WHINSEC Joint Logistics Course, a Logistics Brotherhood

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The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) concluded its first Joint Logistics and Security Assistance (JLSAC) course of 2024 with great success. International officers from Ecuador, Honduras, Panama, and Paraguay, graduated from the Institute after completing their academic requirements, and learning about joint logistics operations, Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and procurement processes, among other topics. In this photo, Vanessa Lugo, country program manager, U.S. Southern Command/U.S. Northern Command with U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, addresses students in the JLSAC Course, February 26, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Major Ricardo Rivera)

JLSAC students receive a brief from one of the staff personnel from the Marine Corps Logistics Command (MARLOG), in Albany, Georgia, February 23, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Major Ricardo Rivera)

As part of their coursework, JLSAC students carried out several field trips, such as to the KIA factory plant in West Point, Georgia, where they witnessed the principles of sustainment and logistics chain management. In this photo, Nicole Fitzgerald and Oriette Ramos, WHINSEC interpreters, translate one of the briefings from a KIA staff member, February 22, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Major Ricardo Rivera)

Gregory Alan Hester, a Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) instructor, addresses JLSAC students, February 27, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Major Ricardo Rivera)

JLSAC students and course director U.S. Army Major Ricardo Rivera (top right), pose for group photo at the Georgia Aquarium entrance, during the field study program visit, February 8, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Adrian Cervantes, Civil Affairs course instructor)

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