The AFPGD- Unit behind army organizations

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Title: The AFPGD- Unit behind army organizations
Language: English
Source: Philippine Armed Forces Journal Volume IX (No. 5) March 1956
Year: 1956
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Fulltext: The AFPGD .... Unit Behind Army Organizations ~hi~ ~?J. LTIIOUGII the Anned Fol'· plies, which must bo: the rrght t'ind <;•·s s·~r ·rw has often been dominaterl at th(' r·ight place at the right time. by purely military opcr·ations, in the Right Offrcc fidd of the~c activities of the oq~an- Because logrstics involves the func ization the underlying problr·ms of tions of supply, evacuation, hospitallogistics have constantly bcl"n brought ization, tt·anspor·tation and scr·vices, to the fore. In fact, fmrallcl with thf' Ar·mcrl Forces has found out that r·very military :u:tivity even now is rt cannot operate in peace or in war a gigantic effort by thl' A r·med For without a permanent unit to take ces of the Philippines General Depot carl' of this huge and delicate logistwhich has played and is playing no ic.~ work. That unit in whose hands small Jlart in making the (lperations t he Armed ~,ot·ces has placed the job of the mililar·y effective and success- is the A PP General Depot, which is ful. just thr- right office or unit W cany The life-blood and sustenance of the out the mission of receiving, storing, At·med Forces arc SU]Iplies, as, in issuing, maintaining and repairing fact, "a unit can go only as fat· as all classes of supplies and C<!uipment its supplies will a1tow." The success f'xcept ammunition and those which or failure of a unit hinges upon sup- at·•· pN:uliar to the Philippine A it A unrl con go only oo lar ,,. ''' equrpmet!l <>nd oupplreo "'ill ollow AFP General Oepo/ toho core ol militorr supp!iu o"d equipment ond rn<ureo thot they are the r<g~l •up Force and the Philippine Navy office building, and four small tcmHistoJ·y & Orgamzation pomry baJmcks occupied a 100,000 The AFP General Depot was acti square metcJ" area. vatcd on 18 January 19•;1, pursuant Today the AF PGD is situated Oil to Section V of lleadquartl'rS Na- the formct· J>ite of the United States UO'lal DefensE' Jo'orees ~~~netal 11rder Army Quartermastet· Depot 17 on the numbered 81 dat~d 17 Janualy 19:H. southern side of Camp Mm·phy. ConsTh~- AF'PGD WU.!' activated to per- truction of roads and buildings for (M·m th<' admmrstrati~·e functions the AFPGD >OtaJ·t.ed as early as 19,)2 over thl' fivE" technrcal scn·1ce df>pots with funds under the Mutua l Df'- Quartermasters, 01"1inance, Srgn- fense Assistance Program in c~son al, Mcdrcal ami E:n_l!"tneer - and ance with an anangemPnt with thf' conH1tuted as. a st·paratf' umt of the United States Govcmment. The prcAlm<'d F(m:":es. Sf>tll AFPGD has a concrete of Fr·orn it-!1 inception ur to the f'ady fic>J building, 10 conc1·ete wan~ pan uf l!l:l3. the d'"'l'ot office:> and houses, si,; lempomry warehouses, wLOtchous1•;.. of temp(U·ary structUI"f'S, open ~tomge areas, asphalt r(la<fs w .. rc situated along H11:::hway !i4 on and cyclone •vire fence. Their cost th,• west l'>de ot Camp Murphy, Que amouuted to some five million pesol'. zun lity. The ~1x war·chouSt's, small T ht· ))resent K>·ound :u·ea of the -~-- on .. - .. ~ ~. -...... :_,,. --- . plie> ;;nd equipment or the ,;ghr place ond or the roghl lime JO .. />e ~ Jer !niCk< ond tonb m open slorogo ol depot oreos AFPCD is about 3fltl,UOO Sttuau: me- QMS, who takes chargt· of transporters. thn•t· trrne~ larJ!'Cr than tht> tatron: Captain Tnnrrlad Pizano, fornwr srtc. QMS, who is responsible for the adPersonnel & 111anaJ!Cment ministratron nf sonw GOt) mihtary ami Man;oJ!illJ! the AFPGU are the civilian pe-r·sonnd: and Lreulenant most <'X)>erienced suppl} men a\•a\1- Colonel D<lmPtrln Enriquez, OS, who ah[(- 111 the Ar mPd Force-~. Formerly as mana~ement ,ffict·r coonhnatt•s lht· Quartcrmast<·r GPneral nf the thE.' various actrvitrt•;:. uf tht• llepot. A I·'P. and chrl.'! uf thE.' Resent· Af- Tht· supp!y officer~ ol" th.- rliffcrfarr~ IIJ\'Jsron, Colonel Crrilo Haza r;:. t•nt Teehnical St>n·rce Sutrply St'<"IJ<lllS tht prPSt·nt t)ppot Comrn;rndl'r. Tht• an.- people who carr\ tht• ;~ccvullta F:x.-rrrtrvt· Offtct•t IS l.rt·•Jit·nant (.;ul- brlity, as much as 4:1 mllhon Jl<'Su>' urro·l llt·~itlo•n.t•· an l'llJ!liiP('I", and tht· each anti who, it i;. ":ud. dream in nranag-t·rm·nt officpr wht> cunrd1nate~ tht·rr sl<'t:p~ of their accountabllitrl's. tlw 'arrous actn·it1e~ of tlrt· llt•JH>t r~ Among- tht·m ar<' Llt'utt·nant Colonel Li<·Ul•·nant [olmwl l'enwtr in Enn Vrccnt<' Albarillu, GS, supply off1ce1 ].1-ll('Z, 0~ Also m tht· AF'PGtr for 1ht· OrtlmlllCl' S(•rvrce: Majlll" Ma.in1 .tuan ){,·vcs. QM~. Guillennu Mondra~on, fm· the Sutnal wh· hf'ad~ tht· Mt:<et·llarwou~ So·n·r- St:l'\'1Ce; Major Nodito Alafriz, fur ces; Captam Aldandrn Luansm~o:, Quartermaster Serv1ce; Major l.o!'llll ,li'I'INt;S AMMt:U HIMI'ES JOUII:O..,I . ·- l. S~ipping per>onnol pD~~. UQie, ond o~op l~e olemo Highly lechnicolly lroined men "'" ,S 1 ouigned lo this tab. Sloe~ conl,ol ,eflecro on •lock co,cfo rhe olemo iuu .. d ( renzo Tan, CE, for the Engineer ing men, money and materials ;f-e Corps, and Captain Celestino A. Pu- resolved in the management offi.k. gcda, MAC, for the Medical anrt Den- which plays an important role in in tal Services. suring that the expected work lo:ul During the AFPGD's seven ye:lrs of is being achieved within hudgctary existence the military personnel have limitations. The perfo•·mance in the increased from 210 to about 300 present fiscal year is considered betwhile the civilian personnel, includ- ter than those in past fiscal year!< ing casual workers, have deereased in spite of the present reduced budfrom 610 to about 330. There is a get. decrea se in the overall personnel Tcehnically qualified milita1·y pet·C(ImJlliment by about 23%. sonncl are assigned to key p~si 1.:vns Assignments & Operations at all levels so as to maintain the The numerous problems of manag- military color of the More11ol hondlong equipment Clle bemg u<ed e.ten.,vely '" opeH>I<On where by bulkr ond heQvy olems o•e on•olved in ordet Ia oove mQn houiS • -\ccepled equipmenl, loke •&~•des, o<e p<opetly doud,ed :::nd sloted in ptope• llo<o!)• ·r.poce1 fo1 eo•eofiuue• logillicstobtequiteoeff•ciencyonddeepde•oliontoduty. '~? and to have continuity of wort.. even after office hours. Material handling equipment arc being used extensively in operations whereby bulky and heavy items are involved. in order to save man hours. Supply receipt operation starts r: ~~~~g u\;:::~~~~~;~;io~::n~~; trained men are assigned to this job to assure 1cceipt of supplies conform/ a11J(with specifications. Jn~;pcction of materials accepted_in the Depot is made by personnel m11'1 utely in order to determine tole rances, fits, textu1·es and other !adors of specification and to detect flaws and defects in lhe manufactu1·e of an item. Items under the MDAP and those procured through the Philippine P1·ocurcment Mission under~o a quantitative check. The accepted items arc properly classified and stored in prOJier storage spaces for ease of identification and issues. Meanwhile the proper entries are made in the stock control to make the items available in the sunply Ul!set ••ceob/e, ob<olere Ol!d uceu equ;pmelll on tloe depot ore dropped /rom tloe booL ol !loot AfP tlorouglo a storage totom lsntes ore mode 011 basi< of approved tequi,.roons ehann<'l ond to account for thr·n• Issues an· mad~ on tht· basis uf approved requisitions. The items to be. issued are picked from the storal!:t: !}lace, crated or packed and shipped to t·equisitioners. Simultaneously the stock control reflects on stock canl.o. the items issued and prepares isSU(' and trans fer of accountability docuShipr,in~ 11ersonnel pack, crate anti ship the items. Unserviceable, obS<Jletc and exce~J t.'{Juipment in lht· der10t ar(' rlt·opped from the btwks of the Armed Fot·ces through a commor ,torap;<' team. The AFPGD is fll"('· senlly shiftmg- to mechanization or stock ••c~ounting to catch up with lht volume of supply operations. Frn:tnce The adminislratmn and the phv>< ical op<'t·atwn of tht• AFPGD ·c~;s; ahout ?110,000 monthly, which i:o; about :3.2';1 of the total volumt· of busmess performed or mote than :! million pesos. Th<' administrativ(' and rommon setvic<' functions haw· l:w"n eent~·al ized at th<' headquarters offices, )et\V· mp; to the supply sectionf llw; .. 110ply operations p;overne<l.- uy r('g}.lallon. and dit·ectives emanating from t!r('ir respective technical servir.:s. By this ananf:"ement eunsiderablc econo~ has bt>cn attaint>d in tlw phy!';icn! uperation of the depot storage and rt> oluction in adminisl rativt> overh(·ad ' "~" ' "'' h., bee effxtR easy, the Job calls for much trarnmg, Invent res I ken at prescrtbed m accuracy, conccntratron of cffo1t and tel" ·~ ,.,-..tl- five supply sections of dcvotton to duty The sup]liy func. r-v[ AFPGD show a comhmed sup- lton rs also one of the most rmportv':nr~s ava~~=rl~ ::,:~e6:rm~~~~~e:se:; :~~:dun:~~o::iz~ti~~e 0~:~:~~~~~; ;sf ;c~ about 32 million pesos. plete with examples attesting to the •mportance of an efficient supply system. Napoleon's downfall at WaCoudusion tcl"loo, for one, is an object lesson on No amount of hard work and deter- what happens when an army rmrs ~rnalion on the part of other seg out of supply due to an inefficient / ments of the Arme<i F orces can make :md insuffiicient supply system. The military operations successful if they importance of such a supply system , not receive support from the sup- was :tlso shown in the experience of 1 y umt. The AFPGD is cont1·ibut- our army in Bataan during Wol"ld g tremendously in solving supply \Var II. problems. To reiterate, "a unit can ~o only as No phase of th{' activities of the far as its supplies will allow." The Anncd Forces IS st-emmgly more AFPGD, through hard work, cffici drudging than the storage of sup. ency and economy, is s<.-eing to it plies, yet while the mere keeping and that supplies allow the AFP to go issuin,l!' of supplies seem to he Vl'ry far Dual Purpose Truck-------------, tru~k1e"vC::ot:t~;1[hef~o!;str~:e~~gi~~~~11~es~O.::~~u~~~"Oe:el~;~e~~Lab~ oratories will also do double duty as a cargo vehicle. The new unit is built on a stMdard military 2"-ton truck, equipped with a rear or side mountable A-frame, a rear-of-cab mounted winch and rolling tailboard. The winch has a capacity of 20,000 pounds and by using the rolling tailboard a driver can load or unload skid-mounted equipment such as pumping units without assistance. . a?.tnng 'C':..ro sides, troop seats, lazybacks, bows and paulin, the truck can b,:: transformed) within a few minutes for cargo or personnel. The World War II pipeline truck could not be so converted. L_-;----------- Ail~IY IN t'OJtMATI ON DIC.K<.,l" I I ............... """?'" THE TRUCK OF THE NEAR FUT'J..c t . . tlw famous old 2':1-/0il fh6 may clltuirl t~lt' ~cmgc· of the 5-ton l)xS. { ? .. 0 "' "' .., lr ~ ~ ,. lr "" ,_,. lr "" ~ "' <.> ~ "" i'i ~ z "" :i! 0 /