JDC clerks keep mission trucking

Courtesy Photo | Sgt. Christopher Monge, a dayshift noncommissioned officer from the Joint Distribution Center of the 565th Quartermaster Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310 Sustainment Command and a Rio-Piedras, Puerto Rico, native, guides a vehicle onto the vehicle ramp at the JDC on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. (Photo by: 1st Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski)  

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

04.26.2011

Courtesy Story

4th Sustainment Brigade

By: 1st Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – Soldiers from the 565th Quartermaster Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command’s Joint Distribution Center have been hard at work keeping track of the wheeled vehicles and cargo that come into the JDC yard on a daily basis.

The clerks are a vital part of the JDC, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. These soldiers ensure the equipment and items stored at the JDC are 100 percent accounted for and ready to roll out quickly.

They maintain the wheeled cargo inventory by keeping a running total of what is in and what has gone out of the JDC. This allows for a quick turnaround time for the customers who come to pick up their vehicle.

“Getting those inventories right is a big part of our mission,” said Sgt. Christopher Monge, a day-shift noncommissioned officer at the Joint Distribution Center, 565th QM Company and a Rio-Piedras, Puerto Rico, native. “It makes things so much easier for the customer as well as getting out the main report.”

They also maintain paperwork from the customers and validate vehicle numbers, as the overflow yard often contains many of the same models of vehicles.

“It’s important that we validate whatever paperwork we get in from the customer,” said Spc. Lawanda Chestnut, a JDC clerk with the 565th QM Company and a New York City, N.Y., native. “We have lots of vehicles that look identical; by checking and rechecking the paperwork and tags, we make sure the vehicle going out is the right one.”

• Date Taken: 04.26.2011
• Date Posted: 05.29.2011 03:52
• Story ID: 71269
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ