When Cecilia Balleri started working for the Army she was barely out of her teens. First, she volunteered at Army Community Service and the Red Cross on Camp Darby, then she took a temporary position as a local national employee and typist in the housing office. Finally, she was hired permanently to work at Leghorn Army Depot.

That was more than 35 years ago. Now, the supply technician with Army Field Support Battalion-Africa is responsible for all government purchase card transactions and local supply acquisitions for AFSBn-Africa’s directorate of supply.