Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany, Marine Corps Logistics Command (MARCORLOGCOM) and Marine Depot Maintenance Command (MDMC) leaders held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new $25.6 million welding and body shop today.  “I am extremely proud of the team effort to bring this dream to reality,” Leonard Housley, executive director, MCLB Albany, said.The construction of this new facility will support Production Plant Albany (PPA) and provide both large and small open bays for repairs to military tactical vehicles. This includes assault amphibious vehicles and light armored vehicles.Col. Wilfred Rivera, commander, MDMC, said the work to bring the project to fruition goes back several years and aligns the Marine Corps with the goal of

This multi-year initiative will create a benchmark 5G smart warehouse design at LOGCOM’s Marine Force Storage Command to increase the efficiency and dependability of warehouse operations, including improvements to receipt, storage, issuance, inventory control, and auditability of material and supplies that directly support Marine Corps global operations.”

Marines from Combat Logistics Regiment (CLR) 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) recently completed a first of its kind, land-based Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) exercise with Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM) located at Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Ga.  The innovative exercise replicated the Arrival and Assembly Operations Element (AAOE) of the overall MPF construct.CLR 27 provides command and control, administration, communications, food service, and services to the Marine Logistics Group (MLG) and serves as the Logistics Combat Element (LCE) headquarters for the MLG Forward in order to enable sustained logistical support to the Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF).  An element of this

Special Operations Command Ground Mobility Vehicles are coming soon to Production Plant Barstow, Marine Depot Maintenance Command on the Yermo Annex aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California.   The GMV 1.1 are all-terrain vehicles developed for use by Special Forces. These vehicles are designed to be lightweight and transportable via the CH-47 Chinook.   “The vehicles consist of a crew rollover protection, utilizing crush-resistant roll bars and able to withstand 100 percent of the gross vehicle weight,” said Paul Niemeyer, Project Officer, Program Management Division, MDMC. “The GMV also has a modular design that is able to be retro-fitted to meet Special Forces mission requirements. The base model Production Year 6 can