By Dan Lamothe - staff writer
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan - the withdrawal of American forces in Afghanistan a required a broad effort to sort, identify and send the unused equipment stored in the theatre as the Marine Corps withdrew thousands of troops from Helmand province this summer.
The work will be carried out by several units of the Navy that the body continues to work with Afghan forces to reinforce their capacity to maintain and distribute their own equipment, said Brig. Gen. John Broadmeadow, Commander of the 1 St Marine Logistics Group (forward), Camp Pendleton, California troops at Camp Leatherneck and Camp of Dwyertwo bases of the corps in Afghanistan, sort from radios to scope rifle and their packaging for the expedition to the United States.
"Sometimes, it is just a lot of things in a box that someone used a year and a half, and he was sitting in a box," Broadmeadow said in a may interview. "Bring us technical experts across, properly classify, package and send it to the House."
Broadmeadow command already has sent home more than 136 million $ in unnecessary equipment, said the Navy official. About two flights to leave the base each week packed with gear, and at least 90 pallets thereof are staged for shipment at any time, said Broadmeadow.
Marine Corps Logistics Command, in Albany, GA and other units are coordinating the return of vehicles, aircraft and other large items in a separate but related effort.
The mission of tri is one of many for the order of Broadmeadow, which includes approximately 3 400 approximately 15 800 marines in Helmand province in May. Marine Logistics continue to build roads and bases and train their Afghan counterparts, while the body reduces its footprint in the theatre.
For example this spring, Marines with the 9th battalion, support engineer, in Okinawa, the Japan, built a new road, Route Tiffany, in the volatile Sangin district that connects to 611 Highway, the main road in the region. In a few weeks, the Marines discovered almost 20 improvised explosive devices.
An explosion ripped a vehicle, killing corporal Michael Palacio on March 29 and injuring two of his marine comrades. Palacio, 23, was assigned to the battalion of the 3rd Marine Division headquarters, according to the Pentagon.
"They have lived on this path," said Broadmeadow. "There was no [patrol base] or else, while they built it, and they were there for a month about as austere conditions that you can think of.".
The push to send the House equipment took increased importance, however. Marine (ta) first Division must stay focused on combat operations, so that the body tries to get to the game before coming of the units from the field of battle by sending teams of sailors to infantry units to consider their equipment, Broadmeadow said.
The body also sent a separate team of 600-man known as the "R4OG" in Afghanistan in the spring to prepare the gear must be sent to the home page. The acronym Retrograde and the redeployment in support of Reset and reconstruction task group. It is commanded by colonel James Clark, a veteran logistician who command of Combat Logistics Regiment 17, at Camp Pendleton.
Clark said Marine Corps Times in April that his group was focusing on the elements that are normally repaired by the Marine Expeditionary forces.
"Many radios, some items of ammunition and other odds and ends," said. "We welcome those units which are mounted off the coast of the Afghanistan, or excess supplies that they have." We are going to their pack, and then we will be responsible for all systems make sure tips you that go some FEM lies on the tab to receive these articles. »
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