Soldiers from 94 Supply Squadron, The Queen’s Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment (QOGLR) and Zulu Troop 21 Squadron 9 Regiment Royal Logistic Corps, have ensured that British troops have had a constant supply of food, fuel, ammunition and parts, essential for the UK’s contribution to Exercise Steadfast Defender 24.
According to a news release, 94 Supply Squadron QOGLR is made up of 60 Logistic Supply Specialists who are masters at acquisition, tracking and distribution.
“Based in Barker Barracks, Germany for the duration of the exercise, the Squadron makes sure every piece of equipment and all incoming supplies are officially received and receipted. Everything from bottles of water and ammunition to ration packs and vehicle parts arrive at their base in large ISO containers. Everything is unpacked, booked onto the military tracking system, and assigned a military stock number that will be used to carry it through the supply chain. The products must then be repacked to meet the requests received by the forward units.”
Material Troop Section Commander Corporal Subash Gurung was quoted as saying:
“The exercise is going well. It’s a good experience for the younger Privates who haven’t deployed before, and I enjoy passing on my knowledge gained from ten years doing the job.”
It is the duty of the Royal Logistic Corps to supply and maintain the British Army whenever and wherever it is called upon to serve, you can read more on this here.
It’s been very interesting reading about how the US are changing how they does training exercises in light of Ukraine. Before supplys would just be announced and appeared, but now they are training how to get them to the front line under fire and across difficult terrain. Plus how to build up defences for the logistic chain. In effect logistics werent trained alongside the front line forces. Curious if the UK is doing the same.
Steve, that is a revelation to me. In the British Army we have always trained loggies (RLC) and maintainers (REME) on exercise with the troops they are supporting, and subjected them to the same simulated threats. Why wouldn’t you do that?
I really can’t get my head around the fact that the Americans have not done that before.
I guess because it wasn’t an issue in the last few wars the US fought and you focus on lessons learnt from recent wars.
That must be it. In REME our mantra was: ‘Soldiers first, tradesmen second’.
I understood that there were issue in Iraq, due to this with insurgence attacking supply units
The way thing’s are would be a good idea to recruit more of these Gurkha guys ,has many of our own have no interest. 🤔 🇬🇧
The 125,000 failed applicants in the last 5 years suggest otherwise.
Hmm heard about that one ,it’s going very wrong some how 🤔
The entrance requirements are still high and in my eyes have some unnecessary restrictions.
Perhaps there should be a B Army that has less strict entrance rules