Another Tale of a Would-Be Iraq Volunteer

Another DFAS employee weighs in with a story of being rebuffed in an effort to volunteer for service in Iraq:

I applied for an Internal Review audit detail in Iraq with the Corps of Engineers a couple of years ago, although I do not work for them. I had an audit background, having worked as Senior Auditor in Army Audit Agency, DoD Inspector General, and GAO. I had also worked for Defense Finance and Accounting Service internal review. I am very familiar with Army and COE accounting systems, accounting regulations and processes. I was also knowledgeable on Air Force accounting systems and processes. I truly believed I could have been a geat asset. I notified my supervisor in DFAS and I received a brief email that they would not approve the detail, but I could apply for a permanent job with COE. I was really surprised because I believed Iraq was the ultimate in customer support. It was sad because at that time, we had beefed up our office and the workload could have been distributed with little additional burden.