III MEF Chosen to Use New Program

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III MEF Chosen to Use New Program
Marine Corps News | LCpl. David Rogers | January 25, 2008

CAMP KINSER, OKINAWA, Japan - III Marine Expeditionary Force units in Okinawa are scheduled to be the first to implement a new Corps-wide logistics system within the next 12-18 months.

A team of logistics specialists from Marine Corps Systems Command and civilians with the Oracle Corporation recently spent two weeks visiting units and key personnel here to discuss the Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps.

"III MEF has been identified as the best initial rollout facility because of their location," said Lt. Col. Jim Stone, the senior Marine advisor for the new system. "They're away from the United States, and they're almost always in a deployed status. If there is anything that could go wrong with our system ... this is where it's going to occur."

The system is designed to become a world-wide computer network system that will allow units to order and track supplies and services with the click of a mouse, much like online shopping at Web-sites, such as Yahoo.com or Amazon.com, according to Stone.

The system is intended to improve current logistic systems by speeding up the processing of supply requests and improving the ability to track the location of individual pieces of gear, according to Cpl. John Owen, a supply administration and operations clerk with Combat Logistics Regiment 35.


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uhc comment: The military has been implementing the Global Combat Support System since at least June 2000 --> http://www.dodig.osd.mil/audit/reports/fy00/00142sum.htm