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Originally Posted by MtnGoat
Great points.. You can get good 5Kw to 25Kw generators the issue now is MEL process. Just like you heat how BAF,KAF & JAB ETC all have SEALANDS, chicgos etc. yeah maybe on some Ppt or BPA sheet. But it's getting them is the hard part. Your spend list and MEL is were you win or lose.
I have a guy in Kabul that I meet YEARS ago use to work on old Vance. He is cousin to "Z" and Tiny for all of you. He can get me anything and if needed ship it to me. Knows people and makes shit happen. Once again it is all on the MELs.
One other thing.. Your ASTs can be magic. If your ODA had a AST at KAF/BAF he can be your go getter if you forgot something. AST sucks, your not out with your ODA doing the deed. I got it. But you're the guy that gets supplies and such fir your ODA. So IMHO if you're not on duty or in the gym; get your butt out of Pizza Hut and the Green bean and go to the different shops, TF Paladin, ASP, Robotics, DMRO, ETC. Knowing places & people. Eat chow with the contractors in "their" DFAC.
If you can get it stateside from your DSOR the better it is.
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100% agree; B team/AST makes or breaks the logistics train most of the time. It is amazing how difficult it is to get certain items with OMA, but with remembering key words like "force pro" "winterization" etc it is still possible to make things happen.
Another distburbing trend is dealing with Fluor supply avenues and the paperwork involved in getting simple stuff done through those clowns. My Afghans and I can jerry rig almost anything, we do not need to wait 3 weeks because the Fluor site manager has to contact the District Manager and sign a blah, blah, blah. Screw off, leave we can handle our sites without this farce.