Posted on Oct 13, 2021
Why does the TXNG have such a hard issuing Basic TA50? Is it a money problem or just shit tier Supply?
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Came out of active duty to the guard. I feel like a shitbag because I have to constantly ask for equipment that I should have been issued already. Been here for three years.
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Units are not authorized shelf stock for OCIE.
If you haven't been to CIF, or haven't received a CIF issue fedexed to your unit, that's just on your AGRs not doing their job to get you a CIF appointment or issue shipped.
And it's pretty easy for them to just blame someone else, like CIF.
If you haven't been to CIF, or haven't received a CIF issue fedexed to your unit, that's just on your AGRs not doing their job to get you a CIF appointment or issue shipped.
And it's pretty easy for them to just blame someone else, like CIF.
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SGM (Join to see)
CPT Lawrence Cable - The Guard has always had a CIF.
It's where the shelf stock came from.
The Guard changed back in 2005 that units could not keep shelf stock.
The TX ARNG CIF is at Camp Mabry.
The unit Supply NCO can schedule a CIF appointment for the Soldier, or order the issue to be shipped to the unit.
It's where the shelf stock came from.
The Guard changed back in 2005 that units could not keep shelf stock.
The TX ARNG CIF is at Camp Mabry.
The unit Supply NCO can schedule a CIF appointment for the Soldier, or order the issue to be shipped to the unit.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
SGM (Join to see) - Yes, I understood the part of where it comes from, but the change from shelf stock to actually issue from CIF is about 5 years post service for me. With units spread all of a state, seems like a lot of work. Kentucky is not a big as Texas or California, but it is long state like CA. State HQ is in Frankfort, it's about 165 miles to the Eastern Kentucky Units and about 240 to far Western Kentucky. I would be curious to know why the change. Inventory loses?
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CPT Lawrence Cable - Tons of losses,
Some of it theft, some of just used to clear CIF discharges, or hooking up joes that lost shit.
Some of it theft, some of just used to clear CIF discharges, or hooking up joes that lost shit.
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SSG Roger Ayscue
CPT Lawrence Cable - Sir, that seems logical. I knew a Soldier at Fort Bragg who's car was broken into and all his OCIE was stolen. The Supply Sergeant was going to do a Report of Survey and that should have been sufficient, with a police report, but the Soldier said no, I will replace it and he did so. I asked him where he got it and he told me his cousin was a National Guard Supply Sergeant and "Replaced it for me for a killer deal" It was all brand new gear, he was my peer and not my subordinate, and I can prove nothing but as has been said: "Nicht mein Zirkus und nicht meine Affen" (Not my circus and not my monkeys)
I would suspect that when the National Guard began to get deployed on mass, that the USPFO (United States Property & Fiscal Office) began to notice quantities on hand did not match quantities on paper and fixed it. Also it would seem that a CIF would make it much easier to DX, Code out or write off Combat Losses than an individual unit supply guy. Alot less hassle for the M-Day Company Commander and the Unit Administrator.
Just a guess.
I would suspect that when the National Guard began to get deployed on mass, that the USPFO (United States Property & Fiscal Office) began to notice quantities on hand did not match quantities on paper and fixed it. Also it would seem that a CIF would make it much easier to DX, Code out or write off Combat Losses than an individual unit supply guy. Alot less hassle for the M-Day Company Commander and the Unit Administrator.
Just a guess.
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I have no experience in Texas, but I have served and worked with the Ohio and Kentucky Guard, plus supported a number of the Plains States Guard units. I wouldn't think that there should be any funding issue for Basic TA50, or whatever it's called today, none of the units I served with had a problem with it. Now they may be having supply issues since Covid 19, I deal with them every day in my civilian jobs.
Have you talked to your NCO Chain of Command about it? PLT SGT or SFC? Or your PL? It might be that the supply chain just needs a bit more juice that you have as a E-4. If you haven't, I would get a list of all my shortages and start with my Squad Leader and work my way up.
Have you talked to your NCO Chain of Command about it? PLT SGT or SFC? Or your PL? It might be that the supply chain just needs a bit more juice that you have as a E-4. If you haven't, I would get a list of all my shortages and start with my Squad Leader and work my way up.
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Well, you answered yourself with the tags you used. Money and supply are the reasons. If the TA 50 you need is not readily on hand and the unit can't get their hands on it from BN, then an order needs to be put in the system. However, if there are no funds in the system used for ordering, then the order can't be submitted.
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