I am currently deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Deputy G-8 resource manager.
I’m Capt. Anh Tran and I currently live in Killeen, Texas. Since joining the Army in 1997 as an enlisted personnel administrative specialist, I have done stuff that I never thought I would do. I switched over to finance before becoming a noncommissioned officer and eventually transitioned to being a finance officer in 2002.
I am currently deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, as the 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) Deputy G-8 resource manager. We do the budgeting for the 316th and its down trace units. This is my first deployment and has been pretty interesting. I’m learning something new every day, right now we are learning a new system while still working with the old system.
During my free time I go see movies at the post theater, which is free, so I can walk out if I don’t like it. I also ran the Labor Day 5K and went to the carnival afterwards where I won a ridiculous hat. I’ve also participated in a USO program, United Through Reading, where you read a book for your kids and they record it, then you can send it to them. I’ve done that twice so far.
When I get back home I will be returning to First Army, Division West, where I’m a member of the active guard reserve program working from Ft. Hood, Texas. I give finance Soldiers with sustainment commands and sustainment brigades hands on training, helping to prepare them before they deploy.
I’d like to say hi and I love you to my family in California, Texas and Hawaii. After this deployment my goal is to go to Hawaii so my youngest daughter can meet her great grandmother.