Pipeline of military logistics AFP supply center

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Arboleda, A. M.

Language

English

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The Philippines Herald March 14, 1970

Year

1970

Subject

Philippines. Armed Forces -- Supplies and stores

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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PIPELINE OF MILITARY LOGISTICS AFP SUPPLY CENTER ON a sprawling site on the rolling plains of Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City, is located the sup ply center of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, more commonly known as the AFP Supply Cen ter. Sitting on this site are some twenty buildings, sixteen warehouses, nine shops and organic equip ment worth 25 million pesos. The AFP Supply Center, the biggest sup port unit of the armed services, marks its 8th anniversary today with simple ceremonies. Starting humbly as an AFP general depot on PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES March 14, Saturday PART I 0730 Hours — Field Mass in front of Ad ministrative Building' 0840 Hours — Review in honor of Gen. Manuel T. Yan, Chief of Staff. AFP — Formation of Troops — Presentation and Honor — Inspection — Award — Introduction of the Guest of Honor by Brig. Gen. An tonio G. Tamayo, CG, AFPSC — Speech by Gen. Manuel T. Yan, Chief of Staff, AFP — March in Review PART II COCKTAILS AT DAZA PARK CAMP GEN. E. AGUINALDO QUEZON CITY Jan. 17, 1951 with about 203 officers and men charged with receiving, storing and issuing com mon items of supply and equipment, it had since burgeoned into the orga nization that it is today. An integrated base shop was added on March 1, 1954 manned by seven officers and eight enlist ed men to restore to full utility the AFP’s wornout equipment and run down vehicles. Fifteen Units The merging of the general depot and the base shop in 1962, saw the birth of the AFP Sup ply Center. Included in this merger were fifteen Philippine Arm}’ units together with its person nel strength of 284 offi cers, 2.359 enlisted men and 537 civilian em ployes. The AFP Supply Cen ter is capable of rebuild ing 2.3 vehicles every shift daily; maintain 6.0 engines during two shifts a day; fabricate 1.000 units monthly on three shifts; transport 600.000 PKM and 400.000 TKM monthly plus its other capabilities in procure ment of local and over seas items including a machinery to dispose of common items. The Supply Center is adequately equipped for storage of any item with its 16 open, covered, tern perature-controlled and underground ware houses. Simplification While the Center, in keeping with the ad vances in military opera tions and economy in lo gistics has simplified the supply system of the AFP. it has also strung up an unenviable record in its seven-year exis tence. Last year, it has rebuilt major end items and 530 run-down vehic 1 e s, engineering and signal equipment, arma ments and quartermaster items amounting to over 4.9 million pesos. The center also pro duced 7,402 units of the Marcos prefab ricated schoolbuildings amount ing to over 1.3 million pesos. Its Ammo Reload ing Plant was responsible for renovating assorted rounds of ammunition with a total value of over 1.4 million pesos. Aside from these, the Center has transported more than 94,000 milita ry and civilian persons at the cost of over 1.9 mil lion pesos; and hauled some 140.000 tons of ge neral cargo at the cost of over P.99 million. Inventory As additional accom plishments for the past year, it has completed a wall-to-wall inventory of assets a m o u nting to 61 million pesos; received a total shipment of P13 - 31 million in supplies and P20.91 million in equip ment; disposed materials and equipment with a book value of Military Aid Program of P.830 million and Republic of the Philippines of P0.004 million. It has also procured 20 million pesos worth of local and overseas sup plies and equipment. Lately ,the Center has launched “O p e r ations MYL” and “Operations Caribou” which were res ponsible in advancing the socio-economic program of the present adminis tration. During an emer gency or a calamity in any part of the country, the Center’s directorate for trans portation or quartermaster truck bat talion speedily dispatches vehicles to stricken areas. One of the recent pro jects of the Center is the making of bullet shells out of old cannon shells of pre-war vintage. This means that should there be a shortage of the sup ply of empty shells, the Ammo Reloading Plant could still produce bul lets to meet the require ments of the AFP per sonnel. The ammo plant is under the supervision of P. B. Dionisio, a sportsman-b u s i n e s sman. It can produce more than 3.000 rounds of ammunition daily. 'Troop Hufment' Aside from pre-fab schoolhouses, the Center is also producing modern ready-made barracks arid /or multi-purpose build ings — the “troop hut ment, ” a portable building which is a thou sand fold better than the canvas tent. It is made of galvanized iron and could easily be transport ed and erected. The AFP Supply Cen ter is under the com mand of Brig. Gen. Anto nio G. Tamayo with Col. Alejo F. Alvarez as depu ty commander and Col. Benjamin M. Bayhon, ex ecutive officer. To attain more effec tive and wider support service, the Center is now organized into a di rectorate-type structure TURN PAGE March 14, 1970 AFP SUPPLY CENTER SUPPLEMENT Page 3

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