Adder Class-1 yard keeps soldiers supplied

Courtesy Photo | Sgt. Linny Hernandez, a Killeen, Texas native and the Class-1 non-commissioned officer-in-charge, 565th Quartermaster Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, helps customers with their orders at the Class-1 yard on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, June 2. (Photo by 1st Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski)  

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

06.06.2011

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, have been busy at the south-side Class-1 yard handing out food and water on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.

As temperatures in Iraq continue to rise throughout the summer months, soldiers working at the south-side Class-1 yard are noticing a spike in customers.

“It has been getting busier as the temperature rises; there is a lot of demand for water and especially ice right now,” said Sgt. Linny Hernandez, a Killeen, Texas native and the Class-1 non-commissioned officer-in-charge.

Water and ice are in high demand for the Class 1 to provide for convoys leaving the gate, and the soldiers are working hard to provide enough for everyone.

“Ice is getting hot, everybody wants it now,” said Staff Sgt. Shaun Mckoy, a Trenton, N.J. native and platoon sergeant for the soldiers at the Class 1. “We have [refrigerated containers] packed with it and are still having trouble keeping up. I think it is going to be like this until October, because right now, that is all that anybody wants.”

The soldiers that work at the south-side Class 1 have a couple of busy months ahead of them with such high demand.

• Date Taken: 06.06.2011
• Date Posted: 06.19.2011 00:29
• Story ID: 72353
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ