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IRAQ - Airman 1st Class Tyler Bartlette, a vehicle operator with the 70th Medium Truck Detachment, recently deployed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia from the 802nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Bartlette, a native of Newark, Ohio, has a job that allows for him to get out and impact Operation New Dawn in a big way - by bringing supplies out of Iraq.
Each day, Bartlette and members from his unit drive into Iraq to bring cargo, supplies and vehicles out of the country to support the withdraw of U.S. forces in the country.
"For my first deployment, I don't think I could have asked for a better one said Bartlette. "I get to see different things all the time. I'm not just stuck driving a bus around."
During his tour here, Bartlette is taking advantage of being around a crew of airmen who are experienced in his career field.
"Everyone around here is on their second or third deployment, so there's a lot of experience here," said Bartlette. "I'm hoping to learn as much as I can from them."
In recent months, the 387th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, which the 70th MTD belongs to, has increased its amount of missions trucking out cargo from Iraq by approximately 200 percent.
"When we first got here last month, the squadron was averaging about 11 missions per week," said Lt. Col. John O'Connor, 387th ELRS commander and native of Albany, Ga., before going on to say that the squadron is on track to average about 35 missions per month.
| Date Taken: | 11.01.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.12.2011 04:59 |
| Story ID: | 79936 |
| Location: | IQ |
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