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CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq— A safety officer with the 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), uses his civilian acquired skills to keep his soldiers safe at Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.
Capt. Bertrand Barton, safety officer with the 749th CSSB, 224th Sus. Bde., and a Shasta Lake, Calif., native, is a federally contracted security guard for the Bureau of Reclamation (Chenega Security & Protection Services) in Shasta Lake, Calif. Barton has worked as a safety sergeant with the CSPS security company since September 2007, and with the previous contractor, (Pinkerton Government Services) since August of 2002. He supervises security patrols and stationary security posts.
Barton’s team of guards protect four major dams and a series of smaller dams and reservoirs, diversion tunnels, power plants, and associated infrastructure across a 100-mile radius in northern California.
“I get really animated about safety issues, and I am constantly encouraging my fellow guards and supervisors to bring hazards to my attention so that I can eliminate or mitigate the unsafe condition or procedure down to a residual risk of low,” Barton said.
Shasta Dam is an arch dam across the Sacramento River in northern California at the north end of the Sacramento Valley. The dam mainly serves long-term water storage and flood control in its reservoir, Shasta Lake, and also generates hydroelectric power.
Barton has been promoting safety awareness and preventing accidents for many years. He also writes a quarterly safety newsletter.
“He is very passionate about safety,” said Capt. Stacy Jelks, commander of the 15th Transportation Company, 749th CSSB, and a Bloomingdale, Ill., native.
The make-up of CSPC is very similar to that of the Army, which at one point held most of the Army security contracts in the eastern U.S. CSPC has modeled itself after the Army in many respects. For instance, their physical agility test every year comes right out of field manual 21-20, and they carry the M9 Beretta. Most of CSPC’s leadership has had prior service in the Army as senior enlisted or officers.
| Date Taken: | 02.06.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.06.2011 18:29 |
| Story ID: | 64906 |
| Location: | CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, IQ |
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