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T&S training and simuLatiOn Shoulder to Shoulder Technical Services Military Trainer Contributes to Iraq Surge Operations here were many visual signs demonstrating that the tide of violence had turned in Baghdad: shops were opening up, garbage was disappearing from the city streets and children were playing again. For Brad Britt, TS military analyst and an Army Reserves colonel who recently returned from a one-year deployment to Iraq, these signs were tangible proof that the infusion of additional U.S. military strength into Iraq was proving effective at shoring up security. “When I was there last year, the attacks were down about 80 to 90 percent,” Britt said. “Those numbers are still holding up today.” His call-up and service in Iraq was from Jan. 7, 2007, to Dec. 22, 2007. Now working as a military analyst at Fort Knox, Ky., instructing soldiers at the Army’s armor center, Britt, who’s been with Northrop Grumman and its heritage companies since 1989, served as a team chief of the 2nd Iraqi National Police Division Transition Team while in Iraq. His mission was to provide leadership to four brigade-level training teams assigned to coach, mentor and provide logistics and operations support to Iraqi units in training. In all, 12 battalion-level teams worked alongside Iraqi security force units, which included the Iraqi Army and Iraqi national and local police elements. T Rob McNeal, an Information Technology sector employee in Virginia and lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, was deployed along with Britt for the surge operations. Britt and McNeal both went through U.S. Army Transition Team training at Fort Riley, Kan., in 2006. McNeal served as team chief for the 1st Iraqi National Police Division Transition Team. Both men served more than eight years on active duty in the Army before joining the Army Reserve. “The Iraqi forces are getting stronger every day with our assistance,” said Britt. “The scale of our training efforts in that year was considerable (a division numbers 12,000-plus soldiers). But we also made other contributions while there, such as opening a new healthcare clinic and various outreach efforts.” TS Brad Britt (left) of Technical Services and Rob McNeal of Information Technology in military theater in Baghdad, Iraq. Saudi Arabia Joint Venture Employees Celebrate Service Milestones innell Arabia, a Technical Services-led joint venture, has provided training and other support services to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for more than 30 years. Vinnell Arabia provides the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) with technical services in the areas of management, training, equipment, construction, maintenance, supply, medical service, procurement and facilities. Program success is attributable to one key element: a highly dedicated and experienced workforce. Recently, many of these exemplary team members celebrated service anniversary milestones with the company. 1 T S V 2 1 2 Vinnell Arabia team members from the Institutional Training Division, Training Doctrine Branch, receive their service awards. They are (left) Meteb M. Al-Anazi (five years) and (right) James Neel (10 years). Between them is Mace Crowe, manager of the Institutional Training Division. Ahmed Essa A. Al-Somali (left; 10 years), and Khalid H. Al-Masoud (15 years), team members from Vinnell Arabia, Institutional Training Division, Training Support Branch, receive Northrop Grumman Service awards. Training staff and SANG school instructors. Garland Anderson (left), senior developer and trainer, and Kamel A. Hamdan (right), Mission Systems sector chief interpreter and translator, train a member of the Saudi Arabia National Guard on turret gun sights and turret maintenance. 3 3 4 4 20 Technical Services Magazine • Winter 2008

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Technical Services - Winter 2008 Contents President’s Column Lake Charles Maintenance and Modification Center Celebrates Milestones F-18 Fleet Support in Malaysia B-2 Receives Upgrades U.S. Army Upgrades Entire Hunter Fleet Global Hawk Missions Flown in Support of California Wildfires Lanham Site Provides World-Class Support FSE Warner Robins Achieves CMMI Level 3 Rating TS Participates in Multi-Sector Conference Egypt and Volunteer Activities Fort Hood Team Prepares Warfighters for Combat; eSupport Team TS Team Members in Turkey Wallops Island Team Wins Kreiger Award TS Teams Win Chairman’s Award for Excellence ACS Program and Continuing Education; Space Gateway Training Team to Combat IED Threat Shoulder to Shoulder – Brad Britt; Saudi Arabia Service Milestones Warner Robins Training and Simulation I’m In! Ethics; ID/IQ Business; All-Hands Meetings

Technical Services - Winter 2008

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