Robins first air logistics center to implement BRAC 2005 decisions Published April 27, 2007 By Amanda Creel 78th ABW/PA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center here is the first of the Air Force's three air logistics centers and the first of 13 industrial sites across all four military services to implement the Base Realignment and Closure 2005. The BRAC 2005 decision calls for the Department of Defense to reconfigure its industrial supply, storage and distribution infrastructure into one integrated provider supporting WR-ALC depot maintenance requirements. This infrastructure will reduce duplication of functions and inventory, optimize resources and streamline processes. The Defense Distribution Center was tasked by the BRAC decision to elevate the Defense Distribution Depot at Robins and at Oklahoma City ALC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., to a strategic distribution platform. A joint implementation team has been formed to plan the execution of the BRAC 2005 Supply, Storage and Distribution Management Reconfiguration decision at the center. The team consists of Air Force Materiel Command and Defense Logistics Agency personnel charged with creating a plan of action and milestones for the supply, storage and distribution implementation. The action plan will define specific tasks to be completed that will support a successful transfer of functions and people without degradation of support to readiness and the warfighter. "As we continue to integrate with the Air Force BRAC implementation team to meet the BRAC 2005 decisions, Defense Logistics Agency pledges to ensure uninterrupted customer support," said Army Brig. Gen. Dave Kee, executive director of the Defense Logistics Agency BRAC Implementation Office. The Defense Distribution Center's Distribution Reengineering Directorate, led by Air Force Col. Arnold Flores, is planning the transition. He said that the Defense Distribution Center has developed and the Defense Logistics Agency has approved an organizational structure for all four strategic distribution platforms called "the SDP construct." Implementation of this construct will occur in phases as customers are transitioned to the Defense Distribution Depot at Oklahoma City ALC, or DDOO, and the Defense Distribution Depot at Warner Robins ALC, or DDWG This will expand the number of strategic distribution platforms managed by the Defense Distribution Center to four. The two existing platforms are located at the Defense Distribution Depot Susquehanna, Pa., and San Joaquin, Calif. Colonel Flores said the platforms are designed for increased surge capability during wartime as well as contingency support for national emergencies and natural disasters. The additional strategic distribution platforms at DDWG and DDOO will improve the mobilization, deployment and sustainment of combatant forces deployed worldwide. All four platforms will be equipped with state-of-the-art consolidation, containerization, and palletization capabilities, called Containerization Consolidation Point, or CCP, Colonel Flores said. "The CCP being added to each new strategic distribution platform is significant," Colonel Flores said. "It will require some construction at DDOO and DDWG. Both have new structures planned for consolidating and shipping materials outside the continental United States" Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, commander of the Warner Robins ALC, said he is delighted with the progress thus far. "We are working closely with the Defense Logistics Agency to ensure this comes off smoothly, and results in the best possible use of resources," General Owen said. "We are working with state and local officials to accommodate changes to traffic patterns. We are excited that Robins was chosen for this key strategic distribution platform mission." As DDWG and DDOO transition to platforms, they will begin to assume new customers, Colonel Flores said. The platforms also use technology that allows military customers to track shipments of supplies, called in-transit cargo visibility and real-time accountability of shipments. "Strategic distribution platforms are a critical component of the global Department of Defense distribution network," Colonel Flores said, "and provide long-term mission stability." "Our depots deliver the aircraft and repair parts that keep Air Force missions flying. A superb plan, executed well, will ensure our maintenance lines keep delivering and our Air Force keeps flying," said Lorna Estep, deputy director of supply for AFMC's Directorate of Logistics. Plans call for supply, storage and distribution implementation to take place at AFMC's air logistics centers in fiscal 2008. WR-ALC is planned for the first quarter while Oklahoma City ALC is scheduled for the second quarter. (Editor's note: Air Force Print News and Polly Charbonneau, Defense Distribution Center Command Public Affairs, contributed to this article.)