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Brig. Gen. Lance G. Curtis, the deputy commanding general of 1st Theater Sustainment Command receives a brief from Capt. Michael N. Krant inside an M1087 Expandable Van Shelter during a tactical action center displacement training exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 27, 2021. Expeditionary sustainment commands often displace their TACs forward in wartime to facilitate sustainment support on the front lines. The “Spears Ready” Soldiers have been deployed since August staffing the 1st TSC’s operational command post (Photo has been modified for operational security purposes)
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“Spears Ready” Soldiers of the Fort Bragg, N.C., based 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command convoy to an assembly area during a tactical action center displacement training exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 27, 2021. Expeditionary sustainment commands often displace their TACs forward in wartime to facilitate sustainment support on the front lines. The Soldiers have been deployed since August staffing the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s operational command post.
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Master Sgt. Joseph A. Morales, a senior military police sergeant assigned to the Fort Bragg, N.C., based 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command directs traffic through the entry control point of an assembly area during a tactical action center displacement training exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 27, 2021. Expeditionary sustainment commands often displace their TACs forward in wartime to facilitate sustainment support on the front lines. Morales and fellow “Spears Ready” Soldiers have been deployed since August staffing the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s operational command post.
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Sgt. 1st Class Romere D. Boyce coaches Pvt. 1st Class Luis E. Inzunza and Sgt. Matthew A. Cather on how to complete sector sketches during a tactical action center displacement training exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 27, 2021. Expeditionary sustainment commands often displace their TACs forward in wartime to facilitate sustainment support on the front lines. The “Spears Ready” Soldiers have been deployed since August staffing the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s operational command post.
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Staff Sgt. Carlos S. Wright and Master Sgt. Vantha Chhim set up a ladder outside of an M1087 Expandable Van Shelter during a tactical action center displacement training exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 27, 2021. The shelters are structures mounted to medium tactical vehicles designed to provide mobile workspace for the provision of logistics support. The “Spears Ready” Soldiers have been deployed since August staffing the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s operational command post.
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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — “Spears Ready” Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, deployed here to staff 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s operational command post, displaced their Tactical Action Center, or TAC, and moved it to another location on the camp on Nov. 27, 2021.
“This is our bread and butter, this is what we are designed to do,” said Brig. Gen. Lance G. Curtis, deputy commanding general of 1st Theater Sustainment Command, and commanding general of 3rd ESC.
“As an expeditionary sustainment command we are designed to displace and serve as a forward element,” the general said. “This is our TAC, and our TAC is what we split off during wartime operations—this will be our first element that we would actually move forward into our battle positions.”
TACs provide commander’s the capability to focus on the current battle and execute critical tasks during high-intensity military operations.
“Spears Ready” Soldiers practiced TAC displacements three times leading up to the deployment, but this training event represented their first iteration here.
The exercise began when a convoy of security and support vehicles left the motor pool and traveled to the assembly area, or AA, and set up a perimeter at the training location. Once the conditions were set at the AA, another convoy was dispatched to the site to set up the TAC.
The TAC is comprised of two M1087 Expandable Van Shelters, structures mounted to medium tactical vehicles designed to provide mobile workspace for the provision of logistics support.
Once the “Spears Ready” Soldiers set up the shelters, they put a very-small-aperture terminal satellite ground station into operation and established communications with the main tactical operations center.
“I’m very pleased with the first iteration and the professionalism of the Soldiers,” Curtis said.
Pvt. 1st Class Luis Inzunza, an automated logistical specialist assigned to 3rd ESC, said the training enhanced his knowledge of the process and the readiness of his team.
“It’s a good idea for us to get a feel of what the situation would look like and what we’d need to do if it were to happen,” the Las Vegas, Nevada, native said. “I feel confident that I’m working with a lot of experienced individuals who lead the way.
“I’m really trying to learn all I can from this situation so when the time comes, if it comes, we’ll all be ready,” Inzunza continued.
“The key to being here in Kuwait is we didn’t come here to be in the offices, we came here to actually perform our wartime mission,” Curtis said. “[During] our next iteration we will actually occupy positions outside of this area, and that’s all in preparation of being able to do what is required of the expeditionary sustainment command for wartime operations.”
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