{"id":414745,"date":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=414745"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:27:21","slug":"lrc-wiesbaden-employee-on-armys-250th-its-been-a-series-of-beautiful-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=414745","title":{"rendered":"LRC Wiesbaden employee on Army\u2019s 250th: ‘it\u2019s been a series of beautiful moments’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Gary Alderman works at his office, April 16. The Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden transportation assistant said, \u201cthe Army is my family outside of my family. I\u2019m proud and happy to be a part of this special community, especially on this special year and special occasion. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d
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\n Gary Alderman, a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, (on left) assists a Soldier with his household goods shipment at the barracks in Wiesbaden, Germany, April 16. Alderman, a former Soldier himself, said, \u201cI enjoy helping my fellow brothers and sisters in arms. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d
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WIESBADEN, Germany \u2013 At Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, Gary Alderman is more than just his job title, transportation assistant. The Army civilian employee, who is also a former Soldier, is a transportation quality control and quality assurance specialist, a U.S. Department of Agriculture compliance inspector and program manager, and a senior customs border clearance stamp custodian and border clearance agent, plus more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI provide logistical support for our active-duty servicemembers and Department of Defense civilians when it comes to their personal property shipments \u2013 both household goods and unaccompanied baggage \u2013 inbound and outbound shipments. And I also go through the daily truck runs with the five moving companies we work with,\u201d said the former Soldier who served seven years on active-duty as a wheeled-vehicle operator and truck driver.<\/p>\n

\u201cI work with the transportation counselors to make sure all the paperwork is correct. I do physical inspections of inbound and outbound shipments. I do agriculture inspections to ensure compliance with all the USDA policies and regulations, and as USDA program manager here, I handle the quarterly agriculture inspections reports,\u201d said Alderman, who holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Purdue University with a concentration in supply chain management and logistics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also conduct quarterly training with our LRC Wiesbaden team on the transportation side, and I\u2019m the primary stamp custodian and senior customs border clearance agent for LRC Wiesbaden,\u201d added Alderman, who is also pursuing a master\u2019s in business administration with Purdue.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love this job. When I first got here, I worked at AAFES. Eventually I graduated to a wage grade employee with the Defense Commissary Agency, and then I finally landed a job here in transportation with LRC Wiesbaden,\u201d said Alderman who grew up outside Dallas and joined the Army at 21.<\/p>\n

\u201cEver since then, it’s been a series of beautiful moments. I enjoy every single day. I enjoy helping my fellow brothers and sisters in arms,\u201d said the 33-year-old husband and father of a 10-month-old girl and 12-year-old boy. \u201cThe Army is my family outside of my family. I\u2019m proud and happy to be a part of this special community, especially on this special year and special occasion. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\n Gary Alderman (on right) receives a trophy for winning a weightlifting competition while deployed to Afghanistan in 2014. At Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, Alderman is an Army civilian employee and a transportation assistant, transportation quality control and quality assurance specialist, U.S. Department of Agriculture compliance inspector and program manager, senior customs border clearance stamp custodian and border clearance agent, and more.
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LRC Wiesbaden 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, transportation, and food service management as well as clothing issue facility operations, hazardous material management, personal property and household goods, passenger travel, property book operations, and non-tactical vehicle and garrison equipment management. When it comes to providing day-to-day installation services, LRC Wiesbaden directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden.<\/p>\n

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 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

The Army will celebrate its 250th birthday on June 14. For 250 years, the Army has offered endless possibilities and opportunities for service to our nation with over 200 career choices for Soldiers and more than 500 career paths for civilians. Go here to learn more about the Army\u2019s 250th birthday<\/a>, and check out the DVIDS\u2019s special Army birthday feature portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 \/ 2 Show Caption + Hide Caption \u2013 Gary Alderman works at his office, April 16. The Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden transportation assistant said, \u201cthe Army is my family outside of my family. I\u2019m proud and happy to be a part of this special community, especially on this special year and special occasion. Happy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414747,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414745","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\/414745","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=414745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":414751,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414745\/revisions\/414751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/414747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=414745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=414745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=414745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}