An Assumption of Leadership ceremony for the Defense Finance and Accounting Service site in Limestone took place on Aug. 3. During the ceremony, Ashley Judkins accepted responsibilities as site director from Acting Director Donna Perreault.
DFAS Limestone supports the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Transportation Command with a variety of financial and accounting functions. The site is staffed with approximately 550 Defense Department civilian employees.
Judkins , the former deputy director of DFAS Europe, has worked for DFAS for 19 years, including previous tours with DFAS sites in Rome, New York, Indianapolis, and Limestone in addition to Europe.
A native of Caribou, Judkins earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business management from the University of Maine at Presque Isle as well as a master’s degree in business management from Husson University in Bangor.
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service provides responsive, professional finance and accounting services to the men and women who defend America. DFAS pays about 6.6 million people and in 2020-21 made 155.5 million pay transactions, 4.2 million travel payments, paid 11.9 million commercial invoices, made $613 billion in disbursements to pay recipients, and managed $1.4 trillion in military retirement and health benefits funds. For more about DFAS visit http://www.dfas.mil or on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/DFASOfficial).
