{"id":420696,"date":"2025-04-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=420696"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:20:36","slug":"once-guyanese-military-29-year-us-veteran-at-lrc-stuttgart-happy-250th-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=420696","title":{"rendered":"Once Guyanese military, 29-year US veteran at LRC Stuttgart: \u2018Happy 250th, Army!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Colin Greene is a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart. He said as an immigrant, he\u2019s humbled to be given the opportunity to serve the United States of America, first as a Soldier and now as an Army civilian. \u201cI\u2019m especially humbled this year \u2026 as we celebrate the Army\u2019s 250th birthday. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d Greene said.
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\n Colin Greene, a quality assurance inspector at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, shares regulatory fire hazard guidance with a customer April 17. Customers are restricted from shipping batteries in their household goods, he said.
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\n Colin Greene, a quality assurance inspector at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, goes over a household goods inventory sheet with a customer at her off-post residence April 17. Greene also serves as a transportation assistant, U.S. Department of Agriculture certified inspector, and customs border clearance agent with LRC Stuttgart.
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STUTTGART, Germany \u2013 Colin Greene served eight years with his home country\u2019s military before immigrating to the U.S. and joining the Army. Initially a servicemember with the Guyana defense force air corps, Greene attended the U.S. School of Americas at Albrook Air Force Station in Panama to study general aircraft maintenance in 1982 under the tutelage of the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n

It was at this training Greene realized he wanted to serve with the U.S. Armed Forces, \u201cthe greatest force in the universe,\u201d he said. Thanks to his grandparents who lived in New York, Greene was able to move from Guyana to the U.S. in 1986. Within 90 days after arriving, he applied and received his permanent U.S. residency, and a few months later \u2013 after meeting all the requirements to serve \u2013 he joined the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n

That was 38 years ago. Greene went on to serve 29 years as an active-duty Soldier with the Army. Among dozens of career highlights, he deployed to Iraq in 2003 for the first iteration of Operation Iraq Freedom and served as a chemical company first sergeant on two separate tours to South Korea before retiring in 2017 as the chemical operations chief for 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command.<\/p>\n

But active-duty Army service wasn\u2019t enough for the retired first sergeant. A few months after retiring, he applied for an Army civilian position in Stuttgart with U.S. Africa Command and was immediately hired. Now, more than six years later, Greene is a transportation assistant, transportation quality assurance inspector, U.S. Department of Agriculture certified inspector, and customs border clearance agent with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, 405th Army Field Support Brigade.<\/p>\n

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\n Colin Greene, a transportation assistant at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, served 29 years as a Soldier and retired at the rank of first sergeant. Pictured here, Greene (on right) poses for a photo with his company commander and a South Korean captain at a Thanksgiving Day event in South Korea in 2008.
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\n Pictured here, Colin Greene (on left) poses for a photo with a few of his classmates at a U.S. School of Americas\u2019 graduation ceremony in Panama in 1982. Greene, a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, would go on to join the U.S. Army and serve as a Soldier and Army civilian for a combined 36 years and counting.
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\u201cAfter having been on the customer side of personal property and household goods shipments for many years, I\u2019m excited to now be on the other side helping to provide customer service and support to transitioning Soldiers and their families. In my role, I help to ensure their household goods and unaccompanied baggage shipments are properly packed, shipped and received without chaos or concern,\u201d said the 62-year-old husband and father to a 28-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am proud to continue serving and supporting our combatant commanders with executing their missions. I am proud to assist Soldiers and their families as they transition from one Army community to the next, helping to ensure they\u2019re fully ready to hit the ground and play an integral role in their combatant commanders\u2019 missions,\u201d said Greene, who originally hails from Georgetown, Guyana, but considers the Army his lifelong home.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an immigrant, I am humbled to be given this opportunity to serve the United States of America, first as a Soldier and now as an Army civilian,\u201d said Greene who applied for, studied and received his U.S. citizenship in 1992, three years after becoming a Soldier. \u201cI\u2019m especially humbled this year. It\u2019s such an important year for the Army as we celebrate the Army\u2019s 250th birthday. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d<\/p>\n

LRC Stuttgart is one of eight LRCs under the command and control of the 405th AFSB. 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 Stuttgart directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

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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":"

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