Posted on May 21, 2019
Far out field trip: What the Marine Corps can learn from Burning Man
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Thank you, my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell for posting the interesting news that USMC logisticians are interested in learning about logistics for the Burning Man festival near Gerlach, Nevada,
"For the past three decades thousands of participants have gathered in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada to create a temporary city. This city has transported, housed, fed, entertained, enlightened and provided medical attention to around 60,000 people in recent years with zero permanent infrastructure."
One primary factor is that Burning Man festival is located entirely in the USA with no significant terrorist threat [in the past anyway] or conventional warfare threat and we have air superiority here.
The second factor is that this festival has been located in the same area for 30 years. When they started out they had to work out kinks of all sorts. Over the years the organizers became very experienced and technology improved as well
What do you think about the utility of lessons learned? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSgt Boyd Herrst SGT Charles H. Hawes SSG Martin Byrne PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
"For the past three decades thousands of participants have gathered in the Black Rock Desert of northwest Nevada to create a temporary city. This city has transported, housed, fed, entertained, enlightened and provided medical attention to around 60,000 people in recent years with zero permanent infrastructure."
One primary factor is that Burning Man festival is located entirely in the USA with no significant terrorist threat [in the past anyway] or conventional warfare threat and we have air superiority here.
The second factor is that this festival has been located in the same area for 30 years. When they started out they had to work out kinks of all sorts. Over the years the organizers became very experienced and technology improved as well
What do you think about the utility of lessons learned? COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Orlando Illi Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. "Bill" Price CPT Jack Durish Capt Tom Brown CMSgt (Join to see) MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SGT (Join to see) Sgt Albert Castro SSgt Boyd Herrst SGT Charles H. Hawes SSG Martin Byrne PO1 William "Chip" Nagel CPT Gabe SnellLTC Greg Henning
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The wildcard is how the enemy will try employ forces to deny you of the logistics like how allied forces denying the Germans fuel in N Africa.
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TSgt Joe C. PO3 Steven Sherrill CW3 Kevin Storm SSG (Join to see) SGM Steve Wettstein SMSgt Thor Merich MSG (Join to see) PO1 John Johnson MAJ Ken Landgren LTC Greg Henning PVT Mark Zehner MSG Tom Earley Alan K. SPC Mark Huddleston PO1 H Gene Lawrence SGT Elizabeth Scheck Sgt Deborah Cornatzer SSgt Boyd Herrst SPC Diana D. SFC George Smith
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