Courtesy Photo | Gen. Griffin, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command, shakes hands...... read more read more
By Sgt Jennifer Schweizer
CAMP TAJI, Iraq – Col. Kevin G. O'Connell, a Clinton, Md., native, and commander of the 1st Sustainment Brigade, and his key staff played host to some very senior leadership May 22.
"Today was the most stars we've had in our conference room at one time ... nine stars," said O'Connell.
The list of guests included Gen. Benjamin Griffin, the commanding general of the US Army Materiel Command, Lt. Gen. Ann Dunwoody, the Army G-4, and Maj. Gen. Robert Radin, the commanding general of the Army Sustainment Command.
The generals were accompanied by Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Mellinger, command sergeant major for the Army Materiel Command, and Jeffrey Parsons, the executive director of Army Contracting Command - Provisional.
"It was great to have this august group of Army senior leaders able to come see us," said O'Connell. "They were very interested in the operations we are conducting in support of MNC-I. More importantly, (they) wanted to hear about our initiatives and issues."
The generals spend about an hour with the brigade team and were briefed on a wide variety of logistic topics. "We discussed Iraqi self reliance, AMC support, and the brigades contracting coordination cell model, which in turn may be used as the template for other Army Sustainment Brigades," said Lt. Col Hielke "Hike" Welling, a Hackettstown, N.J., native, and the officer in charge for support operations at the 1st Sust. Bde.
"We had a great discussion on contracting which presents a very complex set of issues while deployed to Iraq and all the 1st Sustainment Brigade Soldiers involved in the briefing did an awesome job," stated O'Connell. "As a result of our team's hard work and application of talent, in addition to providing world-class sustainment support to the warfighter, the brigade is helping shape the future of the Army in the contracting, financial management, human resources and Iraqi security force partnership arenas," concluded O'Connell.
| Date Taken: | 05.24.2008 |
| Date Posted: | 05.24.2008 08:16 |
| Story ID: | 19763 |
| Location: | TAJI, IQ |
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