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By: Staff Sgt. Constance A. Oberg
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, Iraq — Soldiers with the 394th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, and 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), maintenance shop were recently recognized for their efforts to save the Army close to $1 million.
With the continuing drawdown of troops, buildings are constantly being cleaned out and equipment being thrown away.
Spc. Pat P. Julch, a light wheel vehicle mechanic with the 394th CSSB, and a Sioux City, Iowa, native, came across some generators at one of the life support areas, so he inquired about the generators that were broken, and was told to turn them in.
“In order to turn them in, you have to do a really good technical inspection on them,” said Spc James Peavler, a light wheel mechanic with the 394th CSSB, and a Yutan, Neb., native. “All the fluids need to be drained then they need to be cleaned really well prior to turning them in.”
According to Peavler, it took about a week to clean all of the generators, with some of the soldiers doing the maintenance, while others took care of the necessary paperwork to get them to the right personnel.
All of the soldiers in the maintenance shop had a hand in preparing the 28 pieces of equipment that was abandoned, to get ready to be turned in.
The generators will be rebuilt and sent to Afghanistan to assist the troops there.
| Date Taken: | 11.29.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 01.09.2011 10:14 |
| Story ID: | 63266 |
| Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE SPEICHER, IQ |
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