Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM) is the largest tenant organization aboard the Marine Corps Logistics Base, Albany, Ga. With its headquarters element in Albany, under the command of Maj. Gen. Willie J. Williams, LOGCOM provides customized, strategic, tactical and operational logistical support to the Marine Corps.

LOGCOM is the heart of Marine Corps logistics. It provides worldwide, integrated logistics/supply chain and distribution management to the Operating Forces' strategic prepositioning of materiel and depot-level maintenance management. LOGCOM's ability to change its focus to the varying needs of the Warfighter, while maintaining its current core competencies, has established it as a world class logistics organization.

LOGCOM is comprised of four command elements. Two are the Department of Defense's premier multi-commodity maintenance centers—Maintenance Center Albany, located in Albany, Ga.; and Maintenance Center Barstow, located in Barstow, Calif. The two maintenance centers provide a balanced east/west coast presence. Both centers work closely with the headquarters elements to ensure their missions and core competencies are met.

LOGCOM Forward, the third LOGCOM element, consists of a Headquarters element, a Forward In-Stores team, a retrograde team and a Limited Technical Inspection team. This forward presence in Iraq and Kuwait provides the Marine Expeditionary Forces with a direct liaison and immediate support capability from LOGCOM. Additionally, maintenance contact teams routinely deploy to meet various emergent requirements throughout the areas of responsibility.

The fourth LOGCOM command element, Blount Island Command (BIC), located in Jacksonville, Fla., is the hub of the Marine Corps' prepositioning program and a key enabler to the expeditionary forces. BIC is the provider of maintenance and support of all Maritime Prepositioned Ships. Blount Island is a strategic asset for the Marine Corps, providing technical assistance to Marine Expeditionary Force commanders for all aspects of planning and deployment; and maritime prepositioning allows flexibility and direct support during a crisis anywhere in the world. Access to a large industrial base and Navy support structure provide an advantage not readily available at other sites. The private slipway with five large vessel berths, just seven miles from the St. John's River outlet, presents an excellent site for off-loading Maritime Prepositioned Ships. Whether providing humanitarian relief or prepositioning equipment for war, BIC is an essential pillar to the LOGCOM mission.

LOGCOM takes significant pride in being the effective logistics service broker by providing logistics solutions and integration. We provide services, knowledge management, logistics operations opportunity, maintenance, performance and distribution management to the operating forces and program managers within Marine Corps Systems Command. Utilizing forward-deployed liaisons at Marine Forces Reserve, Marine Expeditionary Forces, Pacific Forces, and MarCorSysCom, LOGCOM utilizes the "sense-and respond" capabilities by adapting and anticipating enemy efforts and providing proactive support to our Warfighters.

The LOGCOM organization structure includes the Logistics Capabilities Center, Program Support Center, the Supply Management Center, Maintenance Management Center, Distribution Management Center, and Logistics Operations Center. LOGCOM has an enterprise workforce of more than 4,700 military and civilian personnel and an annual budget of $1.8 billion. Whether stationed in Albany, Ga.; Barstow, Calif.; Jacksonville, Fla.; or Al Taqaddam, Iraq; LOGCOM employees have the single focus of "Providing Logistics Solutions to the Warfighter."