{"id":536321,"date":"2025-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=536321"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:14:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:14:56","slug":"retired-reserve-colonel-still-serving-as-army-civilian-in-poland-with-team-405s-lrc-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=536321","title":{"rendered":"Retired Reserve colonel still serving as Army civilian in Poland with Team 405’s LRC Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Alan Manzo, a property book specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Poland (right), briefs contractors and representatives from U.S. Army Europe and Africa as well as the mayor\u2019s cell at Powidz, Poland, in March of 2025 on the proper procedure to descope the field shelters currently being used there and replace them with hardshell containerized housing and office units.
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\n Then Lt. Col. Alan Manzo, the lead 405th Army Field Support Brigade representative at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite assigned to the brigade\u2019s Support Operations Directorate, discusses requirements for the Powidz APS-2 worksite in April of 2023 with Polish Col. Przemel Musiej, the commander of the Polish military workforce, there.
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CAMP KOSCIUSZKO, Poland \u2013 It\u2019s not unusual for a Soldier or Army officer to retire and continue serving as an Army civilian employee, but doing so in Poland is much less common. Alan Manzo was an Army Reserve officer on an Active Duty for Operational Support (ADOS) tour to Europe with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade before officially retiring with 31 years of service in August of 2023.<\/p>\n

As an ADOS Reservist, Manzo was the lead 405th AFSB representative at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland while it was still under construction. Upon retiring, Manzo returned to his hometown of Helotes, Texas, and a year later came back to Poland as an Army civilian employee assigned to Logistics Readiness Center Poland, 405th AFSB.<\/p>\n

Now, Manzo works in the property book office of the Supply and Services Division, LRC Poland. He said his office, including him, is made up of three Army civilians and three contractors. While that may seem like a robust property book team to some, Manzo said because of their mission in Poland and the number of sites and forward operating bases they support, it\u2019s not.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are responsible for equipment all over Poland in support of the rotational units, here,\u201d he said. \u201cIn total there are 11 forward operating bases that we\u2019re responsible for. We\u2019re talking about U.S. Army Garrison Poland, we\u2019re talking about equipment still under the old legacy Area Support Group Poland before USAG Poland existed, and we\u2019re talking about equipment internal to LRC Poland.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDay to day, it\u2019s maintaining accountability for property scattered all across Poland that\u2019s used in support of the rotational units, and it\u2019s reducing waste and saving the Army money by turning in the excess equipment, life-cycle replaceable equipment and inoperable equipment,\u201d said the retired colonel who served 16 years on active duty and 15 years in the Army Reserve.<\/p>\n

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\n Then Lt. Col. Alan Manzo, left, a forward operations officer in charge for U.S. Army Central\u2019s Army Reserve Engagement Cell, fires at his target with Master Sgt. Bryan O\u2019Rourke, a retention officer with U.S. Army Central\u2019s Army Reserve Engagement Cell and a safety, during the marksmanship event for the German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency at the Udari Range, Kuwait, Sept. 5, 2019.
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Manzo said he and his team work directly with USAG Poland leadership and the 19 directorates, staff sections and offices within the garrison to ensure 100 percent accountability is maintained on all the garrison equipment all the time. The property book team from LRC Poland works with the Directorate of Public Works; the Family, Morale Welfare and Recreation Directorate; Directorate of Human Resources; Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security; the Resource Management Office; Information Management Office; Public Affairs Office; and others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt certainly can be a challenge at times, but overall it\u2019s just fantastic working we all these professionals as we do our very best to support the warfighters,\u201d said Manzo, who added that his team of property book experts is operating at about 40 percent of their authorized strength, and the garrison they support doesn\u2019t have property book specialists or a property book section.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s a total team effort, and everyone just kind of says, \u2018hey, you know what? Let’s just get this done.\u2019 No one here says, \u2018that\u2019s not my job.\u2019 Instead, we all come together as a team and take care of it,\u201d said Manzo who holds a Master of Science degree in education from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a master\u2019s in business administration from Wayland Baptist University, also in Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes that might mean we\u2019re unloading food trucks that just arrived or putting stuff on a dolly and moving it across the compound or driving out to one of the forward operating bases to help one of the staff sections with their property book inventories,\u201d said Manzo, who served for 2.5 years in combat, one tour each in Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

“If they need assistance, we\u2019re here to support them. We\u2019re a team. We\u2019re a big family,\u201d said Manzo, who come November will be married for 29 years. Manzo and his wife have two sons, he said, a senior at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado who just got accepted into flight school, and another at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut who\u2019s a sophomore.<\/p>\n

LRC Poland 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, 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 Poland directs, manages and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Poland.<\/p>\n

LRC Poland reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and headquartered in Kaiserslautern. 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":"

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