Rock Solid Warrior Published July 15, 2010 SOUTHWEST ASIA -- This week's 386th Air Expeditionary Wing Rock Solid Warrior comes from the 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. Name: Tech. Sgt. Jered L. Adams Unit: 386th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron Job Title: NCO in charge of Plans, Scheduling and Documentation Home station unit: 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron; Ramstein Air Base, Germany How do you support the mission here? I am in a one-deep position responsible for the management of maintenance for all assigned EC-130 and C-130 aircraft. I am in constant communication with home stations to coordinate the "Iron Flow" forecast, which is a schedule of aircraft arriving and departing the AOR based on maintenance limitations and capabilities. I manage all Time Change, Special Inspection and Time Compliance Technical Order requirements, and submit waivers for maintenance that cannot be performed due to local limitations. I also coordinate aircraft downtime for the completion of maintenance requirements and keep leadership informed of all major maintenance requirements using two separate maintenance databases. How many times have you deployed and what makes this deployment unique? This is my first deployment. Although I am working within my AFSC, I am also assisting many other maintenance functions such as Maintenance Analysis and the Maintenance Operations Center. This not only allows me to learn more about how these work centers operate, but it also provides me with the opportunity to understand, and be constantly informed of, maintenance statuses and the health of the fleet. How does your job differ in a deployed environment vs. home base? At home station, we have a team of six schedulers who manage a fleet of about the same number of aircraft for which I am responsible here. I also have the additional responsibility here of coordinating with multiple bases to orchestrate a rigorous aircraft-transfer schedule. Lastly, I must balance the schedule for maintenance activities with maintenance limitations unique to our location here, a situation that home stations do not normally have to deal with.