On April 22 through 24 a course on Lifecycle Management was delivered by U.S. Marines to troops and specialists of the Logistics Command of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
The training event focused on the challenges in the areas of logistics staff, structure maintenance management, inspection of supply provision, provision of logistic support and budgeting. The U.S. Marines shared their experience in the area of logistics and compared logistics systems of both countries in an active dispute. "We can use different names and terms to refer to logistics but in the end we will be discussing the same thing only in different ways," Jack, a member of the Logistics Command staff who assisted in arranging the course, commented on the differences in Lithuanian and U.S. logistics systems.
A need for such course was identified as early as two years ago when it had been recognised that Lithuanian logistics specialists required supplementary knowledge and information in life cycle management. Then the Lithuanian Logistics Command established cooperation with corresponding agencies of the United States with a great help from Jack Herron, logistics advisor with the Logistics Command. Active bilateral cooperation led to the arrangement of a course delivered by highly-experienced instructors of the United States Marine Corps (USMC). According to J. Herron, the U.S. Marines were the best candidates for conducting the training because of the smaller size of the USMC (in comparison to other branches of service of the United States) which made it more comparable in terms of logistic procedures and their implementation to the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
When the course was completed, U.S. instructor Captain Darracot extended his gratitude to the Lithuanian logistics specialists for the opportunity to share knowledge and acquire new experience.
By: acting PAO for the Logistics Command of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Lt Irina Černiauskienė.
Photos by the Logistics Command
