THE BONDSTEEL BULLET
September 2013 NEWSLETTER Issue 6
? Food vulnerability assessment is conducted yearly ? Most of the frozen food at Camp Bondsteel is from the U.S. ? Twice a week food gets delivered from the warehouse in Plovdiv, Bulgaria ? Everything at the warehouse is handled After inspecting the truck for possible tampering, Shane Clennon by machines
THE BONDSTEEL BULLET
The Bondsteel Bullet is produced for civilians and military personnel on Camp Bondsteel. Contents of this publication are not necessarily official views of Multinational Battle Group-East or Area Support Team Balkans. MNBG-E Public Affairs Officer Maj. Wencke Tate
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and Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kornacki wait for the food to be off loaded to continue the inspection process.
Keeping Our Food Safe
Story and Photos by Ardian Nrecaj, Public Affairs Specialist Almost every day the soldiers and civilians at Camp Bondsteel eat at the dining facility, never thinking of the work that goes into making sure the food arrives safe and is being prepared in accordance with military standards. Most of that work is conducted by a team from Camp Bondsteel, made up of representatives from preventive medicine, force protection, the Directorate of Logistics and the Defense Logistics Agency. The team recently conducted a yearly food vulnerability assessment in Bulgaria July 30-31. Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kornacki, a San Diego native and the force health protection noncommissioned officer for Task Force Medical, is a part of the team that went to the Port of Burgas, where the food is shipped directly from the U.S. in containers and to the the Fresh Logic warehouse in Plovdiv where food is kept before being delivered to Camp Bondsteel. “During the assessment we are looking for food security, making sure that we are avoiding all vulnerabilities for [intentional] attack,” said Kornacki. Dan O’Brien, the force protection program manager for Camp Bondsteel, was also part of the team. He said that the Port of Burgas has recently changed ownership. “There has been an increase in security that has brought the Port of Burgas to a higher security standard,” said O’Brien. “This was extremely important that for the first time we had all four individuals that are subject matter experts to go in there and do the inspection.” Shane Clennon, deputy director of logistics for Area Support Team Balkans, said that all frozen foods arrive from the U.S. to the Port of Burgas and shared the process that happens to get the food from the port to the dining facilities. “From there it’s taken to the warehouse in Plovdiv, then managers of the dining facility order food as needed, and it gets delivered twice a week from Plovdiv to Camp Bondsteel.” Both Clennon and Kornacki described the warehouse in Plovdiv as state-of-theart. Everything at the warehouse is handled by machines. Continued in page 4
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“Our food is secured.” – Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kornacki
Staff Sgt. Kimberly Kornacki and Master Sgt. William McKee were part of a team from Camp Bondsteel that conducted the yearly food vulnerability assessment at the Port of Burgas, Bulgaria where food is shipped directly from the U.S. in containers. (Courtesy photo Dan O’Brien)
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