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Being in a deployed environment means that most deployed personnel don’t have the capability to bring their personal vehicles. This leads to the option of using Government Motored Vehicles to help ADAB members transit for work and for sustenance purposes.
The 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle management flight ensures that those vehicles remain in top shape to support the mission.
From transporting personnel to their work centers around the installation to lugging thousands of gallons of fuels to the aircraft that will support the airframes keeping the skies safe in Southwest Asia, Al Dhafra Air Base relies heavily on the GMV fleet.
With substantial usage to support the mission day to day, this efficient crew ensures they’re ready to service any vehicle from any unit that arrives to their shop.
“We get a wide request from every section and squadron out there, from the aircraft maintenance squadron to the civil engineer squadron,” said Staff Sgt. Wendell Patterson, 380th ELRS vehicle maintenance material control journeyman. “There are over 400 vehicles in our fleet and we see a lot of them come through for [routine] maintenance.”
The Vehicle Maintenance Specialists are in charge of vehicle inspections, diagnostics and repair, as well as keeping inventory of any spare parts. These are vehicles ranging from a U-130 aircraft tow vehicle to a small hatchback car, and the flight has to be in the know about it.
“We in VM have to know every vehicle that the Air Force has to offer,” said Tech. Sgt. James Bushman, 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance night shift section chief. “Getting a vehicle up and running, back to the unit it's assigned to, and not have it come back, is a good indicator that you did your best to give the customer a quality product, and that's something to be proud of.”
Their pride extends from the other units from the installation to other installations, as they all depend on each other to accomplish the mission.
“Something most people don't know about my job is that we work with every deployed base around the Area of Responsibility to get parts if we don't have a certain part,” Patterson said. “We can contact Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar; Kandahar, Afghanistan; or Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan; for whatever we might need, rather than relying on contracts to get required parts.”
Whether they’re servicing shops here at ADAB, or assisting another AFECNT bases, the shop remains geared up and ready to go through their vehicular repairs and inspections.
| Date Taken: | 01.19.2019 |
| Date Posted: | 01.23.2019 00:50 |
| Story ID: | 307852 |
| Location: | AL DHAFRA, AE |
| Web Views: | 107 |
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