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FROM THE FIELD

DEFENSE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES NEWS (Cont’d)
Meet the new DFAS Cleveland Site Prior to joining VA in 2014, Mr. Ransdell
served 31 years in the United States
Director (Retired Pay) Army. He enlisted in 1983 as a field
artilleryman and upon graduation from Officer
Mr. COL (R) Lee F. Ransdell Candidate School in 1985 was commissioned
is the Site Director, into the Finance Corps. He led finance units
Defense Finance and at the company, battalion, and center levels
Accounting Service (DFAS) and held a variety of financial management
Cleveland. He manages the staff positions. His deployments include the
day-to-day operations Multinational Force and Observers (Egypt),
Operations Joint Forge (Bosnia), Iraqi
conducted by more than Freedom, and Enduring
2,200 accounting and finance COL (R) Lee Ransdell Freedom (Afghanistan).
personnel for the Department
of Defense. Mr. Ransdell received his Master of Strategic
Studies from the Air War College, Master of
DFAS Cleveland personnel pay the operational Arts - Management from Webster University
expenses for the U.S. Navy and Marine and his Bachelor of Science - Business from
Corps. The site provides pay support to 3.6 Miami University.
million people, including active duty, reserve and
civilian employees of the Navy, Marine Corps,
Department of Energy, Health and Human
Services and the U.S Agency for Global Media,
as well as military retirees and annuitants from
all five Service branches. On an annual basis,
DFAS Cleveland processes approximately 165M
accounting transactions, handles 1.3M customer
inquiries, pays $22.5B in invoices, and
distributes $450B disbursement and collection
transactions.

DFAS Cleveland personnel pay the operational
expenses for the U.S. Navy and Marine
Corps. The site provides pay support to 3.6
million people, including active duty, reserve and
civilian employees of the Navy, Marine Corps,
Department of Energy, Health and Human
Services and the U.S Agency for Global Media, CONTENT
as well as military retirees and annuitants from TITLE PAGE
all five Service branches. On an annual basis,
DFAS Cleveland processes approximately 165M
accounting transactions, handles 1.3M customer Applauses 16
inquiries, pays $22.5B in invoices, and Commissioned Officer Education 22
distributes $450B disbursement and collection
transactions. Commissioned Officer Promotions 23

Noncommissioned Officer Education 25
Noncommissioned Officer Promotions

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