ASC-ARE Soldiers participate in NIE exercise in U.S. Southwest

By Capt. Matt Wiles, ASC-Army Reserve ElementNovember 13, 2014

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1 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Kneeling, from left, Lt. Col. Diana Torres and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Scott Cripe; middle row, Lt. Col. Charles Ormand, Master Sgt. Betheny Jones, Capt. Andrew Pettingale and Lt. Col. Stanlea Rodriguez; back row, Lt. Col. Keith Bryant, Lt. Col. Vern... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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2 / 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption – From left, Spc. Travon Barrow, Staff Sgt. Bobby Hill, Sgt. 1st Class Loren Covill, Rupert Balderama (chief, Supply & Services Division, LRC-WSMR), Mickey Mumfrey (director, Logistics Readiness Center-White Sands Missile Range), Sgt. Kira Gumbs, Staff... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

Army Sustainment Command-Army Reserve Element Soldiers provided valuable support during a Network Integration Evaluation exercise, Oct. 9 -- Nov. 2, across three locations in the U.S. Southwest.

ASC-ARE supported the Brigade Modernization Command, 407th Army Field Support Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas; Army Field Support Battalion-Bliss and Army Materiel Command's Network Integration Evaluation Plans and Operations Cell at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the Logistics Readiness Center at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

ASC-ARE Soldier, Lt. Col. Brian McNulty, attached to the 407th AFSB as a multi-functional logistics action officer, supported the exercise by providing operational oversight for the 407th AFSB headquarters at Fort Hood.

ASC-ARE Soldiers commanded a simulation brigade at Fort Bliss that was crucial to feeding data during simulated and live exercises for units testing and evaluating new systems in the field.

They also supported the Logistics Readiness Center at White Sands Missile Range by providing logistics support to units testing and evaluating new equipment systems; running re-fueling operations, providing power generation repair, and conducting supply operations.

The Soldiers represented the ASC-ARE headquarters and detachments and the Army Reserve Sustainment Command at several different locations including Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois; Davenport, Iowa; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and Birmingham, Alabama.

ASC-ARE is part of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command, both headquartered at Rock Island Arsenal. ASC's mission is to provide globally responsive strategic logistics capability and materiel readiness to enable combatant commanders to conduct the full range of military operations.