Marines in Afghanistan's Helmand province with supplies provided by TroopsDirect. Included were 10 pressure washers, 2,000 feet of hose and 2,000 packs of Gatorade powder. (TroopsDirect / October 21, 2011)
Group Swiftly Gets Crucial Supplies To Troops In Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
TroopsDirect provides such items as stretchers, stethoscopes, communication gear and protective eyewear. It has sent more than 10 tons of supplies to Marine battalions and an Army unit.
OAKLAND — Aaron Negherbon remembers the plaintive email he received from a Marine sergeant in Afghanistan.
"Aaron, I don't know if you can do this," it read. "Our supply truck was blown up and all the gear from my nine medics was destroyed."
The sergeant was requesting surgical kits, gauze, equipment for cutting into tracheas and "all the etc."
Negherbon, 38, founder and president of TroopsDirect, a nonprofit organization, had the supplies gathered, shipped and in the hands of front-line troops within 10 days.
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My Comment: The US Department of Defense should study why the supply chains for these nonprofits functions at a faster speed than conventional US Department of Defense supply chains when supplying front-line troops.