Courtesy Photo | Sgt. Dianna Carmody, an Altoona, Pa., native, and Spc. Miguel Briceno, a native of...... read more read more
By 2nd Lt. Anthony J. Federico
10th Sustainment Brigade
CAMP STRYKER, Iraq - After nearly five months of pre-mobilization and post-mobilization training, the 3rd Detachment, 374th Finance Management Company, 10th Sustainment Brigade Troops Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade arrived at Camp Stryker on Dec. 14 and were ready to take the reins of one of the busier finance operations in Iraq.
The 24-person detachment from Fort Lee, Va., will spend the next 11 months servicing the Soldiers of Camp Stryker. In addition to office operations, the 3rd Det., 374th FM Co., also has responsibility for one of the larger mobile finance missions in-country.
Since taking over finance operations, the detachment has serviced nearly 9,500 customers. The Military Pay section led by Staff Sgt. Alicia Chandler, a native of Dover, Del., hit the ground running, processing more than 3,500 transactions with better than 98 percent accuracy.
When asked about the secret to the success, Sgt. Dianna Carmody, an Altoona, Pa., native, stated, "Our section's success is due to team cohesion, not individual accomplishment."
The Finance Mobile Support Team Missions have also been immensely successful with Spc. Gregory Beerli, a Baltimore native, and Spc. Chad Lauffer, a native of Pittsburgh, each receiving Certificates of Achievement for the outstanding support they provided the Soldiers of 1-63 Combined Arms Battalion.
Outside of work a number of Soldiers have taken the opportunity to enroll in college classes or prepare for graduate school entrance exams.
According to Beerli, "The Education Center has much to offer deployed Soldiers in the way of counselors, online courses, tutors and exams. The UMUC representative is helpful in finding a course that will benefit you in your degree, and the Army will pay for it."
Carmody, the customer service non-commissioned officer in charge and student at Penn State University, is currently enrolled in calculus through the University of Maryland.
Beerli has enrolled himself in business ethics, while Spc. Miguel Briceno, residing in Gaithersburg, Md., is taking intelligence studies through the American Military University. Both Lauffer and Joseph Bicher, from Richland, Pa., have begun studying for the GMAT, which they will take later in their deployment.
With the first month of their deployment in the books and the standard set high, the Soldiers of 3rd Det., 374th FM Co. will now turn their attention to process improvement and cross training. Next month also starts the leave portion of the rotation, which is sure to be a welcomed break for Soldiers who have been hard at work preparing for deployment since July of last year.
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2009 |
| Date Posted: | 02.12.2009 06:21 |
| Story ID: | 29926 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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