Task Force Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot June 14th, 2007
For Flag Day what better way to salute the flag that to salute folks who are defending the flag and our way of life. One such person is Command Sergeant Major Tom Beyard, who is the City of
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Currently he is deployed with the Task Force Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot and he recently e-mailed some additional information about TF AVCRAD.
For Flag Day why not send him a care package…
Cards, coffee, cookies, and stuff from home can be sent to:
CSM Thomas Beyard
Command Sergeant Major
TF AVCRAD 06-08
Below, please find more information about TF AVCRAD from Tom Beyard.
Task Force Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot
(TF AVCRAD 06-08)
TF AVCRAD 06 – 08 was officially formed on July 11, 2006. TF AVCRAD consists of over 225 soldiers from sixteen different states.
Soldiers come from HQ, ADMRU from Edgewood, Maryland; F Company, 135th Aviation from Frankfort, Kentucky; 1106th AVCRAD from Fresno; California; 1109th AVCRAD from Groton, Connecticut; 1107th AVCRAD from Springfield, Missouri; and soldiers from Alabama, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, New York, Hawaii, Ohio, North Carolina and Georgia.
TF AVCRAD 06 – 08 was formed to become the “fifth” AVCRAD. To date, the four organic AVCRADs already deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF). TF AVCRAD tests a new concept for Army aviation logistics – to bring together a command and control cell and match it with an enhanced AVIM plus – to perform the mission of an AVCRAD. This is a huge task and TF AVCRAD soldiers have met the challenge and are setting the standard for follow-on units.
The command and control cell comes from HQ, ADMRU, a unit of
The enhanced AVIM plus comes from F Company, 135th Aviation, with supporting maintenance and supply soldiers from the 1106th, 1107th and the 1109th AVCRADs. This unique organization required intensive post-mobilization training for TF AVCRAD soldiers to reach the required level of individual and collective skill.
TF AVCRAD 06-08 executes the Theater Aviation Maintenance Program (TAMP) mission in support of OIF/OEF. TF AVCRAD soldiers provide: 1) National Maintenance Program (NMP) repair management capability; 2) back-up Supply Support Activity (SSA) operations; 3) “limited” Depot level maintenance support; and 4) on order, provide Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Support (AVIM) support to aviation units located in
TF AVCRAD soldiers are executing their mission at various locations including Camp Arifjan, the Kuwait APOD and SPOD, Udari Army Airfield at Camp Buehring, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Kuwait Naval Base in Kuwait, in addition to the work of the fix forward teams at Balad, Iraq and Bagram, Afghanistan and other locations in those countries.
Six TF AVCRAD soldiers completed a mission in Sinai, Egypt in support of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) and only recently TF AVCRAD assumed responsibility for the operations of the Theater Aviation Single Manager (TASM), a unique organization responsible for responding to non-standard problems and providing solutions in the aviation field, in addition to other important duties.
The 60+ soldiers from HQ, ADMRU are proud of the role they play in supporting the warfight. While aviation logistics doesn’t always get the attention of other important missions, professionals know and understand that aviation logistics helps insure the Army helicopters are always flying and ready for the next mission. “Semper volans”, Latin for “always flying”, is also the motto of TF AVCRAD. The unit is set to complete its mission and redeploy to
POC: CSM Thomas Beyard
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