USACE LOGISTICS ACTIVITY Logistics Support Team
Donald Vernon (left) from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District, Dan Hunt, with the USACE Environmental Support Team, and Norbert Zimmermann, from the USACE Logistics Activity Center Operations Division use testing equipment to determine if an area is safe for use as part of an exercise for Forward Engineering Support Team-Advanced. The training was held over two weeks in Vicksburg, Mississippi. U.S. ARMY PHOTO BY AMANDA RAE MORENO
Logistics Support Team Members Participate in Emergency Response Training For two weeks, members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Logistics Activity (ULA) Logistics Support Teams (LST) participated in a Forward Engineer Support Team—Advanced (FEST-A) training exercise in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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uch of the exercise took place on the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
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(ERDC) campus, with additional elements taking place around the town including the Vicksburg Municipal Airport. The goal of the exercise was to familiarize the LST members with other key players
and processes that would be involved during a FEST event, including Contingency Real Estate Support Team (CREST), Environmental Support Team (EnvST), ERDC, and even Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) personnel. Madison Jones, Donald Vernon, Augustus Hector, Duane Burk, Christopher Haney, and Capt. Gewel Hamer attended the exercise on behalf of the ULA with Norbert Zimmermann, ULA Operations; Steve Maybank, logistics management specialist from the South Atlantic Division; and Jennifer Hollis-Mayweather, logistics management specialist for the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, supporting as the logistics instructors for the exercise. “The cross-training with EnvST, CREST, ERDC, and even NAVFAC was the most valuable part of the training,” said Zimmermann. “When deployed as part of a FEST-A, the LSTs need to understand what the role of each of these organizations [is] and how our efforts can help support them. This exercise accomplished that mission.” Zimmermann has been supporting the exercise for nearly a decade, along with Maybank. Hollis-Mayweather joined the instructor team in 2022. This exercise will be Maybank’s last as he moves on to retirement. His knowledge of the program will be greatly missed. “Because the LST usually consists of a small number of personnel, it is imperative that we work as a team and leverage the resources and assets already available in the theater of operations. From installations support in the continental U.S. [CONUS] to sustainment operations outside of CONUS, the logistics team must be resourceful, extending our capabilities well beyond
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