{"id":429600,"date":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=429600"},"modified":"2025-04-29T10:17:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T10:17:05","slug":"2025-full-circle-moment-for-lrc-italy-drivers-testing-supervisor-on-armys-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=429600","title":{"rendered":"2025 full circle moment for LRC Italy driver\u2019s testing supervisor on Army\u2019s 250th birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Ivelisse Rodriguez is the supervisor at the Drivers Testing and Training Station. She said she was a second-grade student in the exact same building she works at now, a \u201cfull circle moment.\u201d Previously a central school for U.S. dependent children at Caserme Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, the building is now U.S. Army Garrison Italy\u2019s new Central Processing Facility. \u201cI\u2019m so happy to be back here, especially on this year, the Army\u2019s 250th birthday. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d she said.
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VICENZA, Italy \u2013 Although Ivelisse Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico, she spent her entire adolescent life living around the world as an Army brat. Growing up in places like Panama, Germany and Italy, the now Army civilian employee with Logistics Readiness Center Italy said many things about her life \u201chave come full circle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was in this building when I was in second grade,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cIt was the elementary school, middle school and high school \u2013 all in one. Now, it\u2019s U.S. Army Garrison Italy\u2019s new Central Processing Facility. We just moved into the building this month. It\u2019s only our second week here. It\u2019s USAG Italy\u2019s newest community support facility where new Soldiers and their families in process when they come here.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been about 38 years since Rodriguez was a second-grade student in the same building on Caserme Ederle where she now works as the supervisor for LRC Italy\u2019s Drivers Testing and Training Station, Building 309, Room 10. Rodriguez, who started working at DTTS in September of 2024, said she grew up an Army brat and cherishes her childhood memories of Italy. It was a dream come true to return, all these years later, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first overseas duty station my dad got was Italy, here in Vicenza. I\u2019m so happy to be back here, especially on this year, the Army\u2019s 250th birthday. I love it. I love Italy. I love serving the Army community here. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!\u201d said Rodriguez, who was also an Army Soldier and an automated logistics specialist for three years at Fort Stewart, Georgia.<\/p>\n

As the DTTS supervisor, Rodriguez said she and her team are responsible for supporting the USAG Italy community with all their drivers licensing needs. Besides their U.S. Army Europe drivers\u2019 licenses, Rodriguez and her team assist with motorcycle endorsements and military non-tactical vehicle licensing. The DTTS team also provides guidance and instructions, as well as a required DTTS memorandum, that community members need to receive their Italian international licenses. The Italian license, which costs about 300 Euros, qualifies them to operate a motor vehicle outside of Italy and across Europe.<\/p>\n

But drivers testing and training support isn\u2019t Rodriguez\u2019 only specialized area of expertise at the LRC. Before accepting the position as DTTS supervisor, she was a quality control inspector with LRC Italy assisting Soldiers and Army families with their household goods and unaccompanied baggage shipments within the USAG Italy area of responsibility.<\/p>\n

For about 16 months Rodriguez inspected the contracted moving companies, ensuring they continuously met her customers\u2019 needs while following mandated guidelines and procedures. And she assisted her customers, as best she could, during what many would consider turbulent times \u2013 moving from one duty station to another.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore that, I was working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Savannah, Georgia, for five years as a realty specialist,\u201d said Rodriguez, who has been married for 16 years and has two sons, ages 15 and 22. \u201cAt USACE Savannah, I was responsible for managing and disposing of real property, such as leased land and buildings on government lands.\u201d<\/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, 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 Italy directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Italy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\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":"

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