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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait - In addition to maintaining everyday operations in the Zone 6 Camp Command Cell of Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team’s company size element is also assisting the entire Camp Arifjan in the drawdown of troops in Iraq, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of December.
As the Red Bulls near the halfway point in their rotation, work orders, supply and demand, Morale Welfare and Recreation and facilities become less available.
Work orders that were formerly controlled by the Emergency Operations Center are now controlled by the Contracting Officer Representative team. This will assist the Directorate of Public Works in their implementation of the Facility Maintenance Officer incentive project.
The United States Army Forces Central Command, who maintains the forward presence of Camp Arifjan, is focusing on converting this expeditionary camp to a standard garrison environment. This will allow for a smoother transition in returning this base (which has been in operation for almost ten years) back to Kuwait.
Capt. Chris Lotzow, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, who dually performs the job of company commander and the mayor of the camp command cell, is excited for the transition as it gives the responsibility back to the tenant units and DPW.
“Additionally, this should empower the units stationed here to get their work orders completed in a timely manner just as before, but with more control” said Lotzow.
The COR team is also assisting in moving trailers to other camps to better utilize availability of space and population demands rather than the government purchasing new ones.
The communications section is assisting ARCENT in consolidating the help desk offices into one central location in order to downsize and prepare for a smaller amount of population of troops at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
They have been turning in excess equipment, making room for the anticipated loss of space and clearing the books.
Sgt. 1st Class Roy Sullins, communication section non-commissioned officer in charge, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, said “It’s going in the right direction, although it is a challenge because the work force has not been downsized, creating lack of resources for everyone. We just need to be creative with time management!”
By 2013, the zones of Camp Arifjan will be consolidated into a much smaller area of operations, with areas north of Zone 6 shut down before we depart theater in late spring 2012. This takes an incredible amount of time to complete because everything is accounted for and has to be turned in; everything that has accumulated since the spring of 2002, that is, when Zone 6 of Camp Arifjan was officially established.
| Date Taken: | 11.05.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 11.19.2011 05:20 |
| Story ID: | 80260 |
| Location: | CAMP ARIFJAN, KW |
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