Transportation Company receives new soldiers to accomplish mission

Courtesy Photo | 1st Lt. Matthew Franz, platoon leader with the 15th Transportation Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and an Orlando, Fla. native, stands in the company motor pool, Oct. 2, at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Birdsall)  

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IRAQ

10.10.2010

Courtesy Story

224th Sustainment Brigade

CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq— Soldiers with the 15th Transportation Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), received a few new assets recently to help them accomplish their mission in Iraq.

1st Lt. Matthew Franz, a new platoon leader with the 15th Trans. Company, and an Orlando, Fla., native, is now a part of the “Rough Ryders.”

This is Franz’s first deployment in Iraq, and he said he’s looking forward to the experience. “It is my privilege to be a part of the 15th Transportation family and to be able to work with the best soldiers in the Army, he said.

Cpl. Stephen Oliver, a heavy wheel vehicle operator with the 15th Trans. Company, and a Fort Smith, Ark., native, is on his second deployment in Iraq. Oliver said that he lives by the Army’s core values because “integrity is the one thing no one can take from you.”

“If you’ve lost it, you’ve lost it on your own,” he said. “Never go so far as to tell lies, for you can see me better than I can see myself.”

Spc. Jermika Rivera, a supply specialist now with the 15th Trans. Company, and a Tallahassee, Fla., native, is on her first tour in Iraq.

“If we ain’t talking about supply, we ain’t talking about nothing,” she said.

Staff Sgt. Gregory Yeary, a senior wheeled vehicle mechanic now with the 15th Trans. Company, and an Okemah, Okla., native, is assigned to the maintenance section, keeping the unit’s vehicles ready to roll. He is on his second deployment to Iraq.“Take pride in what you do, and always leave it in better condition than you received it,” he said.

These new soldiers all bring a different experience and skill set with them. They each contribute to the mission in different ways, and each is a welcome addition to the 15th Trans. Company family.

• Date Taken: 10.10.2010
• Date Posted: 11.22.2010 09:00
• Story ID: 60644
• Location: CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ