Hometown Hero: 1LT Shawn Dishmon

Photo By Officer Candidate Nahjier Williams | 1st Lt. Lashuawndra Dishmon, 184th Sustainment Command, receives a Certificate of Wartime Service from Brig. Gen. Clint E. Walker, commanding general of the 184th Sustainment Command, during a patching ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 1, 2019. Soldiers were also presented their Shoulder Sleeve Insignia - Former Wartime Service, informally known as a combat patch, for service in an area where their unit must have actively participated in or supported ground operations against a hostile force in which they were exposed to the threat of enemy action or fire, either directly or indirectly. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nahjier Williams)  

CAMP ARIFJAN, KUWAIT

07.10.2019

Story by Sgt. Connie Jones 

184th Sustainment Command

1st Lt. Shawn Dishmon is deployed with 184th Sustainment Command to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the deputy secretary of the generals staff and the Joint Visitor’s Bureau protocol officer for the 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Operational Command Post. She advises the command group on aspects of the military protocol and the distinguished visitors program. She also works with other command groups to coordinate distinguished visits.

The 184th Sustainment Command assumed responsibility of daily sustainment operations throughout the Middle East in December of 2018. The unit serves as the operational command post for the Ft. Knox-based 1st Theater Sustainment Command and manages the day-to-day sustainment operations theater wide. The area of responsibility includes 20 countries, including Iraq and Syria, with four ongoing U.S. military operations, covering 4.5 million square miles, 550 million people, and 22 ethnic groups speaking 18 different languages.

The 1st TSC supplies everything from food, water and medicine to vehicles and repair parts so warfighters can accomplish their mission. They manage the ports, flights, and customs points needed to keep people and equipment moving 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They also legal support as well as support in the areas of financial management, human resources, humanitarian aid distribution, host-nation engagements, and medical care for troops and civilians within the command.

The unit is expected to return later this year.

• Date Taken: 07.10.2019
• Date Posted: 07.10.2019 04:30
• Story ID: 330709
• Location: CAMP ARIFJAN, KW
• Hometown: JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, US