Bravo Detachment "Bulldogs" break a billion in disbursements

By Sgt. Brandon CoxJuly 16, 2019

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1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Bravo Detachment, 33rd Financial Management Support Unit, 10th Headquarters Special Troops Battalion poses for a group photo with Col. Matthew Bresko, the commander of the 10th Sustainment Brigade July 12, 2019 on Fort Drum, NY.

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2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Lt. Sung Shin, the Commercial Vendor Services Chief for Bravo Detachment, 33rd Financial Management Support Unit, 10th Headquarters and Special Troops Battalion briefs the command team for the amount of contracts and money disbursed in the recent mon... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. Joseph Mann, the commander of the Bravo Detachment 33rd Financial Management Support Unit, informs Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Tate, the Platoon Sergeant for Bravo Det. 33rd FMSU of their upcoming tasks July 08, 2019 on Fort Drum, NY.

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The 33rd Financial Management Support Unit has now disbursed over one billion dollars.

"We have come a long way since we started our deployment back in February," said Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Tate, the platoon sergeant of the Bravo Detachment, 33rd Financial Management Support Unit, 10th Headquarters Special Troops Battalion. "Our Soldiers are doing great."

Twenty-four Soldiers from the Bravo Detachment, 33rd FMSU are deployed in place at Fort Drum, N.Y. to process all of the commercial vendor services (CVS) contracts in support of the 18th Financial Management Support Center from Fort Knox, Ky., and the United States Central Command area of responsibility during a nine-month deployment from home.

Deploying in place drastically reduces the cost of mobilizing Soldiers and reduces the overall footprint on the battlefield, said Capt. Corey Livingston, the former detachment commander during a previous interview held on Mar. 29, 2019.

"This is the most exciting mission I've been on since I joined the Army," said Capt. Joseph Mann, the new commander of the Bravo Detachment.

The detachment has met their one billion-dollar goal months before the end of their deployment.

"We are operating as experts and can now pay the contracts very quickly and efficiently," said 1st Lt. Sung Shin, the commercial vendor services chief for the detachment.

As their deployment draws to a close, the detachment is scheduled to send eight Soldiers to Fort Riley in early October to train and ultimately hand over the mission to the 9th FMSU, 1st Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade.

"My main goal is to give the 9th FMSU a proper handoff so that we provide a smooth transition," said Mann.