Tennessee Guard NCO, Little Rock native, manages mobility material management in Southwest Asia

Photo By Master Sgt. Jenifer Calhoun | Staff Sgt. Tamarcus "Shaun" Talbert, non-commissioned officer in charge of the mobility section at the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's base service store, inspects mobility items during operations at the store April 7, 2010, at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. Sergeant Talbert is deployed from the Tennessee Air National Guard's 164th Airlift Wing at Memphis and his hometown is Little Rock, Ark.  

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05.09.2010

Story by Senior Airman Jenifer Calhoun 

380th Air Expeditionary Wing

SOUTHWEST ASIA - When deployed personnel need to pick up individual personal protective equipment for deployed operations in the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, Staff Sgt. Tamarcus "Shaun" Talbert is one of the first people they are going to see when it is issued.

Talbert is a material management craftsman and the non-commissioned officer in charge of the mobility section at the base service store -- the "Desert Depot" -- at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia. He described how his work affects the deployed wing.

"I provide customer service to our customers by meeting their needs on demand, exemplifying two of our core values of the Air Force with service before self and excellence in all we do," said Talbert, who serves with the 380th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron. "By being in charge of the mobility section, I ensure base personnel obtain individual protective equipment, inspects mobility property to determine serviceability, keep account of inventories loaded in our computer-based system and enhances the operational appearance of the mobility warehouse section by redesign."

As a material management craftsman, he's required to maintain qualification in preparing and maintaining documentation and records associated with inventory management actions, his official Air Force job description shows. Talbert's job skills also include issuing and transferring property, conducting inventories and segregating and preparing property for storage as well as identifying items and condition of property.

Material management Airmen like Talbert also have to maintain mandatory knowledge in basic mathematics, supply policies and procedures, Air Force property accounting, stock and inventory control, accountability and responsibility, principles of property accounting through manual or automated data processing, storage methods, warehouse control (receipt, issue, and disposal) and materiel handling techniques. They also must know methods of preparing and maintaining supply records, manual and automated supply accounting systems, logistics principles and interactions (supply, maintenance, transportation, and procurement), hazardous material and waste procedures; and supply management for contingency operations.

"What we do is very important because my career field supports the mission in so many ways," said Talbert, who is deployed from the Tennessee Air National Guard's 164th Airlift Wing at Memphis. "In other words, you can't fly without supply."

Just over nine and a half years ago, Talbert joined the military and the Air National Guard. He said he is proud to serve and do his part on a deployment.

"I am proud to serve in one of our nation's elite and distinguished military branches of the armed forces in the Air Force," saidTalbert, whose hometown is Little Rock, Ark. "It brings me great honor to represent the U.S. with pride and dignity of the Air Force military -- especially on deployment. This being my second deployment, I think this time has been a continued learning cycle of personal growth earned with commitment and dedication."

• Date Taken: 05.09.2010
• Date Posted: 05.09.2010 08:40
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