IMO hits the ground running

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

05.02.2011

Courtesy Story

4th Sustainment Brigade

By: 1st Lt. Jim Peelman

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq – As the 1729th Forward Support Maintenance Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, arrived at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, individual sections immediately began their work to replace the 632nd Heavy Maintenance Company.

One of these sections is the information management office which is the communications hub for the entire company. The IMO supports communication aspects including: both secure and non-secure telephones and computers, printers, tactical radios and communication security material.

Staff Sgt. Jason Crook, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the IMO, 1729th FS Maintainence Company, and an Ellicott City, Md., native, has served 19 years in the Maryland National Guard. He has also worked at Covad Communications in Columbia, Md., for the past 10 years as a transmission engineer.

“The most rewarding aspect of working in the IMO office is the feeling I get when I am able to help someone out,” Crook said.

Sgt. Melvin Scott, an information management office technician for the 1729th FS Maintainence Company, and a Baltimore, Md., native, said he derives a high degree of motivation from working with people in this capacity. He has been with the Maryland National Guard for four years. Scott’s civilian job is in the information technology help desk field.

“Getting to work with everyone in the unit is a great way to spend my day,” Scott said.

Since their unit arrived in Iraq, the IMO team has assisted the 1729th with various communication and computers needs ranging from fixing network printers, to setting up network log-ins, and coordinating with higher headquarters on detailing all communication assets throughout the company.

• Date Taken: 05.02.2011
• Date Posted: 05.22.2011 03:07
• Story ID: 70841
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ