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    412th Theater Engineer Command Receives High Flying EAGLE Award

    412th Theater Engineer Command presented High Flying EAGLE award

    Photo By Maj. Maryjane Porter | Members of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 412th Theater Engineer Command pose after...... read more read more

    VICKSBURG, MS, UNITED STATES

    01.15.2014

    Story by Capt. Maryjane Porter 

    412th Theater Engineer Command

    By Sgt. 1st Class Lyndon Miller, 412th TEC Public Affairs

    U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Gen. William M. Buckler Jr., Commanding General of 412th Theater Engineer Command, received the High Flying EAGLE Award for the 412th TEC from Wally Wallace, Director of Army Reserve Internal Review, in a ceremony held at the George A. Morris Army Reserve Center in Vicksburg, Miss.

    The High Flying EAGLE Award is given to units for achieving 94 percent or higher in military equipment/general equipment accountability conducted by the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Financial Management and Audit Readiness. The 412th TEC achieved a 98.38 percent rate from October 2012 through July 2013 for equipment valued over $1.5 billion.

    “This accomplishment has been a huge team effort,” said Army Civilian Mrs. Shirley Warner-Preacely, 412th TEC IR auditor, in an email. “Without the hard work of unit personnel, Soldiers and Civilians and the superior effort put forth, this accomplishment would not have been achieved.”

    The testing of ME/GE involves all levels of command down to the individual unit. As the lead for Audit Readiness, the ARIR office receives the samples the first workday of each month and pushes them down to the servicing IR office and through the G4 chain of operations. The Property Book Officer is the critical person in the testing effort because they communicate directly with the unit where the equipment is located. When the requirement reaches the unit the appropriate personnel provide specific documentation and a clear readable photograph of the equipment data plate. This is provided to the PBO who also provides additional information from Property Book Unit Supply Enhanced (PBUSE) and loads all the information into a secure Department of the Army Share Point.

    Audit readiness is something that is here to stay. Each year there will be an audit of the AR. The Independent Public Accounting firm will test the Army Reserve monthly and render a report each year to determine if AR is audit ready.

    The testing process must be accomplished within a specific time limit established by DA. Originally they allowed 12 days to provide the information, reducing the time for response to five days that the AR now operates within. When the official testing is conducted in FY15, the AR will only have 72 hours from the time the samples arrives at ARIR until it must be loaded into the DA Share Point site. The Share Point site is locked at 2359 hours the third day.

    The AR is the leader in the audit readiness ME/GE testing and is evaluated in two areas: 1) Response – Did the AR submit the documentation for the requested sample? 2) Accuracy - Was the documentation submitted to support the sample correct and complete?

    The AR is the leader in these areas. Overall, the AR average exceeds 91 percent while the other Army components are at 78 percent accuracy.

    “Mrs. Warner-Preacely was the tip of the spear,” said Lt. Col. Doril Sanders, Chief of Internal Review, 412th TEC. “She was the driving force to make sure that these samples got down to the units and received back in time to meet the deadline. She does a great job. She likes for everything to be in order and accurate,” he said.
    Chief Warrant Officer 4 David Caputo, who was not present during the award ceremony but was a crucial player in getting it, said being the senior property accountability technician for the command, that he was happy with the award.

    He commended those down the chain of command for their effort in this accomplishment for the 412th TEC.

    “I have got to thank my property book officers, supply sergeants, maintenance NCOs, and battalion maintenance warrant officers, that was where the real work was done,” Caputo said.

    The U.S. Army Reserve’s 412th Theater Engineer Command Military Equipment/General Equipment accountability is a collaborative effort between the staff members of the 412th TEC’s Internal Review, G4 Logistics and G8 Resource Management.

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    Date Taken: 01.15.2014
    Date Posted: 01.15.2014 13:54
    Story ID: 119194
    Location: VICKSBURG, MS, US
    Hometown: VICKSBURG, MS, US

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