Week full of ups and downs challenging for diehard Cowboys fan, new LRC Poland employee.
Poland For Kiara Shields, it was an up and down week. The two new leased network printers she had fought so hard to obtain were delivered in
excellent condition, but her favorite Dallas Cowboys finished their season in despair once again.
In addition to working as an information technology professional at Logistics Readiness Center Poland, Shields is an ardent supporter of the Cowboys.
The 29-year Super Bowl drought in Dallas was expected to break this season when Shields joined the team as a new hire at LRC Poland in
September. Unfortunately, it wasn’t.But also when she arrived at LRC Poland in September, her director and the rest of her team there were hopeful Shields would be the one to end their months-long IT drought. Happily, she was.
“We have a superstar at LRC Poland now,” said Director Chanteen Violette. “She came to us from South Korea and has taken our IT mission and ran with it.”
Thanks to Shields, LRC Poland is having two new printers delivered this week, Violette said. Even though she’s only been here for a short time, she made it happen. And she’s providing much needed, additional IT support to U.S. Army Garrison Poland, as well, imaging new laptops and working their IT issues. This is above and beyond her assigned duties with LRC Poland.
“She might be a Cowboys fan, but she’s an angel to all of us,” said Violette.
Shields, who is married and has two daughters, ages 4 and 12, came to LRC Poland on an accompanied tour. Her wife and children are enjoying everything Poland has to offer. When not spending time with them, Shields is working extremely hard with her team at LRC Poland.
“It’s a lot of work and a lot of new things to learn, but I love a challenge,” said Shields who served as an active-duty Soldier and tactical satellite/microwave operator for 3.5 years before becoming an Army civilian in 2019.
Her duties as the organization’s IT specialist are particularly important considering LRC Poland just stood up last year in support of USAG Poland, which was also officially activated in 2023.
“The mission of supporting this brand-new Army garrison is extremely important, and my team is doing really great,” said Shields. “Everyone is jelling really well, we’re getting along really well, and we’re learning from each other. At this point, it feels like we’ve known each other for years.”
“I think the partnerships we’re establishing now with the garrison personnel as well as our host nation friends will take us a long way,” said the 34-year-old Oklahoma City native, Rose State College graduate and Cowboys fan.
The 405th AFSB is in charge of and controls the eight LRCs, the newest of which is LRC Poland. LRCs provide supply, maintenance, and
transportation support for installation logistics. They also handle hazardous material management, passenger travel, non-tactical vehicle and
garrison equipment management, clothing issue facility operations, and property book operations. In order to serve USAG Poland with daily
installation services, LRC Poland oversees, supervises, and plans a range of operations and initiatives.
Under the operational supervision of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, U.S. Army Europe and Africa, and attached to U.S. Army
Sustainment Command, LRC Poland is subordinate to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade. With its headquarters located in Kaiserslautern,
Germany, the brigade supports the materiel enterprise of U.S. Forces operating in Europe and Africa. It does this by coordinating acquisition,
logistics, and technology, supplying theater sustainment logistics, and utilizing the materiel enterprise of U.S. Army Materiel Command to support
joint forces. For additional details regarding the 405th AFSB
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