Happy Birthday Navy Supply Corps!

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The Navy Supply Corps celebrated its 228thbirthdayonFebruary23 Itisanother year of the Supply Corps supporting our Navy and keeping with our motto: Readyfor-Sea!Acrosstheglobe whereverSupply Corps Officer and Sailors are stationed, they will mark this occasion with birthday events and some esprit-de-corps

For some Sailors, it will be one of many Supply Corps birthdays during a career of servicetoourcountry Forothers,thisisthe firsttimetheywillbeintroducedtoourrich history Whethertheyarefriends,family,or brand-new Supply Corps officers we have a chance to tell our story and ensure that our customs and traditions are shared and remembered.

Fromthebeginning,theNavyhad“Pursers” that were responsible for all pay and procurement of all supplies and stocks for ships The “Purser” title was borrowed fromtheBritishRoyalNavyanddatesback to the 14th century For centuries, naval logisticsplayedacriticalroleforanyseafaring country The United States Navy is one ofmanythatdependsonacorpsofindividuals with specialized business expertise.

Two-hundred twenty-eight years ago, President George Washington appointed a Philadelphia businessman named Tench Francis as the first Purveyor of Public Goods, and at that moment, the Navy Supply Corps was established.

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George H.W. Bush Supply Department, it will be yet another Supply Corps birth- day celebrated at sea, standing the watch, ensuring the crew and the Air Wing are equipped for the fight. The Supply Corps OfficersandSupplySailorsonGeorgeH.W. Bushcarryontheproudhistoryofkeeping theshipreadytofightandansweringwhen called upon The thirteen divisions within Supply Departmentandnearly500SupplySailors offer services essential to Sailors’ missions and morale From serving 16,000 meals a day, to the upkeep of laundry, and the sorting and organization of all parts, material andequipmentcomingaboardordeparting theship,SupplyDepartmenttouchesevery mission area. They have been essential to sustaining the warfighters and meeting tasking throughout our deployment.

The Supply Corps has a long and storied history of service to the Navy Our roles have changed over the years, as well as our name, but we have always been charged with ensuring that our Navy is supplied and sustained in order to accomplish any mission, on land and at sea. We do so by ensuringthatourOfficersinterfacenotonly with our line counterparts but with other services,theAmericanindustrialbase,and most importantly with each other Thousands of men and women have wornthegoldenoakleafthatdistinguished them as a Supply Corps Officer This signifies to those around them that the wearer is a professional, and can be relied upon to ensure their units are Ready-for-Sea. Happy 228th Birthday to our Navy Supply Corps!

NAVSUP’s leaders in Europe, Africa highlight reservists’ contributions during Reserve Chief’s visit

During with the installation’s tenant command leaders including Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella leadership to highlight the NRFI’s lines of effort of designing, training, mobilizing and developing the Force who operate across U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (USNAVEUR-AF) with a relentless focus on warfighting readiness

“Speaking with Vice Adm. Mustin during his visit was an invaluable opportunity for us to share with him how we’ve been leveraging reservists to augment our support teams operating across U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa,” said Capt. Douglas S. MacKenzie, NAVSUP FLCSI’s Commanding Officer “There’s no aspect of our logistics and supply mission that we do not benefit in some capacity from our reservists’ expertise and leadership Their contributions add a key strategic depth to our total-force approach to supporting the Fleet.”

Capt. Stephen Holbrook, NAVSUP FLCSI’s Reserve commander, presented a briefing to Vice Adm. Mustin during his visit. Holbrook is responsible for the administration of training and readiness ofNavyReservelogisticianswhodeployto NAVSUP FLCSI.

“A key objective for me was to convey how Capt. MacKenzie, his senior leadership team and I are responding to Vice Adm. Mustin’s mandate of accelerating warfightingreadinesswithallofmyreservists by focusing our efforts on active-duty/ Reserve component integration at all of the command’s sites operating across USNAVEUR, Holbrook said.

SeniorChiefLogisticsSpecialistAndrew Hasse,isoneofthedeployedreservistswho isintegratingwithNAVSUPFLCSI’slogistics support center at NASSIG

“Much of my work while deployed to NAVSUP FLCSI has been assisting their workloadofsupplysupportfortheincoming ships, especially in the ground transportation operations management, load planningandpiersidesupport,”Hassesaid.

When he’s not deployed on activeduty orders Hasse said he maintains job proficiency by participating in drilling at NAVSUPEnterprise’sheadquarterslocated in Pennsylvania. He added that his civilian job in the logistics and accounting sectors of the grocery industry also contributes to bolstering his competency to perform his reservist duties as senior logistics chief

“Much of what I do in my civilian job is about managing the movement of perishable commodities like meat, Hasse said. “This involves similar supply chain management processes as those with NAVSUP FLCSI. Knowing how to overcome the logistics hurdles I face in my civilian job gives me an insight into best practices that I can share with my activeduty colleagues.”

“By deploying Hasse and other fullytrainedreserviststoNAVSUPFLCSI’svarious operational sites across USNAVEUR, we are making great strides to define and document our Reserve training objectives per our new Individual Training Plans, or IDPS, which is a key element of CNR’s Force Generation Guidance from November 2022,” Holbrook said.

Since 1915, U.S. Navy reservists have been mobilizing to support their Navy and Marine Corps active-duty counterparts in areas of forward presence, deterrence sea control, power projection, maritime security humanitarian assistance and disaster response Hasse and NAVSUP FLCSI’s otherdeployedreservistscontinuetoleveragetheirexpertiseandlogisticsthroughthe present and future providing augmented supporttothecommand’slogisticsmission sets across USNAVEUR-AF.

NAVSUP FLCSI is one of eight FLCs under Commander, NAVSUP Headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, NAVSUP employs a diverse worldwide workforceofmorethan25,000militaryand civilian personnel. NAVSUP and the Navy Supply Corps conduct and enable supply chain, acquisition, operational logistics and Sailor & family care activities with our missionpartnerstogeneratereadinessand sustain naval forces worldwide to prevent and decisively win wars FLCSI provides a full range of solutions forlogistics business and supportservices to the U.S. Naval, Joint, NATO and Allied Forces across 14 enduring and forward operating sites; forward contingency and cooperative security locations in 13 countries in Europe and Africa.