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January–April 2014 Engineer 45 Given the size and scope of responsi- bility, the LOGCAP site supervisor was also invited. The purpose of this meeting was to have the major tenants on FOB Salerno provide the base commander with a progress update and establish projected personnel and equipment ret- rograde moves, essentially establishing a contract between landlord and tenant. This allowed the staff to forecast logis- tic bottlenecks weeks ahead of time and recommend the allocation of reduction and retrograde assets. The meeting also served as an excellent venue to broad- cast critical information and gain buy-in from all the major clients. Additional working groups were occa- sionally set up to deal with special prob- lems such as LOGCAP cessation, the transition to spot power generation, and airfeld closure; but the three main working groups proved to be the most valu- able. Armed with a brigade order and these focused working groups, we were then able to get down to the business of clos- ing the FOB. Execution A fter reaching an understanding of the problem and establishing the means to track progress and receive . the commander's guidance, we began the business of execution. Rather than dictate the exact techniques and procedures used in executing the plan, the following three benefcial approaches are highlighted: ■ Maintaining a sense of urgency. ■ Winning the ground game. ■ Harnessing the benefts of "going expeditionary." Our predecessors had established systems for identify- ing and removing hundreds of excess containers and con- solidating personnel to open up billeting and operational space. Maintaining that momentum was critical. Decision makers needed to provide guidance, and staffs had to build tracking mechanisms. Therefore, during the initial months, the following steps were taken to build up a general sense of urgency: ■ Publication of guidance reducing the number of nontacti- cal vehicles. ■ Establishment of a program forcing FOB civilians to be sponsored by a Currahee leader. ■ Imposition of restrictions on the previously ight line. ■ Consolidation of retrograde nodes into one corner of the FOB. Army engineers and LOGCAP contractors disassemble a large area mainte- nance shelter. A b-hut reaches the end of its life cycle. EN Sawser.1.indd 48 3/12/2014 1:33:40 PM