Remember me. By Staff Sgt. Ensuring the Army in this theater has fully mission capable, combat essential equipment for Soldiers to actually receive, is the responsibility of the Combat Equipment Battalion-Kuwait. Scott N. Fletcher, CEB commander. An overwhelming majority of the workforce within the unit is comprised of third country nationals serving as mechanics; however, less than are Soldiers, who are assigned to the unit as supervisors.
But of the small amount of Soldiers, most are technical experts. This battalion is pretty heavy on the leadership side. You'll see that it's mostly staff sergeant promotables and above," said Fletcher. That's so the contractor is complying with their contract. When you look at the large array of equipment we have to repair, you need to have people who have a broad scope, when it comes to their technical background.
This vital force protection asset has been in the limelight in recent weeks because of the requirement by ground commanders to rapidly field the vehicles in Iraq to help protect our Army's most valuable asset--the Soldiers.
This requirement by the Army's leaders made the CEBs normal operation even more noteworthy. When they find it, it will come here. That important assignment is only the tip of the iceberg for the folks at the CEB. When the war started, all of this was brought here and issued to the 3rd Infantry Division. They fought with it to Baghdad, came back and turned it back in.
We basically took that heavily used equipment, some of it damaged, some of it just ridden hard and have been repairing it and issuing it out," said Fletcher. Additionally, as equipment is damaged in Iraq, a unit's request is sent to the CEB for a replacement.
