{"id":507105,"date":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=507105"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:25:13","slug":"lrc-benelux-brussels-transportation-expert-i-will-always-be-here-for-this-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=507105","title":{"rendered":"LRC Benelux Brussels transportation expert: \u2018I will always be here for this community\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Eileen Catalan is a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. She said she looks forward to coming to work every day because she loves what she does. \u201cIt\u2019s my second home, and I will always be here for this community, USAG Benelux and my LRC team,\u201d Catalan said.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium \u2013 When you\u2019re highly perceptive to people\u2019s feelings and needs and you love interacting with and helping people, transportation assistant might not be the first profession that comes to mind, but Eileen Catalan said for her it\u2019s the perfect fit.<\/p>\n

The Logistics Readiness Center Benelux local national employee in Brussels is responsible for assisting her customers with all their transportation needs \u2013 everything from household goods and unaccompanied baggage shipments to non-temporary storage and even shipping their privately owned vehicle at government expense.<\/p>\n

At her job, Catalan said she \u201cfeels needed.\u201d Since starting at LRC Benelux Brussels last September, the mother of two adult children who originally hails from Panay Island in the Philippines but has lived in Belgium for over two decades said being available, empathetic and encouraging has paid great dividends with her customers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like the effect of helping others. It\u2019s like planting a seed, watching it mature and grow, and then harvesting all that positive energy. I\u2019m very perceptive to their feelings and their morale needs, and I\u2019m still learning,\u201d said Catalan.<\/p>\n

As a transportation assistant for LRC Benelux in Brussels, Catalan has an extremely broad customer base. The people she supports include servicemembers and their families, U.S. personnel assigned to NATO, U.S. Embassy staff and leadership, U.S. personnel assigned to the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Department of Defense Education Activity employees such as teachers and school administrators, and more. She estimates the total population she supports exceeds 2,500 customers.<\/p>\n

Daily, Catalan said she has people call or walk into her office asking for assistance. Many times they don\u2019t have movement orders yet, but they come with lots of questions and often a few concerns, and Catalan and her coworker do their best to help them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sit down with them and brief them on their household goods and unaccompanied baggage allowances. Also, we brief them on shipping their privately owned vehicle and even the process of releasing their stored unaccompanied baggage in the U.S. after returning from their overseas mission,\u201d said Catalan who holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in nutrition and dietetics from Central Philippine University and before LRC Benelux worked as a food program manager for Child and Youth Services and as a food court manager for the Exchange.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor customers who choose to handle the administrative requirements for their shipments themselves, we discuss the process of doing a personally procured move and the pros and cons,\u201d said Catalon, who also worked as a special events coordinator and recreation specialist with USAG Benelux\u2019s Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Directorate before accepting a job offer with LRC Benelux.<\/p>\n

For other customers who rely on the LRC Benelux transportation office to coordinate their move, \u201cwe actually take over their shipment request for them,\u201d said the 54-year-old transportation expert. \u201cThey complete a worksheet with all their personal information, estimated shipment weights, addresses, and special requirements like motorcycle or firearms, taxidermy forms and certificates, and we take over the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to coming to work because I love what I do. It\u2019s my second home, and I will always be here for this community, USAG Benelux and my LRC team,\u201d said Catalan.<\/p>\n

LRC Benelux 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 Benelux directs, manages and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of U.S. Army Garrison Benelux.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

LRC Benelux reports to the 405th AFSB, which 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eileen Catalan is a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Benelux, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. She said she looks forward to coming to work every day because she loves what she does. \u201cIt\u2019s my second home, and I will always be here for this community, USAG Benelux and my LRC team,\u201d Catalan said. (Photo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507107,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507105","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\/507105","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=507105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507108,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507105\/revisions\/507108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/507107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=507105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=507105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=507105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}