FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii - More than 50 Hawaii-based human resource Soldiers were recognized during a deployment ceremony here, July 10, in preparation for their upcoming departure to Kuwait where they will support operations in the Central Command area of responsibility.
The relatively small formation of troops reflected the diversity of ranks and experiences that make up the unit, to include junior and senior enlisted, officers and chief warrant officers.
Upon arrival to Kuwait, the 8th Human Resources Sustainment Center, 8th Theater Sustainment Command troops will disperse throughout CENTCOM in small self-sufficient teams to assist units with accountability, training and all human resource-related activities.
"The 8th Human Resources Sustainment Center will provide comprehensive and expert theater-level human resource support to Army, joint and multinational forces," said Sgt. Maj. Kelly Stransky, the plans sergeant major for 8th HRSC.
To prepare and train to perform a variety of tasks, such as human resources planning, postal, casualty and personnel accountability, the unit received support from the U.S. Army Pacific's G1 and the 14th HRSC out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, in April, and also trained at the Mission Training Complex on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.
"It is the mission which embodies and personifies our Army value of selfless service," said Maj. Gen. Edward F. Dorman III, the 8th TSC commanding general. "These truly are selfless servants. They provide essential services so things function. The troops on ground cannot fight if they do not have their records in order, if there is not a system in place that tracks accountability, and makes sure their families are taken care of."
The less than 80 Soldiers permanently assigned to the unit are involved in some way or another in almost every exercise across the vast Pacific Theater, fostering the adaptability and agility necessary for the CENTCOM mission.
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