 Helping lead the way to keep American warfighters combat ready are logistics assistance representatives or LARs. Here in camp Air of John Kuwait, LARs like Mr. Dennis Dudley are tasked by Army material command to assist forward deployed units with a variety of complex technical issues. As a LAR and senior command representative within the full 1st AFSB, I mentor, guide and train senior leaders and maintenance leadership. I bring 22 years of knowledge and equipment experience to the table to assist the 401st and its day-to-day mission not only within the APS sets but also their support of the units here in the STCOM AOR. As a central member of the 401st Army Field Support Brigade, Mr. Dudley has spent the past six months working the 401st leadership on matters ranging from material readiness to COVID-19 mitigation. To keep it simple, if a soldier shoots it, wears it, communicates with it, drives or even flies it, there's a LAR available to assist with that soldier. Nearing the end of his tour in STCOM, Mr. Dudley is preparing to redeploy back to the United States where he plans to continue the fight as a systems technical representative at Fort Hood. While the soldiers and civilian staff of the 401st are sad to see him go, they remain grateful for his exceptional service to the command and the country. I just want to thank everyone within the 401st for the camaraderie and teamwork that everyone has shown me and brought me into the fold. Teamwork is important not only for the 401st to accomplish its mission but it allows everyone to learn from each other to build experience and knowledge that they can use down the road. There's a whole lot of these experiences that I'll cherish as well as knowledge that I will take with me and use in the future.