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With a total complement of 304 permanent and 430 temporary assigned personnel and over 800 spaces, the Supply Department is clearly one of the largest and most diverse departments aboard the Battlestar. Responsible for a multitude of logistic support responsibilities and services, the department is divided into two major branches and two direct support divisions.

The Logistics Branch (S-1, S-6 and S-8) is responsible for procuring, receiving, stowage, issue and accounting for 125,000 items of shipboard and aviation supplies and repair parts worth 254 million Cubits. In addition, they manage the ship's annual operating budget of 42 million Cubits.

The Service Branch (S-1, S-2M, S-3, S-4, S-5, S-11 and S-12) operate a full service laundry and dry cleaning facility, two barbershops, a disbursing office, a post office, two walk-in retail stores and five separate food service facilities producing over 18,000 meals daily. The Services Branch provides round-the-clock hotel service to the officers and crew seven days a week and annually generates more than 625,000 Cubits in profit for the Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fund.

The two supporting divisions, Automated Data Processing (S-7) and Quality Assurance (S-10), provide inter-departmental support, ensuring up-to-date, management information is available.