A chance to provide your feedback

Navy Supply Corps Newsletter, March-April, 2003

We hope that by now you've noticed some of the changes we've made to The Navy Supply Corps Newsletter in response to the readership survey we conducted about a year ago. As a follow up on how we are doing, we'd like to hear from as many readers as possible.

There's a postcard survey in this issue of the Newsletter we would like you to take time to fill out and return to us.

If you recall from the article in the March/April/May issue, you may be interested to know a random sampling of the readership produced over 750 responses and nearly 2,700 comments on every aspect of Newsletter production. Here is what we've done as a result:

* Made it easier to obtain the Newsletter by adding missing billets to our mailing list; sending out e-mail notices through our current distribution for Hashes from the Chief and news releases; and notifying everyone on our e-mail distribution when a new issue is posted to the Web and is being mailed

* Provided guidelines for submitting material for the Newsletter (see the June/ July/August issue, Page 6) and made the guidelines available on the Newsletter home page at www.navsup.navy.mil

* Added more theoretical and academic material, e.g., the book review in the March/April/May issue; Knowledge Power in U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Logistics in the June/July/August issue; and The Learning Journey, also in the June/July/August issue

* Included Supply Enlisted Manning figures

* Provided more names and faces from the fleet such as the items on outstanding performance by USS Porter and USS Klakring in the March/April/May issue; photos of the Ney winners and celebrities visiting USS McFaul in the June/ July/August issue; Sailors graduating from Culinary Institute of America and stories from the USS John C. Stennis and USS Thach in the September/October issue; visit of international supply officers to USS Carter Hall in the November/December issue; and USS Antietam's S-3 Division newly remodeled Ship's Store opening in the January/ February issue

* Provided more Joint news, e.g., Essential Elements of Friendly Information (EEFI) ... Joint Training;" and the story on a Supply Corps officer's support of the Air Force RED HORSE in Operation Enduring Freedom in the September/October issue; Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 10's Air Cargo Company contribution to exercise Strong Resolve 2002 in the November/December issue; Supply Corps active and Reserve officers participation in Joint commands such as U.S. Transportation Command and Military Traffic Management Command in the January/February issue; the interview with Army LTG Mahan, Army, G4, in this issue

* Continuing to provide Reserve news, e.g., articles on Reserves in the Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Force and Empowered by Workshops, Reserve Supply Leaders Tackle Tough Issues in the June/July/August issue; a Reserve's experience with supporting the 2002 Olympics in the September/October issue; Reserve participation in exercise Keystone in the November/December issue; and SC Reserves at DLA supporting Operation Enduring Freedom, a summary of the 2002 Supply Corps Reserve workshop, and announcement of the 2003 workshop schedule in the January/February issue

* Offered more career opportunity news, e.g., the new "Billet in the Spotlight" feature in the OP & You column, plus articles like the one from Supply Corps officers serving with the Blue Angles in the March/April/May; SC officers serving with Afloat Training Group, Pacific Fleet, in June/July/August; serving in Iceland in the September/ October; and serving in Eritrea in the November/December issue

* Provided more historical information, e.g., Saga of the Saginaw in the March/ April/May issue; Evolution of the Oak Leaf, June/July/August; and memorials to two former Chiefs of Supply Corps, VADM Kenneth R., Wheeler, September/ October, and RADM Herschel Goldberg, March/April/May

* We have retained your favorite columns and features, such as Op & You and From the Schoolhouse

Now please tell us what you think of all this. The tear-out postcard featured with this article will take only a minute or two to fill out. Let us know what you think now. Jot down any comments you'd like to pass along, circle whether you are military (officer, enlisted, Reserve) or civilian (active or retired) and drop the card in the mail (postage will be paid by us). Please do it now, while you're thinking about it.

The results of this mini-poll will further influence the look of your Newsletter, so be sure your voice is heard. We will report the results in a future issue.