Soldiers Upgrade IT Support at Helicopter Depot

By Brigitte Rox (AMC)October 30, 2015

Soldiers Upgrade CCAD's IT Support
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The Corpus Christi Army Depot is proud to have some thirty military personnel teaming with the mostly civilian workforce. It serves as a living reminder of the depot's most endearing customer: the Nation's defenders.

Three Soldiers have made a lasting impression on the Information Technology (IT) crews that maintain the networks and computer systems across the largest organic industrial base for joint helicopter maintenance and repair in defense.

Staff Sergeants Ruben Gonzalez and Lyarnell Harris, and Specialist Keith Walter are often referred to as "PFIs." They are part of the Department of Defense Personnel Force Innovation (PFI) program, whose mission is to fill critical manpower needs in DoD working capital funded activities by providing highly skilled reservists on a reimbursable and fee-for-service basis.

These are Guard and Reserve Active Duty Tours in support of DoD agencies throughout the world.

For the depot, it fulfills a temporary staffing need to enable the Army team to sustain helicopter support operations for DoD.

Reservists, Staff Sgt. Gonzalez and Spc. Walter, are 25B IT specialists providing technical support on computer systems, offering helicopter support personnel with imaging and re-imaging assistance.

Staff Sgt. Harris is a 92A Automated Logistics Specialist for the Army National Guard. He's supporting the Army at the helicopter maintenance and repair depot by handling the IT's inventory support and deploying IT systems across the organic industrial site with the rest of the IT team.

On October 29, 2015, the three were recognized by depot commander, Colonel Billingsley Garner Pogue III and Sergeant Major, Steven Odom, for their professionalism, courteous conduct, and great attitudes while recently deploying IT equipment to CCAD's production shop floor.

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