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BAGHDAD — In the Division Special Troops Battalion, 1st Armored Division motorpool, there are many parts that work together to keep a mission running smoothly.
The requisitions shop at the DSTB motorpool serves an important behind-the-scenes role, providing the necessary materials and dispatches that allow Soldiers to continue ground missions without delay.
"We make sure vehicles are mission-capable, ordering and providing the parts mechanics need to keep vehicles capable of dispatching," said Sgt. Maurice Atwood, the Army Maintenance Management Systems noncommissioned officer in charge assigned to Company B, DSTB, 1st Armored Division, and a native of El Paso, Texas.
This group of individuals provides status updates and reports, which empowers division leadership with the knowledge necessary to gauge mission capability.
"It's all about readiness," said Sgt. Matthew Berg, an automated logistical specialist with Company B. "We provide parts and reports on readiness for communication devices, vehicles, small arms, and radar to division and also to the Department of the Army."
They track status reports of the different mechanics within the motorpool, and the status and priorities of maintenance projects, said Berg, a native of Mobile, Ala. This ensures deadlined vehicles receive priority to get them back in service.
Apart from their regular day-to-day duties, the office also helps out Soldiers in other ways.
The shop has put up pull-up bars in the Iron Gym during their downtime to give Soldiers more options during their physical training regime, said Sgt. Ja'Corey Isom, also an automated logistical specialist assigned to Company B.
Their newest accomplishment has been tracking and ordering 400 of the upgraded M-16 magazines, which prevent jamming, for each of the six companies they support directly, said Berg.
Another extra job this office has performed for the 1st Armd. Div. this tour was being in charge of issuing driving permits for the entire division, said Isom, who is a native of Houston. "It was a big task which took a long time to handle," he said.
"During the first month of our deployment, we were each doing 20 licenses a day," said Spc. Jason Curry, another automated logistical specialist assigned to Company B.
The members of the requisition team had to lead individuals in the process needed to obtain their licenses, including taking an Accident Avoidance Course, filling out forms and having an active civilian driver's license, said Curry. After all of these tasks are complete, each license takes about 10 minutes to process.
Where mechanics are the muscle of maintenance, the requisitions office serves as the nerve center allowing mechanics to perform their job efficiently, said Isom.
| Date Taken: | 03.13.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 03.13.2010 07:33 |
| Story ID: | 46621 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
| Web Views: | 278 |
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