First Lt. Thomas Raterman, executive officer of the

First Lt. Thomas Raterman, executive officer of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and a Columbus, Ohio, native, conducts a meeting via cell phone July 12 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. The meeting, attended by members of the advance party's supply section in Kuwait and others at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, focused on the details of how to establish effective communication between Buehring and JBB.