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SANDSTON, Va. - A team of 14 active duty and Reserve Soldiers from Fort Lee topped the competition to win the inaugural Richmond LogistXGames held near Richmond International Airport.
The competition, held in a large Eastport Boulevard industrial park warehouse, emphasized the speed and efficiency required in a warehouse/storage working environment. It featured such events as a pallet puzzle sprint, pallet jack relay, pick/pack hurdle and box put.
Team Army’s win included victories in the pick/pack hurdle event and box put.
“It was a great win,” said team organizer Lt. Col. Nick Nordan, deputy chief of staff, G-7, 94th Training Division (Force Sustainment), a U.S. Army Reserve unit based here. “By the way the team executed, it was apparent that these individuals had no problem performing under pressure.”
All but one of the events were timed and based on accuracy. In one event, a three-person team was required to place labeled packages and sprint to specified shelves that varied in distance from 10 feet away to 30 yards. Its win in that event was an example of the team’s quick thinking, said Nordan.
“Their experience and training was key,” he said, noting team members huddled and figured out how to best perform the task. “We didn’t tell them how to accomplish the event, but they strategized and worked it out. I was impressed.”
Eight teams from the greater Richmond logistics community were entered into the competition. The event allowed Fort Lee military to connect with the civilian logisticians, but it was also a lot of fun, said Nordan.
“Everyone enjoyed themselves immensely,” he said.
Fort Lee, the only government entry, formed its team only two days prior to the event.
It was a mix of officers and noncommissioned officers from the Army Logistics University, Combined Arms Support Command and the 94th Training Div.
The LogistXGames were first held in Louisville, Kentucky, eight years ago to promote a “healthy competition between prominent companies who are involved in the movement of goods between source and consumer.”
Fort Lee is home to the Sustainment Center of Excellence and has billed itself as the Army’s “Home of Logistics.”
| Date Taken: | 02.02.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.02.2015 09:59 |
| Story ID: | 153277 |
| Location: | SANDSTON, VIRGINIA, US |
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