Airmen are taking new and challenging billets in Iraq, and the job of the 732nd Expeditionary Mission Support Group’s Personnel Support for Contingency Operation team is to keep track of them all. While most of the “in lieu of forces” airmen are separate from the EMSG at Balad Air Base, the have to be in-processed. Supporting 30 forward locations and over 1,000 airmen in the wing who work outside Balad, the team’s office is manned 18 hours a day and another is on standby 24 hours a day. In addition to personnel assistance, the team liaison’s work, database support and emergency support assistance.
A new report by the Defense Department’s Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation found that Texas and Virginia are America’s top recipients of defense spending, some $83 billion and $64.3 billion, respectively. Texas and California top the spending categories for Air Force contracts and personnel, some $17 billion and $15…