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shortround60 · July 28, 2009, 07:31 PM

Trigger Finger, you have a valid point to a certain extent. The government does have a habit of soliciting advice from very odd places. The office that I work in happens to be the one responsible for developing munitions logistics policies. What happens is that we work closely with the folks that are responsible for operational policies. When we have a 3 star general ask a question that gets everyone's synapses firing, but produces no immediate answer; we each as professionals within our areas start to network to come up with a solution. Networking to find a solution even though I am not in the operations division is my way of perhaps ensuring that someone does address a need that has been expressed. I have heard that many times a need is expressed, but no one takes action to provide a solution. My munitions logistics experience is comprised of 6 years of active duty 55B (89B) Ammunition Specialist, 1 year of logistics with the State Department, 6 years of munitions (storage, item management & a little ordnance disposal) work in the Middle East, 1 year of munitions management in Bosnia and 1 year of munitions management in Germany. I am now assigned to my office at the Pentagon and don't know how long I will stick this out.

Every person should know their limitations and the target system was definitely outside of my purview, so I sought assistance.

V/R,

Shortround

July 28, 2009, 07:31 PM	#7
shortround60 Member Join Date: January 15, 2005 Location: Northern, VA (Formerly Northeast, SC) Posts: 98	Point Taken Trigger Finger, you have a valid point to a certain extent. The government does have a habit of soliciting advice from very odd places. The office that I work in happens to be the one responsible for developing munitions logistics policies. What happens is that we work closely with the folks that are responsible for operational policies. When we have a 3 star general ask a question that gets everyone's synapses firing, but produces no immediate answer; we each as professionals within our areas start to network to come up with a solution. Networking to find a solution even though I am not in the operations division is my way of perhaps ensuring that someone does address a need that has been expressed. I have heard that many times a need is expressed, but no one takes action to provide a solution. My munitions logistics experience is comprised of 6 years of active duty 55B (89B) Ammunition Specialist, 1 year of logistics with the State Department, 6 years of munitions (storage, item management & a little ordnance disposal) work in the Middle East, 1 year of munitions management in Bosnia and 1 year of munitions management in Germany. I am now assigned to my office at the Pentagon and don't know how long I will stick this out. Every person should know their limitations and the target system was definitely outside of my purview, so I sought assistance. V/R, Shortround __________________ "No Bullets, No Bang", the unofficial Ordnance Corp Motto.