Rock Solid Warrior Published March 7, 2007 SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Troy D. Hoskins Senior Airman Troy D. Hoskins 424th Medium Truck Detachment 2T151 Vehicle Operator/Dispatcher Home unit/base: 366 LRS, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho How do you support the mission here? Here at Arifjan, we do line haul convoys throughout Iraq and local missions as well throughout Kuwait. I'm the Lead Vehicle Commander (LVC, That's the lead truck in a convoy). It is my job to navigate, set convoy speed and warn the rest of the convoy of any dangers or other unmarked obstacles that may pose a threat to my convoy. It is my job to get the convoy from point A to point B as safely as possible. How many times have you deployed and what makes this one unique? I have deployed twice now to the desert. The unique part about this deployment is the fact that we are driving M915 line haul tractors instead of gun trucks. M915 trucks fit more under our job description and it gives me a better idea how convoys actually work and you can see all the progress that is actually being done because you are part of it. How does your job differ in a deployed environment vs. home base? Running convoys through Iraq is a completely different environment vs. back at my home station. Running lead truck is tough and extremely stressful job. I always have to know exactly what is going on in the back of the convoy. I am constantly communicating to everyone in the convoy so that everyone is on the same page as me. Where as back home, the pace is a lot slower and I pretty much work around my own schedule with pick up and delivery of all the distribution stops on the base.