{"id":154202,"date":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=154202"},"modified":"2024-04-22T09:10:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:10:14","slug":"powerful-grasp-of-languages-common-denominator-for-lrc-italy-employee-of-the-year-selections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=154202","title":{"rendered":"Powerful grasp of languages common denominator for LRC Italy employee of the year selections"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n A powerful grasp of languages was the common denominator for Logistics Readiness Center Italy\u2019s Employee of the Year selections for fiscal year 2023. The senior graded employee of the year speaks five languages, and the junior graded employee of the year is a linguistics scholar. Rudy Valentin is LRC Italy\u2019s senior-graded employee of the year, and LRC Italy\u2019s junior-graded employee of the year is Elena Esposito.
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 A powerful grasp of languages was the common denominator for Logistics Readiness Center Italy\u2019s Employee of the Year selections for fiscal year 2023. The senior graded employee of the year speaks five languages, and the junior graded employee of the year is a linguistics scholar.<\/p>\n

Rudy Valentin, who was first selected as LRC Italy\u2019s employee of the quarter (senior-graded) for the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2023, is now LRC Italy\u2019s senior-graded employee of the year, and LRC Italy\u2019s employee of the quarter (junior-graded) for the 4th quarter of fiscal year 2023, Elena Esposito, is now LRC Italy\u2019s junior-graded employee of the year.<\/p>\n

Valentin, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, is a supervisory workforce management specialist at LRC Italy. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York City, he speaks Spanish and English. His wife of over 21 years is from France so he also speaks French, and he learned Brazilian Portuguese as a Foreign Area Officer with U.S. Southern Command. In addition, he speaks Italian, which has proven extremely valuable at LRC Italy.<\/p>\n

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The 27-year retired Army field grade officer whose last active-duty assignment was with the U.S. Army War College said there are over 150 Italian local national employees at LRC Italy.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they come into my office, they can express themselves in their native language, and I understand them. I think they enjoy that, and they feel more comfortable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Esposito, who obtained her master\u2019s degree in translation and interpreting from the CIELS University for Linguistics Mediators in Padova, Italy, has volunteered as a translator at U.S. Army Garrison Italy ceremonies and special events, like the annual \u2018Taste of Vicenza.\u2019<\/p>\n

To complete her degree, the administrative support assistant at LRC Italy did her university dissertation on the global information war and how controlling the information space has affected the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s the manipulation of the media, not only mainstream media but also information on social networks and among social media users,\u201d said Esposito. But the support she receives from her team is not fake news. \u201cThat\u2019s the truth,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\n Elena Esposito, an administrative support assistant at Logistics Readiness Center Italy, was recently selected as LRC Italy\u2019s employee of the year (junior-graded) for fiscal year 2023.
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\u201cI am excited and happy and grateful. I am grateful not only to my leadership who recognized me, but also to my coworkers and my team. Personally, I feel very lucky to be working for the U.S. Army and LRC Italy. I absolutely love my job and everything about it,\u201d Esposito said.<\/p>\n

Read more about Valentin in this Army News article<\/a> and more about Esposito in this Army News article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LRC Italy 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 Italy directs, manages and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Italy.<\/p>\n

LRC Italy reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment and headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The brigade 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":"

A powerful grasp of languages was the common denominator for Logistics Readiness Center Italy\u2019s Employee of the Year selections for fiscal year 2023. The senior graded employee of the year speaks five languages, and the junior graded employee of the year is a linguistics scholar. Rudy Valentin is LRC Italy\u2019s senior-graded employee of the year, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":154204,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154202","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\/154202","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=154202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154208,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154202\/revisions\/154208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/154204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}