Brig. Gen. John C. Haley, Chief of Ordnance, Fort Lee, Virginia, right; and Michael Cervone, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of the Army G4 office, Washington D.C., left, sign the Army Ammunition Summit Charter, April 16, at the Rock Island Arsenal...
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- Senior leaders from the Joint Munitions Command, Army Materiel Command, Ordnance Corps and top brass from the Department of Army's logistics field met here, April 16, during an Army Ammunition Summit to discuss pertinent issues among key stakeholders.
Brig. Gen. John C. Haley, Commandant and Chief of Ordnance, Fort Lee, Virginia; Michael Cervone, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of the Army G4 office, Washington D.C.; and Patricia Huber, Joint Munitions Command, deputy to the commander, Rock Island, Illinois, served as the Ammo Summit hosts.
"I am looking for some frank and open discussions today concerning issues within the entire ammo enterprise," said Haley. "This summit provides that forum to discuss issues and recommendations."
Huber welcomed the attendees to the Army Ammunition Summit and the JMC Headquarters.
"This event has grown into a forum where the ammunition community can discuss pertinent issues with a great representation of the Army's leaders that have a vested interest in these topics," said Huber.
Haley and Huber reiterated that the purpose of the Army Ammunition Summit is to maximize coordination among key ammunition stakeholders in forming unified, singular positions that will influence or otherwise support pending milestones or other major decisions impacting ammunition logistics. Future events will also include vital non-decisional information shared amongst the stakeholders to avoid or minimize duplication of effort in ammunition logistics processes.
This event was the second annual Ammunition Summit. Last year's meeting was held at the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester, Oklahoma. The committee decided to hold the spring summit at the Rock Island Arsenal, since the majority of the senior leaders were already in attendance at another ammunition working group meeting there.
Discussions during the Ammo Summit involved more than 50 subject-matter experts from the fields of military logistics, supply, acquisition support, materiel development and sustainment. They focused on new ideas to promote more efficient techniques for keeping the nation's fighting forces well supplied.
There was also interest in the Army's retail ammunition system and the transition of that system to the web and, eventually, into the Enterprise Resources Planning solution. Leadership gave recommendations to the group on the path forward on a variety of topics.
During this spring's summit, a charter was also signed to establish the Army Ammunition Summit membership that is comprised of core charter, permanent charter and technical resource members. Haley and Cervone added their signatures to the charter, which was previously signed by Brig. Gen. Kristin K. French, JMC commander.
JMC produces small-, medium- and large-caliber ammunition items for the Department of Defense. JMC is the logistics integrator for life-cycle management of ammunition and provides a global presence of technical support to U.S. combat units wherever they are stationed or deployed. JMC's logistics operation is unique to the Department of Defense and its industrial base is an important asset in providing ammunition for the Warfighter.
The United States Army Combined Arms Support Command and the Ordnance School are responsible for delivering the training to develop expert military and civilian ammunition logisticians, while also managing the Active and Reserve Ordnance force structure and developing the materiel, information technology, and doctrinal tools that enable ammunition sustainment to the Warfighter.
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