Courtesy Photo | Sgt. Ryan Fleury, a native of Norman, Okla., and a member of the day shift Inbound...... read more read more
SATHER AIR BASE, Iraq - Our Reception, Replacement, Return to Duty, Rest and Recuperation, and Redeployment Operations, Baghdad International Airport team consists of different units, from different components, tasked together for the success of the mission.
We have Soldiers from the 22nd Human Resources Company of Fort Lewis, Wash., 645th Personnel Services Company of Oklahoma City, and 101st HRC of Fort Campbell, Ky. are under the command of the 271st Human Resources Company, 10th Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade – a combination of National Guard, Reserve and regular Army.
Along with our mission, we work with Army liaison officers from various units, Navy LNOs, and both government and civilian organizations. Much of our day-to-day activity coordinates with the Air Force since we stay on their base, which affects changes in our area of operation and our living arrangements. Additionally, we work with the Personnel Company for the accountability and movement of their Soldiers. We enjoy a mutual respect and professional work relationship with the many people involved with this operation that directly affects the success of our mission.
Our R5 team has three distinct sections – Inbound, R&R Outbound and Data Integration operations, led by Warrant Officer Richard Brumfield from Baton Rouge, La. and Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Tanner from Oklahoma City. The operation is divided into two 12-hour shifts, day shift from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., and night shift from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. The day shift supervisor is Staff Sgt. Trace Johnson from Clarksville, Tenn., and the night shift supervisor is Staff Sgt. Raymond Tantiangco from Lakewood, Wash.
For day shift inbound, the team consists of Sgt. Ryan Fleury from Norman, Okla., Sgt. Deborah Skinner from Dallas, Ga., Spc. Jacob Belcher from Waddy, Ky., Spc. Keisha Escamilla from Seattle, Spc. Quintina McClendon from Greenwood, La. , Spc. Eddie Oyakhilome from Oxnard, Calif. and Pfc. Lucas Beane from Meredith, N.H. The day shift outbound is handled by Sgt. Wilfredo Gonzalez from San Juan, Puerto Rico and Spc. Markus Skelf from Rossville, Ga. On night shift inbound, the team consists of Sgt. James Hulin from Hampton, Va., Sgt. Jeremy Teed from Detroit, Spc. Nathan Deitz from Springfield, Mo., and Spc. Phothoine Santiago from Wichita, Kan. The outbound is run by Sgt. Deven Cozad from Phoenix, Spc. Natasha Lagoff from New York, and Pfc. Souriya Suitthihack from Murfreesboro, Tenn.
The non-commissioned officer in charge for data integration is Sgt. Moises Escobar from Redlands, Calif., and in his office he has Spc. Erica McGowan from New Orleans, Spc. Jennifer Lathrop from Woodstock, Va., Spc. Crystal Shaver from Claremore, Okla. and Pvt. Davis Lewis from Bakersfield, Calif.
The duties for inbound are primarily focused on the accountability of the personnel who arrive from the military fixed-wing flights and helicopters. For fixed-wing flights, once the Air Force has walked them off the flight line and handed them over to us, we take them to our terminal, scan in their Common Access Card cards and brief them on the layout and operations of BIAP. Customer service is an important part of our responsibilities.
Once they arrive here we ensure that they have made contact with their unit/LNO or that they have checked in at the right office (i.e., the fixed-wing or helicopter desks). For all helicopter flights, their CAC cards are brought to us by Kellogg Brown and Root who runs the helicopter operations. While we scan the cards, KBR briefs the personnel and assists them in the way we assists fixed-wing passengers.
R&R Outbound's duties have different missions for day and night. During the day most of the flights depart, so much of their work load consists of giving briefings and filling up the remaining slots available on each flight. Part of their mission also consists of filling out Form-1s for fixed-wing space available requests for such things as redeploying personnel, emergency leave, temporary duty, and other mission-related instances. They work closely with their Air Force counterparts to receive or give extra seats not filled on their flights to aid the success of their missions and the convenience of passengers.
During the night shift, their main task is the 10 p.m. briefing each day for all who want to fly out the following day. After the briefing they manifest onto the flights for the following day and disseminate the pertinent information for each respective flight.
Data Integration makes CAC cards, identification tags, reset Personal Identification Numbers and compile data from the flights that came in each day. Inbound sends them their transfer files from the flights and Data Integration compiles the information for reports. They assist both civilian and military in all means that they are able. In many ways Data Integration is at the center of our operation at BIAP, compiling information from our flights and regurgitating the desired data. Having a hard-working and diligent team adds to the overall professionalism and efficiency of our team.
Despite the different people and agencies working here, we all work together to aid those traveling through our area to get them home or on to their next destination to do their own mission. Many times our areas overlap one another, but we work to help each other and have always succeeded. It has been an enjoyable experience, one filled with unique challenges and good experiences.
| Date Taken: | 03.13.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 03.13.2009 07:23 |
| Story ID: | 31073 |
| Location: | SATHER AIR BASE, IQ |
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