RADM Dan Stone.

RADM Dan Stone, Chief of grant Corps, welcomed Supply Corps flags and captains to the annual fill up Corps Leadership Training Symposium held at the National Convention Center in Leesburg Va., forward April 25 and 26, 2006

More than 170 active impost and 20 Reserve Supply Corps officers, representing almost each Navy claimancy, as well as Office of Secretary of Defense and the joint community, came together providing the Chief an opportunity to communicate face-to-face with his leadership team forward current and emerging issues affecting the logistics community.

"Meeting The Challenges of a of the present day Era" was selected as the theme of the symposium and it provided the platform for a wide range of briefings and presentations. from beginning to end all the sessions, the Chief encouraged an active and expand dialogue, thus creating an interactive environment with various viewpoints and perspectives aired and discussed.

The grant Corps Senior Leadership Advisory Council (SRLAC) coordinated the symposium agenda. CAPT Jonathan Yuen as SRLAC Chairman, serv as symposium master of ceremonies.

At the kick-off session, RADM Stone introduced the theme, stating that many of the briefings were going to tackle the challenges of a modern era: planning and engaging in the joint environment, NAVSUP efforts in Distance Support, and our community's efforts in support of the global war onward terrorism. The Chief also noted that in addition to the technical challenges of providing premier logistics support in the 21st hundred years operating environment, the second day of the symposium would be focused forward preparing the supply community, officer and enlisted, to better qualified the challenges of a just discovered logistics environment.

What tread close upons is a short overview of the symposium presentations and lock opener discussion points. (Complete briefs from the symposium can be reviewed forward Navy Knowledge Online [wwwa.nko.navy.mil] subordinate to the Supply Corps Community Homepage.)

RADM Al Thompson Director, furnish Ordnance, and Logistics Operations, forward the CNO Staff presented the OPNAV perspective. He discussed resources, organizational make changes, productivity enhancements, emerging joint logistics universals and the implications of these topics for the serve instead of Corps community. He summarized this portion of the brief by the agency of indicating significant budget pressures will continue, with equal reason finding ways to reduce require to be paid [i]or[/i] undergones must become a "part of our daily routine."

The Navy's governance piles and processes are fundamentally changing in this way the Supply Corps must continue to engage as valued members of warfare enterprises. felicitous implementations of productivity enhancement--ERP/RFID/Distance Support--are critical for the what may occur hereafter of the Navy. RADM Thompson also discussed by what means essential joint education and experience are going to become as the Navy's logistics rule is becoming less of a "stand alone" and more of a joint and interdependent logistics capability.

RDML Martin Brown substitute Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Acquisition Management) provided an update onward acquisition issues, and trends, including, Seaport- e Wide Area Workflow (WAWF) goals, and field contracting and acquisition proces reforms. He indicated acquisition reform is a never-ending proces He pointed gone out that although Navy contracting performance is righteous the DoD contracting workforce is suffering from reasonable numbers and decreasing skill level

RDML Brown hideed the current acquisition career path, discussed contingency contracting and contracting officer independent augmentations. He clos at saying that acquisition remains a core of the Supply Corps and there is latitude to grow in contingency contracting, combat commander staffs, and Defense agencies--if we seize the opportunities.

RDML Charlie Lilli, Commander, Defense provide Center Columbus (DSCC), briefed the Defense Logistics Agency perspective. He reviewed DLA's support to the Navy, DLA's Business combination of parts to form a wholes Modernization currently under roll abroad the impact of BRAC forward wholesale logistics for DLA and the Agency's part in retail and distance support. He conclud by dint of restating the DLA Director's assessment: "'it's a matter of trust' " it's up to DLA to earn and maintain it within performance, agility, and best value!"

RADM Mark Harnitchek, Vice Director, Logistics Directorate for the Joint Staff addressed our work from a joint perspective. He spoke about the Joint Staff J4 transformation stemming from mandate analysis and stakeholder perspective, reporting that J4 transformation was in sync with DoD transformation initiatives.

In speaking about the ne for joint logistics, RADM Harnitchek stated that the logistics imperatives of unity of effort, domainwide visibility and rapid and proces answer would deliver the effect of "freedom of action" for the joint task force commander.

He also provided an overview of rebukes learned during Hurricane Katrina answer and near-term J4 focus areas to include equipping the Iraqi Security Force (ICF), the Mobility Capability contemplation the Joint Pub 4.0 series (Logistics) rewrites and actions arising from the 2006 QDR RADM Harnitchek addressed the endow Corps Joint Officer Development plan and illustrated the growing ne for more officers with familiarity and experience in the area of joint logistics.