Director of Accountability visits 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Soldiers

Photo By Staff Sgt. Amanda Tucker | Capt. Antonio Coffey, company commander for the 155th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, from Ft. Eustis, Va., briefs William Solis, the director of U.S. Government Accountability Office, on operations in the central receiving and shipping point at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, July 24.  

BALAD, IRAQ

07.30.2009

Story by Pfc. Amanda Tucker 

3rd Corps Sustainment Command

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — Mr. William Solis, the director of U.S. Government Accountability Office, and several colleagues visited Joint Base Balad, July 24-25.

During his visit to one of the largest logistical hubs in Iraq, he toured several critical logistics nodes within the 3d Sustainment Command (Expeditionary).

Solis visited and received briefings at the Central Receiving and Shipping Point, Convoy Support Center and Corps Distribution Center to see how plans for the withdrawal and redeployment of forces, and equipment from Iraq has been handled since the Security Agreement signing, Nov. 17.

"Drawdowns are tough," said Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lally, commanding general for the 3d ESC, from Fort Knox, Ky. "We have units redeploying all the time."

At the CRSP, Soldiers with the Fort Eustis-based 155th Inland Cargo Transfer Company, briefed Solis of their mission. The CRSP processes more than 3,000 pieces of inbound and outbound cargo a month.

At the CSC, Lt. Col. Peter Haas, the commander for the 49th Transportation Battalion, briefed Solis of his unit's mission, key tasks, staging lanes and movement control team missions. The CSC manages an average of more than 30 convoys or 1,000 trucks daily. During Solis' visit at the CSC he was also briefed on how the CSC uses radios, Blue Force Tracker and other systems to maintain communication with Soldiers traveling Iraqi's roads.

During Solis' last stop at the CDC, Soldiers with the 80th Ordnance Battalion briefed him of their missions, such as the joint distribution center, forward redistribution point and mobile redistribution team. CDC improvements include contracts awarded for power generation consolidation and Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle consolidating warehouse operations.

• Date Taken: 07.30.2009
• Date Posted: 07.30.2009 07:16
• Story ID: 36963
• Location: BALAD, IQ