Army Leadership Tours Nondestructive Testing Capabilities at Rock Island
Posted: 2017-8-14
By:
Natasia Kenosky
Source:
Letterkenny Munitions Center
Chambersburg, PA – In early August, Letterkenny Munitions Center hosted Col. Heidi Hoyle, commander, Joint Munitions Command (JMC), Rock Island, Illinois.
Col. Hoyle took command of JMC earlier this summer. She was accompanied on the visit by CSM Tomeka O’Neal, JMC. They met with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ignatowski, commander of LEMC, and members of his team to discuss LEMC’s value to JMC, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Defense. Ignatowski presented an overview of LEMC operations supporting Army readiness, including interagency and international forces missions.
"Col. Hoyle’s visit allowed us to demonstrate where targeted investment ensures we meet modernization and capability improvements, ensuring we continue to deliver warfighting readiness," said Ignatowski.
LEMC leaders provided Hoyle and her team with a tour of various operations including shipping, receiving, storage areas, and maintenance facilities. During the tour, Hoyle stopped at logistics operations facilities, including the Less Than Truckload facility. She also toured the Non-Destructive Testing/X-Ray facility, as well as interservice missile maintenance facilities.
The tour concluded by highlighting the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) family of munitions facility. Hoyle observed both the Army Tactical Missile System and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munitions maintenance operations firsthand and viewed LEMC’s new state-of-the-art Semi-Automated Rocket Motor Inspection System (RMIS) capability. The RMIS allows real-time digital radiographic inspection of MLRS and GMLRS motors for re-use in Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket production and maintenance activities.
"Our Commander's visit is very timely considering recent events across the globe," said Ignatowski. "LEMC provides the Army and Joint Warfighter with unique capabilities and capacity to deliver readiness to the warfighter and sustain a campaign of multi-domain battles to defeat forces, deter escalation, and attain U.S. political objectives."
LEMC is located on Letterkenny Army Depot and is a Government-Owned, Government-Operated installation. LEMC conducts regional and global distribution of munitions, provides missile maintenance, and conducts demilitarization of munitions for the U.S. Army in support of Joint Forces and international partner nations.
Image: Heidi Hoyle, Commander of Joint Munitions Command, on Letterkenny Munitions Center’s Non-Destructive Testing/X-Ray capabilities while Ed Averill and Keith Byers look on.
Col. Hoyle took command of JMC earlier this summer. She was accompanied on the visit by CSM Tomeka O’Neal, JMC. They met with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ignatowski, commander of LEMC, and members of his team to discuss LEMC’s value to JMC, the U.S. Army, and the Department of Defense. Ignatowski presented an overview of LEMC operations supporting Army readiness, including interagency and international forces missions.
"Col. Hoyle’s visit allowed us to demonstrate where targeted investment ensures we meet modernization and capability improvements, ensuring we continue to deliver warfighting readiness," said Ignatowski.
LEMC leaders provided Hoyle and her team with a tour of various operations including shipping, receiving, storage areas, and maintenance facilities. During the tour, Hoyle stopped at logistics operations facilities, including the Less Than Truckload facility. She also toured the Non-Destructive Testing/X-Ray facility, as well as interservice missile maintenance facilities.
The tour concluded by highlighting the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) family of munitions facility. Hoyle observed both the Army Tactical Missile System and Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) munitions maintenance operations firsthand and viewed LEMC’s new state-of-the-art Semi-Automated Rocket Motor Inspection System (RMIS) capability. The RMIS allows real-time digital radiographic inspection of MLRS and GMLRS motors for re-use in Low Cost Reduced Range Practice Rocket production and maintenance activities.
"Our Commander's visit is very timely considering recent events across the globe," said Ignatowski. "LEMC provides the Army and Joint Warfighter with unique capabilities and capacity to deliver readiness to the warfighter and sustain a campaign of multi-domain battles to defeat forces, deter escalation, and attain U.S. political objectives."
LEMC is located on Letterkenny Army Depot and is a Government-Owned, Government-Operated installation. LEMC conducts regional and global distribution of munitions, provides missile maintenance, and conducts demilitarization of munitions for the U.S. Army in support of Joint Forces and international partner nations.
Image: Heidi Hoyle, Commander of Joint Munitions Command, on Letterkenny Munitions Center’s Non-Destructive Testing/X-Ray capabilities while Ed Averill and Keith Byers look on.
