Members of the Supply Corps Association of Japan and distinguished guests from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) gathered at the Trinity Hotel in Yokosuka, on March 17, to celebrate the 212th birthday of the United States Navy Supply Corps. The Supply Corps ball featured entertainment by a jazz ensemble from the U.S. Navy 7th Fleet band and speeches from Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers (COMFISCS), Rear Adm. Ray Berube and Vice Adm. Yoshinori Kawano, Commander of the Japan Maritime Materiel Command. Kawano spoke of the historical significance of the U.S. Navy’s Supply Corps. He mentioned that one key to the American’s successful Revolutionary War was maintaining supply lines, while denying logistics to the British.
