Photo By Spc. Anthony Zane | A forklift picks up a pallet of equipment ready to ship out of Iraq at the...... read more read more
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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – With the drawdown of Operation New dawn, soldiers at the redistribution property assistance team yard are packing up the last pallets of excess equipment from units left on Contingency Operating Base Adder to ship out of Iraq, Nov. 27.
“Our mission was to help the drawdown of Iraq,” said Staff Sgt. Gene Taylor, RPAT Yard non-commissioned officer in charge, 227th Quartermaster Company, from Morton, Miss.
“Our mission here was to take all the units’ equipment … send them to Afghanistan or send them back to the States to get remanufactured,” said Taylor.
The RPAT yard processes a wide range of equipment left over from various units on base.
“Units turn in all their non-rolling stock and their rolling stock to us … we’re processing all the non-rolling stock in here,” said Taylor. “My guys here … get everything together, banded up, boxed up and ship it to where it needs to go so we can get it out of the country.”
Rolling stock consists of all military vehicles, while non-rolling stock includes all other equipment.
The final pallets include radios, computer equipment and hospital equipment, said Pfc. Tye Spinks, customer service representative, 227th QM Company, from Bandera, Texas.
“It’s mainly stuff that the units can’t take back with them,” said Spinks. “They’re only taking back what they actually need for that mission to get to where they’re going.”
Mobile teams from the RPAT yard are dispatched to units on base that are unable to get to the yard to process their equipment.
“We have two mobile teams here as well,” said Spinks. “They’re going out to them and doing the same turn-in process as we were doing here.”
Once all the equipment is processed and shipped out, the team will do a final clean up of the RPAT yard and they will close up shop.
Throughout the drawdown soldiers have remained motivated.
“It’s been tough at times,” said Spinks. “But we just get through it, bite the bullet and push on.”
Spinks said the soldiers have done a great job keeping their spirits up, working together and staying motivated.
“Our leadership is wonderful,” said Spinks. “If it wasn’t for them we wouldn’t be able to do the stuff that we do.”
Taylor attributes their mission’s success to his soldier’s teamwork. Everyone has done an outstanding job here, he said.
After their mission is completed on COB Adder, the soldiers from the RPAT yard will continue mission in Kuwait until they redeploy home.
| Date Taken: | 11.29.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.29.2011 02:49 |
| Story ID: | 80648 |
| Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ |
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