Army Corps of Engineers, with its unique and varied missions, has its own large contracting mission. While they are flexible in their support, the bulk of their work tends to be managing contracts for supplies, services and basic life support – much like Temblador described in his experience in Iraq. Most 51C’s work in larger Army or joint commands focused primarily on the contracting mission and providing support to other Army commands and units, like Army Contracting Command or the Defense Contract Management Agency. “In addition to the great work our 51C’s perform, the Europe District also benefits greatly from the ‘can do’ attitude and example they provide to the organization.” “At the Europe District, we’ve found that several of our programs, Humanitarian Assistance as an example, provide the best possible opportunities for our 51C’s to exercise the knowledge, skills and abilities from formal classroom training, on-the-job training with Department of the Army Civilians teammates, and their previous experience they bring to bear,” said Europe District’s Chief of Contracting Chris Tew. In Europe District these military personnel provide contracting support to the command’s wide variety of missions in Europe, Africa and Israel, with an emphasis often on the more remote and less traditional projects. While noncommissioned officers serving as contracting professionals are 51C’s and officers serving as contracting professionals are 51A’s, they are often all conversationally referred to as 51C’s. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District. He is now one of four Soldiers serving in the Contracting Division of the U.S. Temblador deployed as a radio transmission operator with an infantry brigade then, but has since reclassified to the 51C military occupational specialty, or MOS, an Army career field where Soldiers focus on providing that contracting piece that’s so critical to everything the Army does. I kind of wondered how did all that get there?” Contracting Specialist Master Sgt. WIESBADEN, Germany - “I deployed to Iraq in 2007, and when I got there everything was just ‘magically’ there. (Photo Credit: Courtesy Photo) VIEW ORIGINAL Temblador is one of four Soldiers serving in Europe District’s Contracting Division and while they support a wide range of projects, they often support some of the District’s more remote construction efforts like this Humanitarian Assistance project. Eulid Temblador, seated in the far end of the right side of the table in civilian clothes, discusses plans for a school project with local partners in Azerbaijan during a site visit in February 2022. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Contracting Specialist Master Sgt. (Photo Credit: Chris Gardner) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Kopecky is one of four Soldiers serving in the Contracting Division and while they support a wide range of projects, they often support some of the District’s more remote construction efforts. Aaron Kopecky and Europe District Chief of Contracting Chris Tew discuss projects in the Caucasus region while looking at a map in Europe District offices in Wiesbaden, Germany January 10, 2023, Europe District manages construction of a variety of projects in multiple countries in the Caucasus region. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Contracting Officer Master Sgt. (Photo Credit: Chris Gardner) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Stringer, Bookout and Kopecky are all contracting professionals in Europe District’s Contracting Division, providing contracting support to a wide range of projects throughout Europe and Africa. Aaron Kopecky at the Europe District offices in Wiesbaden, Germany January 10, 2023. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District Chief of Contracting Chris Tew discusses projects with Maj.
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