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Jan30

Receiving Your Copy of Defense AT&L Magazine is Easier Than Ever

The highly regarded Defense AT&L Magazine is now offering electronic delivery of every issue of the magazine directly to your inbox! Simply send an e-mail with  “Add to LISTSERV” in the subject line to datlonline@dau.mil, and provide the e-m ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-30-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jan27

DoD Budget Priorities

As most you are aware, DoD senior leadership outlined the department’s budgetary priorities yesterday. For a summary of those priorities, several articles you might want to take a look at include: Panetta Announces Fiscal 2013 Budget Priorities, ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-27-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan25

Life Cycle Logistics Classroom Course Opportunities

As experienced life cycle logistics professionals are no doubt well aware, in addition to our web-based distance learning courses and the ACQ 201B Intermediate Systems Acquisition classroom course, there are currently three other classroom DAU l ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-25-12 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan24

DoD Trusted Foundry Program

In case you were not already aware, the Department of Defense maintains a Trusted Foundry Program that should be of interest to those of you directly involved in supply chain and item management, design interface/designing for supportability, syst ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-24-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan20

Upcoming Life Cycle Logistics and Product Support Manager (PSM) Professional Development Opportunities

Wanted to bring to your attention several upcoming professional development opportunities of potential interest to the life cycle logistics and product support manager (PSM) community:   ·         Event: 28th National Defense Industrial Associatio ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-20-12 | 2 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan19

Air Force Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG)

For Air Force life cycle logisticians in particular, and all members of our community in general, I wanted to bring to your attention an excellent Air Force reference entitled “Contract Sustainment Support Guide (CSSG).” This document, which sup ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-19-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan13

Recommended Reading List for the Life Cycle Logistician and Product Support Manager

We often have students and other life cycle logistics professionals ask if there is a “recommended reading list” of books that  the life cycle logistician or the product support manager should consider reading or having available as a reference ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-13-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan10

Perspectives from the Joint Staff Director of Logistics

Encourage you to a look at an article today entitled “Military Logistics Strained, But Healthy, Official Says.” This very interesting interview with the Joint Staff’s director of logistics not only offers a good overview of the state of DoD logist ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-10-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

Jan09

Loss of an Iconic Air Force Maintenance and Logistics Leader

It is with great sadness that this former US Air Force aircraft and munitions maintenance officer acknowledges the passing of retired Lieutenant General Leo Marquez on December 30. A transformational logistics and maintenance leader by any definit ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-09-12 | 1 Comment | 0 Links to this post

Jan06

Office of the Secretary of Defense Supply and Transportation Fellows Program Nominations

In a December 21, 2011 memorandum from the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics & Materiel Readiness, nominations for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) 2012-13 Supply and Transportation Fellows Program are being accepted t ...[Read More]
Published: Jan-06-12 | 0 Comments | 0 Links to this post

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