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Last Round - Finanace Returns
Photo and story by Kryn Westhoven, NJDMAVA/PA
Spc. Robin Johnson holds a small American flag mirroring the backdrop
of the Stars and Stripes along the Flemington Armory wall during the 250th
Finance Detachment’s Welcome Home ceremony on Nov. 13.
Once again the community came out in force to welcome the nineteen Soldiers,
who were mobilized in August 2005 and spent a year ‘Boots on the
Ground’ in Iraq. The 250th Finance is the fourth of the four 50th
Finance Battalion detachments to be mobilized since 2003 in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
The 250th Finance Detachment was located at Camp Liberty and three Forward
Operating Bases (FOB), Scania, Kalsu and Echo. Finance Support Teams (FST)
logged more than 2,000 miles on the road before the mandating of air travel
as the unit supported 6,000 Soldiers at two additional FOB’s, Delta
and Duke.
Through the year the New Jersey Soldiers handled pay advances and check
cashing totaling $22.8 million dollars and $75 million dollars in payments
to 100 U.S. Government contracts.
Statistically the 250th Finance Detachment serviced a total of 95,000
customers to include military personnel, government civilians, and civilian
contractors, disbursing an average of nearly $1.1 million dollars every
week; all this was accomplished without a loss of funds.
The 250th Finance handled pay inquiries for more than 3,400 Soldiers and
achieved a 94 percent first-time success in MILPAY Database Inputs.
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