EXERCISE STEERING WHEEL OF JUNIOR OFFICERS LOGISTICS COURSE NO 19

Junior Officers Logistics Course (JOLC) No 19 commenced with the participation of the Junior Officers from various Arms and Services. The “Ex Steering Wheel” was conducted from 01 July to 05 July 2023 followed by a Red Ink Correction (RIC) on 07 July 2023. It is one of the major exercises of the course which is designed to give an exposure to the Student Officers on planning and execution of Logistics/ Administrative functions of BAA during defensive ops and the mechanism of writing a Combat Service Support appreciation.

Thus, the exercise was conducted with the view of imparting the knowledge on the mechanism of building a Logistics appreciation while allowing them to apply the fundamentals and theories into the planning process of Combat Service Support at the Brigade level.

Exercise commenced with the briefing done by the Sponsor DS and the Student Officers were given the appointments of a Brigade. There, they were given the opportunity to exercise their Command and Staff ability over 4 days.

At the end of the exercise, the Chief Instructor, Col GTS Silva USP QLCO Lsc ato Senior Instructor Training Team 2 and Directing Staff shared their experiences as well as plus and minus points of the performances of the Student Officers.