

There are thousands of people working on reconstruction efforts across Iraq. More specifically, 35 of those people comprise the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Gulf Region Division (GRD), Logistics Movement Coordination Center (LMCC), located in the International Zone. The LMCC coordinates the movement of coalition property throughout Iraq. Without the materiel moved by the LMCC, very little would be possible in the areas of security and reconstruction. 'The LMCC is a collection of minds, banded together to solve the problem of movement and all its complexities,' explained Jack Holly, GRD Logistics Director. 'Everything you see in the LMCC are tools to assist in that decision-making process.' After 2 1/2 years, the LMCC is a well-oiled machine when it comes to materiel movement. It's been accomplished with more than a little bit of adjustment to the machine along the way. From the beginning, the LMCC has been organized as a team that will one day be taken over by Iraqis. This envisioned end state created a couple of challenges from the onset. First, even though the convoy environment is extremely dangerous, the LMCC could not be a classified organization if it was to support Iraqi apprenticeship. Second, although the movement environment is military, the LMCC had to be composed mainly of contractors because the LMCC must be sustainable for reconstruction needs while coalition forces concentrate on security missions. Holly, who has been directing the LMCC since its inception in 2003, tackled these challenges by creating a new business model: a team primarily run by contractors in a military environment with a desired end state of total takeover by the Iraqi government. The LMCC was accomplished through what members of Holly's team describe as the three Cs: coordination, communication, and cooperation.