{"id":325045,"date":"2024-12-02T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=325045"},"modified":"2024-12-03T16:47:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T16:47:41","slug":"budget-analyst-who-returned-to-germany-after-30-years-now-at-afsbn-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=325045","title":{"rendered":"Budget analyst who returned to Germany after 30 years now at AFSBn-Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Caroline Richard is a budget analyst with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany supporting the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 program at two APS-2 worksites. She arrived to Germany in August after a 30-year break. Previously, she was stationed here with her husband in Fulda, Germany, three decades ago when he was a Soldier.
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\n Caroline Richard is a budget analyst with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany supporting the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 program at two APS-2 worksites. She started as federal employee 20 years ago while stationed with her husband in Naples, Italy. Her last position before coming to Germany was at the 82nd Airborne Division serving as the lead defense travel administrator.
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VILSECK, Germany \u2013 Caroline Richard was living in Germany 30 years ago as an Army dependent with her husband when he was stationed in Fulda as a Soldier. Now she\u2019s back, and the roles are reversed. Richard is a budget analyst with Army Field Support Battalion-Germany supporting the Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 program in Europe, and her husband is now retired and her dependent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to come back and capture some of that nostalgia we experienced then, now that our kids are grown up and gone to college,\u201d Richard said. \u201cWe were practically teenagers then, and we had no money, but we really enjoyed ourselves. I wanted to try and capture some of that from 30 years ago, all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a budget analyst at AFSBn-Germany, 405th Army Field Support Brigade, Richard is responsible for helping to manage the budget for the battalion headquarters in Vilseck as well as the APS-2 worksites in Germany, at D\u00fclmen and Mannheim. AFSBn-Germany assumed mission command of the Colemen APS-2 worksite in Mannheim in July, and Richard arrived in August.<\/p>\n

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Richard said when she got to AFSBn-Germany the battalion had no one working in the budget office (S-8). The chief position was vacant, and her position as an analyst had been unfilled for months. Lucky for her, though, she said the brigade budget office was very helpful.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrace Berger [from the brigade headquarters] has been guiding me along the way, and helping me integrate into the position,\u201d said Richard. \u201cShe\u2019s helped me get a battle rhythm going, and she\u2019s been extremely helpful. overall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richard, who came from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, said the opportunity to be back in Germany after all these years and work in a broadening assignment with the 405th AFSB was the right decision, and a good career move for her. And she said she is excited to support the warfighter here in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at a place and a space where I feel this organization and assignment will help me grow beyond where I\u2019ve been and what I\u2019ve done previously,\u201d said Richard who was the lead defense travel administrator at the 82nd Airborne Division before accepting the job with AFSBn-Germany earlier this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Richard started as federal employee 20 years ago while stationed with her husband in Naples, Italy. She was a secretary and an administrative assistant at the Department of Defense Education Activity in Naples. From there, she worked at Military Sealift Command before eventually moving to Fort Liberty to work at the hospital and then the 82nd.<\/p>\n

Being separated from family can be tough, Richard said, but she looks forward to having her four children and two grandchildren visit soon. She said one of her sons is an engineer and may soon land a project in Frankfurt. Another son is Air Force stationed in Japan. She\u2019s hopeful he\u2019ll be able to hop a military flight from there to Ramstein Air Base, Germany. And her daughter, who just started at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, may visit next summer.<\/p>\n

Separation aside, the 52-year-old native of Melville, Louisiana, and proud French Creole has high recommendations for anyone considering the 405th AFSB and coming to Europe to live and work on a three-year assignment.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they\u2019re at a crossroads in life where they want something new and an opportunity to meet new people and experience another culture, I would highly recommend they apply for a position at the 405th AFSB,\u201d said the Department of Defense certified financial management professional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re strategically positioned to directly support the warfighter, there’s a lot to offer here, and we have a lot of people here from different backgrounds who are all very supportive of each other,\u201d said Richard, who is set to receive her Certified Defense Financial Manager credentials from the American Comptrollers Association, hopefully by August.<\/p>\n

AFSBn-Germany is one of four battalions assigned to the 405th AFSB and is headquartered at Rose Barracks in Vilseck. The 405th AFSB is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command 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 AMC\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":"

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