‘Lonestar’ maintenance team contributes through parts turn-in

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Seth Barham | Spc. Tanisha Scott, a prescribed load list clerk with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, directs a forklift operator where to move parts to in the Class IX yard at Forward Operating Base Farah, Dec. 6. Scott and the rest of the Task Force Lonestar maintenance team from HHC and Company H, Forward Support Company, 2nd STB conducted a mass turn-in of excess parts totaling more than $1.8 million so far. The turn-in began in June and is approximately 90 percent complete according to Scott.  

FARAH, AFGHANISTAN

12.19.2011

Story by Sgt. Seth Barham 

2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division

FARAH, Afghanistan – To say the Task Force Lonestar maintenance team has been busy since the day they arrived in Afghanistan six months ago may be putting it lightly.

There was an abundance of vehicle parts in the Class IX yard that weren’t compatible with the vehicles the task force had, said Staff Sgt. Dennis Hines, the maintenance control sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.

Soldiers from the HHC maintenance platoon and Company H, Forward Support Company, 2nd STB began the turn-in process for the excess parts in June as part of a brigade wide effort to reinvest unused or unneeded equipment.

Every part was inventoried, logged and determined whether it was something the task force would need during the deployment, said Spc. Tanisha Scott, a prescribed load list clerk with HHC.

Parts deemed not necessary for the task force to retain are sent to one of the maintenance distribution centers within Afghanistan and distributed to other units in need of those specific parts, Scott said.

“It was a very long and tedious process but it had to be done,” said Hines. “Even though we couldn’t use some of the parts, other units in Afghanistan may need them.”

“We may have 50 of a certain type of vehicle filter and not be able to use them and somewhere in Kandahar a unit may need five of those exact filters,” said Scott. “We are able to help them out.”

According to Hines, the process is 90 percent complete and has turned-in $1.8 million worth of equipment.

The mass turn-in has given the soldiers a sense of satisfaction knowing they are contributing to other units.

“I think we are helping the overall fight here in Afghanistan because the parts we are turning-in are helping other units get their dead-lined vehicles back on the road,” said Scott.

• Date Taken: 12.19.2011
• Date Posted: 12.19.2011 05:24
• Story ID: 81562
• Location: FARAH, AF