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Mensaje: <blockquote data-quote="DSV" data-source="post: 837758" data-attributes="member: 10911">NSE supplies Canadian soldiers in AfghanistanThursday, February 03, 2011<img src="http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/images/news-nouvelles/10-0808_m_big.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Kandahar, Afghanistan — The men and women on forward operating bases (FOB) and in platoon houses do not have access to stores and cannot buy even simple items such as a package of gum.This is where members of the National Support Element (NSE) come in. Their crucial task is to supply all Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, whether they are at Kandahar Airfield (KAF) or outside of the main camp.“Everyone here is working for the guy out in his tank in the middle of the desert with only water and rations,” says NSE Commander Lieutenant-Colonel Sébastien Bouchard.For example, the NSE delivers 25,000 litres of water every week to FOB Ma’sum Ghar in Panjwayi District. “We’re talking about one and a half sea containers holding only bottled water,” says Captain Kali Zizian, NSE. “To that, you have to add food and basic stuff like toilet paper.”<img src="http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/images/news-nouvelles/10-0808_1_big.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />In addition to the necessities of daily existence, the NSE must also supply the soldiers with combat material. Whether it is ammunition, personal kit, vehicles or vehicle parts, the speed of delivery and quality of supplies directly affect operations in Afghanistan.Nobody sees our work,” says Corporal Simon Guertin, NSE, “but it is vital to the forward troops.”It takes considerable coordination to ensure operational continuity. Combat units must advise the NSE of their current and future needs and then the soldiers at KAF transport the material as quickly as possible. The supplies are transported by military land convoy and civilians vehicles, as well as by air.  “There’s a certain amount of comfort at Kandahar Airfield, but it’s another matter near the front,” says LCol Bouchard. “When they ask for something, we always do our best to fulfill their requests.”When operational needs are satisfied, the NSE provides goods that maintain troop morale and make the workday more pleasant, be it a good, hot meal, a chocolate bar, a parcel sent by a family member, or a television that can broadcast programs from back home in Quebec. A gesture or an item, however small, can significantly influence the morale of a soldier in Afghanistan.The NSE is mainly composed of soldiers from Valcartier Garrison, particularly from 5 Canadian Service Battalion. There are also Regular Force and civilian personnel from throughout Canada, and a significant component from the Reserve units of Land Forces Quebec Sector.<img src="http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/images/news-nouvelles/10-0808_2_big.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/land-terre/news-nouvelles/story-reportage-eng.asp?id=5042">NSE supplies Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan</a>---------- Post added at 06:19  ---------- Previous post was at 06:12  ----------<img src="http://www.army.mil/-images/2011/02/03/98305/size0-army.mil-98305-2011-02-03-060222.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />C-17 drops bundles of food and fuel to Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Waza Kwhah, Afghanistan. Soldiers with the 101st Sustainment Brigade prepared the 30-day bundles for the unit.<a href="http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/03/51255-airdrop-weathers-storm/">Airdrop weathers storm</a>Woven mats cut convoy time in Paktika<img src="http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e1/-images/2011/02/02/98239/size2-army.mil-98239-2011-02-03-060226.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><a href="http://www.army.mil/-news/2011/02/02/51213-woven-mats-cut-convoy-time-in-paktika/?ref=news-home-title0">Woven mats cut convoy time in Paktika</a></blockquote>

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