{"id":116784,"date":"2024-02-14T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=116784"},"modified":"2024-02-15T15:07:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T15:07:00","slug":"former-paratrooper-now-lrc-benelux-ipbo-back-with-army-after-2-years-taking-a-knee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=116784","title":{"rendered":"Former paratrooper, now LRC Benelux IPBO, back with Army after 2 years \u2018taking a knee\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Gerard Bibbins is the installation property book officer at Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. He is responsible for a team of property book specialists located in Chi\u00e8vres and Brussels, Belgium, as well as Brunssum, Netherlands. Together, they manage 78 hand receipts across three countries, to include Germany, valued at about $30 million. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
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CHI\u00c8VRES AIR BASE, Belgium \u2013 When Gerard Bibbins retired from the Army in 2021 after serving as a paratrooper and logistics management supply noncommissioned officer for 20 years, he wisely decided to take a knee for a couple of years and spend time with his family.<\/p>\n

Now, the installation property book officer at Logistics Readiness Center Benelux is back with the Army, this time as an Army civilian, and he and his family are about to add a new member to their fold.<\/p>\n

Bibbins and his wife of 11 years have two girls, ages 9 and 6. At the end of this month they\u2019ll be adding a boy to the mix, and he said they couldn\u2019t be happier. The installation property book officer, who\u2019s been in the position since June of 2023, is also happy with his job at LRC Benelux serving Soldiers and families in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy waking up every day knowing I’m able to continue to contribute to the Army and support Soldiers and their Families,\u201d said Bibbins. \u201cAnd my colleagues at the LRC Benelux installation property book office are equally as passionate about supporting Soldiers and Families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to be able to do whatever we can to support the warfighters and to ensure they have everything they need to successfully accomplish their missions,\u201d he said. \u201cAs the installation property book office, we fill all the equipment requirements, conduct property inventories, process property book transactions, conduct monthly unit status reports, manage equipment directives and train all the organizations on the command supply discipline program.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Gerard Bibbins served 20 years as an active-duty Soldier and paratrooper. Now he\u2019s an Army civilian and the installation property book officer at Logistics Readiness Center Benelux. Pictured here, Bibbins prepares to exit a C-130 Hercules transport plane over Juliet Drop Zone, Aviano Air Base, Italy, when he was assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade in 2020.
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Training is something Bibbins is accustomed to. Having served multiple tours of duty as an active-duty Soldier with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, the Old Guard, 5th Special Forces Group, and the 82nd Arborne Division, he understands the value of training and the value of teamwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy team at LRC Benelux is one of the best I\u2019ve worked with in my career,\u201d said the 41-year-old retired sergeant first class with over 50 airborne jumps. \u201cWe have a multicultural team here with different backgrounds and perspectives. Knowing that together we can learn from each other while bringing different experiences to the collective table to accomplish any mission that stands in front of us \u2013 that\u2019s what stands out most to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

With team members spread across three geographically dispersed locations \u2013 three at Chi\u00e8vres, two in Brunssum, Netherlands, and one in Brussels, Belgium \u2013 teamwork and communication are key, said the native of Accomac, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. And with over 78 hand receipts holders in three countries, Bibbins and his team certainly have their work cut out for them.<\/p>\n

The total value of all the items on the hand receipts \u2013 everything from fire trucks to non-tactical vehicles, computer systems to snow and ice removal equipment, and lawn care machinery to everything else in between \u2013 is about $30 million, said Bibbins.<\/p>\n

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\n Gerard Bibbins, the installation property book officer at Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, works at his desk at Chi\u00e8vres Air Base, Belgium, Feb. 15. Bibbins retired from the Army as an active-duty Soldier in 2021. After a two-year break to spend time with his family, he\u2019s now working at LRC Benelux as an Army civilian since June of 2023.
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\u201cBottom line, my job is to accurately manage property accountability of $30 million worth of equipment and vehicles while advising multiple commanders, directors and supervisors, and training dozens of hand receipt holders on all aspects of property management within the LRC Benelux area of responsibility,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

LRC Benelux is one of eight LRCs under the command and control of the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. LRCs execute installation logistics support and services to include supply, maintenance, and transportation as well as clothing issue facility operations, hazardous material management, personal property and household goods, passenger travel, non-tactical vehicle and garrison equipment management, and property book operations. When it comes to providing day-to-day installation services, LRC Benelux directs, manages and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux.<\/p>\n

LRC Benelux reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and provides materiel enterprise support to U.S. Forces throughout Europe and Africa \u2013 providing theater sustainment logistics; synchronizing acquisition, logistics and technology; and leveraging U.S. Army Materiel Command\u2019s materiel enterprise to support joint forces. For more information on the 405th AFSB, visit the official website<\/a> and the official Facebook site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gerard Bibbins is the installation property book officer at Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. He is responsible for a team of property book specialists located in Chi\u00e8vres and Brussels, Belgium, as well as Brunssum, Netherlands. Together, they manage 78 hand receipts across three countries, to include Germany, valued at about $30 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116786,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116790,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116784\/revisions\/116790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/116786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}