{"id":90849,"date":"2024-01-16T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=90849"},"modified":"2024-01-17T18:12:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T18:12:26","slug":"lrc-stuttgart-employee-who-grew-up-in-communist-romania-now-living-the-american-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=90849","title":{"rendered":"LRC Stuttgart employee who grew up in communist Romania now living the ‘American dream’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Corina Cruceanu, a plans and operations specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, grew up in Romania in the \u201880s during communism. Pictured here is Cruceanu (far right, standing) with her kindergarten class. Cruceanu said the school uniforms were only provided to them for the official school photo as a form of propaganda, and the same is true for the books they are holding. \u201cThe books were given to us only for the picture. After, they took them away,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd the dolls in the back \u2013 we were not allowed to touch them. Few girls had dolls back then.\u201d
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STUTTGART, Germany \u2013 Corina Cruceanu was 11 years old when her parents left her and her sister and brother in Romania and moved to the United States. For her first nine years, Cruceanu grew up in a communist society, but in the mid \u201890s her parents established official residency in the U.S. and Cruceanu and her siblings were able to join them in Virginia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe left Romania with one piece of luggage each, in search of the American dream,\u201d said Cruceanu, a plans and operations specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

Now, her parents are retired and living in Florida after running a successful construction business for 30 years, her brother owns his own construction business, and her sister has a criminal justice degree and works in the security arena.<\/p>\n

Cruceanu, herself, is a retired Air Force master sergeant with 21 years of active-duty service, and since last April, she\u2019s also an Army civilian employee with the 405th Army Field Support Brigade\u2019s LRC Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I look back, I try to imagine what would have happened to us if we would have stayed in Romania,\u201d she said. \u201cWe definitely would not have enjoyed all the opportunities the U.S. has afforded us over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Before becoming an Army civilian employee and being assigned to Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart working as a plans and operations specialist, Corina Cruceanu served more than 21 years in the Air Force. Her last assignment before retiring from active duty in 2021 was the flight chief for a Logistics Readiness Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy.
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For example, Cruceanu was stationed in Norway at the U.S. embassy there for three years, and when she retired from the Air Force in 2021 at Aviano Air Base, Italy, she was the flight chief for a Logistics Readiness Squadron.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefinitely no country in the world affords you these kinds of opportunities \u2013 opportunities only the U.S. can give you,\u201d said Cruceanu who has an associate\u2019s degree in logistics from the Community College of the Air Force and is currently working on her bachelor\u2019s degree in contracting and acquisition from Strayer University.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery day I\u2019m thankful my family and I have experienced what it\u2019s like to live the American dream,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

And when it comes to working at LRC Stuttgart, Cruceanu said she\u2019s equally thankful.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt LRC Stuttgart, we have a small team of Department of the Army civilian employees who are all amazing,\u201d Cruceanu said. \u201cMost of them are prior military so we all speak the same language. For me, it was an easy transition into the government civilian world because of all my experience and the lingo we use.\u201d<\/p>\n

LRC Stuttgart also has a robust local national workforce who make up the core of the team and are absolutely invaluable to the mission, said Cruceanu.<\/p>\n

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\n Corina Cruceanu is a plans and operations specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart. The retired Air Force master sergeant started working for the 405th Army Field Support Brigade\u2019s LRC Stuttgart last April. She said LRC Stuttgart has a small team of Department of the Army civilian employees and a highly diverse group of local national employees, as well.
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\u201cOur local national workforce is comprised of people from around the world. I love all the diversity they bring to LRC Stuttgart,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Cruceanu said she also loves the workload. At LRC Stuttgart, Cruceanu manages all the day-to-day operations, working directly with the division chiefs and the director establishing unit policies while providing guidance and direction for logistical plans, programs, resourcing and objectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can say LRC Stuttgart is at the State Department level of operations,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s similar to what I learned as a member of the Air Force and what I learned when I worked for the State Department at a U.S. embassy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Cruceanu is in the process of assuming more responsibility at work. She\u2019s in training now, learning all there is to know about the additional programs she\u2019ll be taking over as well as her responsibilities representing LRC Stuttgart in the U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart Emergency Operations Center.<\/p>\n

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\n Corina Cruceanu, a plans and operations specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, (top row, second from left) was selected to assist with standing up a new LRC in Poland. While there last July and again in September, she evaluated logistical resources and provided valuable recommendations on multiple logistics activities. Cruceanu also helped LRC Poland with implementing knowledge and records management systems, and with building an office record list in the Army Records Information Management System, or ARIMS.
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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, 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 Stuttgart directs, manages, and coordinates a variety of operations and activities in support of USAG Stuttgart.<\/p>\n

LRC Stuttgart reports to the 405th AFSB, which is assigned to U.S. Army Sustainment Command and under the operational control of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa. The brigade is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany, and 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":"

Corina Cruceanu, a plans and operations specialist at Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart, grew up in Romania in the \u201880s during communism. Pictured here is Cruceanu (far right, standing) with her kindergarten class. Cruceanu said the school uniforms were only provided to them for the official school photo as a form of propaganda, and the same […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90851,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90849","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\/90849","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=90849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90856,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90849\/revisions\/90856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/90851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=90849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=90849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}