Members of the 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and the U.S. Air Force's Echelon Above Division -- Advising Team, provided members of the Iraqi partnering force with a tour of a fully-operational Supply Support Activity facility July 30.
The inter-service effort led the Iraqi personnel around the 565th Quartermaster Company's SSA, stopping in various sections to explain their inner workings.
Chief Warrant Officer-2 Tiffany Rahming, the supply technician for the 565th QM Co, 4th Sust. Bde., led the tour with an Iraqi translator. It was her second time showing the functionality of the supply yard.
"We've been responsible for processing classes of supply throughout COB Adder and United States Division-South since October last year," said Rahming, a Boston, Georgia native. "Our facility was the stage."
That stage has been under the 565th's QM control since October last year. They will relinquish the SSA in a few months, and it will again be relinquished when U.S. Forces exit the country at year's end, to the Iraqi military.
As for the Iraqi Forces who viewed the SSA, they are already fully trained but are waiting for a completed warehouse to work in.
"They've had the training. We've coordinated their visits and are ensuring they're ready to take over their own bases," said Air Force Lt. Col. Jeffrey Pearson, a member of the EAD-AT.
Pearson said the walk-through had a very simple concept behind it.
"A picture is worth a thousand words. Walking around and getting explanations is a blue print as to how it all runs and looks when setup," he said.
After meandering throughout the supply yard, Iraqi and U.S. service members posed together for countless group photos before parting ways. The EAD-AT led the Iraqi military members to other locations to complete the tour.
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