Warriors of the Week – 71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron close-out team Published Oct. 14, 2009 VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Names: Rose Palacios, Holly Eckstein, Staff Sgt. Crystal Hardy, Nellie Martin, Senior Airman William Ortiz, Thomas Patton, Dave Gindelsberger, Tim Roberts, Lance Holmes, Staff Sgt. Joseph Lopez, Phil Gainey, Debra Poland, Gene Gould and 1st Lt. Tara Nelson. Duty: 71st Comptroller-Contracting Squadron year-end close out team Favorite PT regimen: Crunching numbers and distributing millions of dollars Mission contributions: Spent more than $18 million in September. Earned $1 million for Vance for work done during Air Education and Training Command close out. Earned another $500,000 for work done the week of close out and finally received an additional $350,000 for work on the final day of the fiscal year. The team funded all $2.6 million of non-civil engineer unfunded requirements, including base marquees, the fiscal 2010 computer refresh, Skywatch tower, NAF-T network upgrade, carpeting in several buildings, youth center and child development center playground and plenty of furniture. Every squadron on base received some "love" at year end. And finally, the team funded 21 civil engineer projects for a total of $10.1 million.