Quartermaster soldiers honored with coin ceremony

Courtesy Photo | Lt. Col. David Scheideler, commander of the 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and a Beatrice, Neb., native, presents battalion commander coins to 16 soldiers of the 565th Quartermaster Company, 110th CSSB, Jan. 6, at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. These soldiers were each given a coin for outstanding work by raising the organization equipment rate from 45 percent to 95 percent in less than 30 days. (Photo by 2nd Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski)  

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

01.06.2011

Courtesy Story

224th Sustainment Brigade

By 2nd Lt. Patryk Korzeniewski
224th Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – Sixteen soldiers with the 565th Quartermaster Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), were honored with battalion commander coins Jan. 6 at Contingency Operating Base Adder.

The coins were given by outgoing Lt. Col. David Scheideler, commander of the 110th CSSB, and a Beatrice, Neb., native.

These soldiers were each given a coin for outstanding work performed by taking the organization equipment rate of 45 percent to the rate of 95 percent in less than 30 days.

“I am very proud of my guys,” said Staff Sgt. Darren Jennings, platoon sergeant with the 565th QM Company, and a Jackson, Miss., native. “They have done an outstanding job getting the equipment up to standard.”

“It was well deserved; the soldiers worked hard, and I know they will continue to work hard,” said Capt. Matthew Sparks, commander of 565th QM Company, and a Denton, Texas, native.

• Date Taken: 01.06.2011
• Date Posted: 01.23.2011 10:51
• Story ID: 64056
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ