Hometown Hero: MSG William Kelly

Photo By Officer Candidate Nahjier Williams | Master Sgt. Andrew Kelly, 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

07.30.2019

Story by Sgt. Connie Jones 

184th Sustainment Command

Master Sgt. William Kelly is deployed with 184th Sustainment Command to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the support operations distribution and integration noncommissioned officer in charge for 1st Theater Sustainment Command’s Operational Command Post. He coordinates between the branches of support operations and strategic partners to give the leadership a clear and concise operating posture across the sustainment enterprise.

The 184th Sustainment Command, Mississippi Army National Guard, 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: 07.30.2019
• Date Posted: 08.01.2019 03:34
• Story ID: 333567
• Location: CAMP ARIFJAN, KW
• Hometown: HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, US