Kickoff prepares base for logistics transformation Published Oct. 15, 2010 By Wayne Crenshaw 78 ABW/PA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Logisticians from across Robins will learn what is needed to prepare for the implementation of the Expeditionary Combat Support System during a kickoff event Wednesday. Base leaders will receive a briefing in the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center headquarters building at 8 a.m. Unit supervisors and system users will receive a briefing at the base theater beginning at 1 p.m. The event signals the beginning of the 2-year preparatory cycle for the first release of ECSS capability, scheduled to take place in November 2012. Deryl Israel, executive director of WR-ALC, is scheduled to provide opening comments for the road show-styled seminar. "The ECSS kickoff sets the stage for the critical work we must do at Robins to field this transformational logistics system," he said. "Members of team Robins must work together to ensure a flawless implementation of ECSS." Israel will be joined by Don Pugh, Enterprise Integration Branch chief, Systems Division, Air Force Materiel Command Directorate of Logistics. Pugh also serves as the AFMC Organizational Change Management Representative for ECSS. During the kickoff, he will present information about the system and what the preparatory cycle will involve. "Robins has consistently met or exceeded expectations during the early phases of ECSS implementation," Pugh said. "I am confident the base will complete all actions as required to implement ECSS as scheduled."