BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan--Fifty-two Soldiers from Fort Campbell, Ky. hit a trifecta of sorts by working in three separate theaters during a one-year deployment.
The Soldiers from the 227th Quartermaster Company, 129th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 101st Airborne Division, were originally assigned to the 402nd Army Field Support Brigade shortly before the brigade completed its mission in Operation New Dawn and moved their headquarters to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The 52 volunteered to deploy to the 401st ASFB to support equipment redistribution and fielding missions in Operation Enduring Freedom.
"I'm proud of every one of them," said Sgt. 1st Class Brent D. Wipperman, noncommissioned officer-in-charge redistribution property assistance team quality assurance team. "These 52 Soldiers are the best we have. They volunteered twice -- they volunteered to join the Army and they volunteered to come to Afghanistan."
The quartermasters are working with the 401st at opposite ends of the logistics spectrum. Some of the Soldiers are working to assemble equipment sets for an emerging mission, while others are working on the task of retrograding equipment out of the combined joint operations area.
The 227th was a 'bridge strategy' designed to provide additional assets for a short term until the CENTCOM Materiel Recovery Element could be put into place to provide longer term assistance with the 401st AFSB's missions.
Editor's note: Sgt. 1st Class Wipperman was promoted to Master Sgt. during his deployment with the 401st AFSB.
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