Translog articles from January 2001

Translog archives from January 2001

Changes are under review: an interview with MTMC's Commanding General.(Military Traffic Management Command)
January 1, 2001... Q. More changes seem to be looming for us--organizational changes for MTMC Headquarters, the Deployment Support Command, and Information Management. What is the focus of current initiatives? A. We have come a long way over the past year and...

Top military officer: DoD solutions to logistics challenges are in private sector.(Department of Defense)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... When Gen. Henry H. Shelton gives a speech, he likes to talk about the "art of the possible." In meeting the challenges of the 21st century, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the military transportation and logistics community can...

Reservist leap into TRANSCOM transition.(United States Transportation Command)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... These days, everywhere Brig. Gen. Carlos "Butch" Pair goes, his cell phone goes with him. It was only five months ago when Pair did not even own a cell phone. Then, on June 19, Pair walked into the headquarters of the U.S. Transportation...

Freak ocean wave damages MTMC cargo. (Anatomy of a catastrophe).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... When the MV Mokihana arrived in Los Angeles, it presented a nightmarish view. The MTMC representatives--Tom White, of MTMC Headquarters, and Bob Ward, of the Deployment Support Command's 834th Transportation Battalion, Concord,...

Service members will get compensation for losses. (Storm damage).(Department of Defense)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... More than 160 Department of Defense service members who had their personal vehicles damaged in a severe storm in the English Channel will be compensated for their losses. The military members will receive the full U. S. Blue Book value of...

On the way: priority train leads the way to NTC.(National Training Center)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The letters of linear red tape are awkwardly composed. The tape forms the letter "P." The letter may be found scattered on many of the hundreds and hundreds of vehicles at the Fort Campbell, Ky., railroad marshalling area. Soldiers...

Fort Campbell transporters meet multiple deployment challenges: all of Mike Bowers' employees are on the traveling squad.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs When a big train deployment leaves Fort Campbell, Ky., the majority of his 46-member staff don bright red shirts that double as reflective vests, and head for the field. In bright gold letters on the back of...

Railroad engineer's idea spans into the future.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs Roger Crow had an idea. The veteran railroad engineer, with Fort Campbell's Installation Transportation Division, thought there had to be a better way. In years of service on the job, Crow had shuttled hundreds,...

PowerTrack use soars for MTMC freight shipments. (GBLs plummet).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The use of Government Bills of Lading for Department of Defense freight shipments has been slashed. Contract documents have plummeted as the Military Traffic Management Command has mandated the use of USBank's PowerTrack automated software...

New recruit process wins recognition for MTMC.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs Traveling on official business with the Military Traffic Management Command, Gall Andrews often sees the results of her work in small knots of military recruits at the nation's airports. They are easy to spot:...

New software system eases depiction of MTMC data.(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The busy phone on Lee Strong's desk often brings the same request. Military and civilian transporters are calling the Military Traffic Management Command for information of all types. "It is a combination of people, military and...

836th Transportation Battalion supports Fleet Review.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The geographic location of the 836th Transportation Battalion in Yokohama, Japan, gives us a unique window on the world. Every few years, we get a good reminder of this vantage point through our participation in Fleet Review. From Oct....

DSC training program pays big dividends.(United States Deployment Support Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... It must have been fated that Jerry Gooch and John Manahane, of the 833rd Transportation Battalion, would attend training on large, medium-speed, roll-on/roll-off vessels. No LMSR had ever called on a port operated by their Seattle, Wash., based...

MTMC reports savings for fiscal year 2000.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Interview)
January 1, 2001... The efforts of the Military Traffic Management Command to maximize efficiency paid big dividends in the past fiscal year. MTMC returned more than five percent of its budget for fiscal year 2000 to American taxpayers. Savings for the...

Unusual cargo.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A giant lighter craft medium, or LCM, is loaded Oct. 27 at the port of Beaumont, Texas, by the 596th Transportation Group. The vessel is one of two moved by the Military Traffic Management Command. The 135,000-pound vessels were trucked on...

Personal property web site easier to use.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs Every day, from 300 to 500 users tap into MTMC's Personal Property Web pages. This Internet audience from around the world includes service members, installation travel offices, and household goods moving...

Southeast Texas port is a hot spot for military deployments.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Members of the 1184th Transportation Terminal Battalion stood poised as helicopter, railcars and convoys assembled at the Port of Beaumont. Supporting the 25th Infantry Division's redeployment to Hawaii, members of the 1184th, the Mobile,...

Munitions removed from Cole.(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management Command is playing a key role in beginning the restoration of the Cole. A MTMC contractor transported the munitions removed from the ship in early January from Naval Station Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Miss. A...

950th Transportation Co. provides flexible movement options.(military policy, United States)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The four trains that carried redeploying Army equipment from Kosovo followed a familiar railroad route, but arrived at an unfamiliar destination. Normally, vehicles are moved to the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, for transshipment. ...

599th workshop stresses efficiency of operation.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Cost saving was a major theme of the 599th Transportation Group's sixth annual multi-modal workshop. Over 400 transporters attended the Honolulu, Hawaii, workshop from Oct. 23-27. The workshop provided hands-on training to military and...

European workshop puts focus on force readiness.
January 1, 2001... Transporters should focus on readiness in the job of supporting the warfighter. Readiness elements were the theme of a speech by Brig. Gen. Elizabeth Ann Harrell, Director, Logistics and Security Assistance, European Command. Harrell...

MTMC promises military motor carriers automatic fuel surcharges.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs Motor carriers doing business with the Military Traffic Management Command will be eligible for automatic fuel surcharges in the future. That was the promise of Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commanding...

DSC reaches out to workers--remotely.(Deployment Support Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... "Reach out and touch someone," a popular advertising jingle of the not-too-distant past, could soon be the new Deployment Support Command Information Management mantra. The days of the computer specialist visiting DSC workstations are...

Army's new vehicles will speed MTMC port work.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The Army decision to procure large numbers of lighter armored vehicles will have a trig impact on Military Traffic Management Command operations. In contingency operations, more vehicles will move by aircraft. In maritime operations...

599th teams up to load navy ship.(599th Transportation Group)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... The 599th Transportation Group teamed up with the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor, the Military Sealift Command, and the 25th Infantry Division to load more than 1,200 pieces of division equipment onto the USNS Seay in early...

Automated tariff may impact MTMC business operations.(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... By MTMC Command Affairs A new automated tariff being developed by a household goods trade association may have a big impact on the way the Military Traffic Management Command conducts business. Tariff 2001 is under development by the...

Veteran reservist maintains global view.(Edmund Capas)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 1, 2001... Lt. Col. Edmund Capas has no problem maintaining a global perspective. The veteran Individual Mobilization Augmentee officer with the 598th Transportation Group is his own recruiting poster image of the U.S. Army deployed overseas. ...

One of MTMC's own bring CFC close to home.(Military Traffic Management Control's Curtis Moore, Combined Federal Campaign)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... For weeks, the Combined Federal Campaign catalog appeared on desks and work-stations all over MTMC. This year, there was one unique difference. On the cover is one of MTMC Headquarters' most familiar faces: Curtis Moore, Traffic...

Key reference goes digital.(Technical Bulletin 55-46-1)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Transporters will have an easier time researching the weight and dimensions of the equipment they move. No longer will they need to carry a paper copy of Technical Bulletin 55-46-1, "Standard Characteristics for Transportability of...

TEA automates publications.(Transportation Engineering Agency)
January 1, 2001... All of MTMC's Transportation Engineering Agency's deployability publications are now available on CD. While the agency's equipment characteristics publications have been available on CD for several years, the rest of the series was...

Improving the existing personal property program.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Changes are coming to the way the Military Traffic Management Command moves the nation's service members. It is very exciting. We are changing the mechanics and standards of more than 600,000 personal property moves that take place...

MTMC moves Italian armored vehicles for test.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... As the Army ponders its armored vehicle of the future, the Military Traffic Management Command is playing a role in its development. Transportation Engineering Agency specialists are reviewing the deployability of various armor options, and...

Planning conference a step forward in power projection.(management)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Military Traffic Management Command's WARTRACED Contract Supervision, Cargo Documentation, and Automated Cargo Documentation units gathered recently to coordinate peacetime unit training management and go-to-war mobilization. Upon...

MTMC's top soldiers recognized.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... MTMC's top soldiers of 2000 were honored Oct. 18 by the National Defense Transportation Association. Retired Lt. Gen. Edward Honor, a former MTMC Commander, presents NDTA plaques to Sgt. Kory Buckhout and Pfc. Demetrius Baker. Buckhout is a...

Remember the 14th. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... The article, "Here come the Carbs," published in the Sep/Oct 2000 TRANSLOG Magazine, contains one inexactness. To be more specific, in the sentence: "Just recently, the 839th Transportation Battalion road marched seven launcher bridges (M60...

1205th coming on strong. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... As a current member of the 1205th Transportation Railway Operating Battalion, I enjoyed reading the Sept/Oct 2000 TRANSLOG Story, "1205th Chugs Along." In fact, I was at Sunny Point for annual training when your correspondent visited. The...

Best issue ever. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2001... The November 2000 TRANSLOG was the best issue ever. I say this having been involved with MTMC both as a customer and as part of the organization, from time to time, since the day I became a transporter, in 1965. I was then assigned to the...

MTMC transporters assume professional leadership roles.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... When Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky traveled to several distant Pacific ports this fall, he was in for a pleasant experience. The Commanding General of the Military Traffic Management Command was scheduled to give talks to several chapter...

Christmas 2000 was a cause for celebration at MTMC.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Holiday cheer shone throughout MTMC Headquarters in December, thanks to the bright ideas of two members of the Operations team. Christina Clark, Traffic Management Specialist, and Maj. Donna Johnson, team leader for the Command Post...

Drilling with the 832nd.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Members of the 832nd Transportation Battalion recently presented Maj. Gen. Privratsky with a step-by-step overview of how the battalion trains Deployment Support Teams throughout the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility. The goal of the 832nd...

DSC saved shippers more than $1 million last year.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Celebrating substantial savings for its customers, the Deployment Support Command recently recognized its Carrier Audit Team members for saving shippers more than $1 million in calendar year 2000. DSC's CONUS Traffic Management Division,...

GI Bill benefits go up for eligible service members.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Military service members are now eligible for a big increase in their Montgomery GI Bill benefits. Monthly payments went up 18 percent, from $552 to $650, beginning Nov. 1, 2000, for eligible veterans with at least a three-year term of...

Bluewater re-enlistment.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... A U.S. Navy ship was the setting for the re-enlistment of Staff Sgt. Paula Henderson, of the 834th Transportation Battalion, Concord, Calif. Henderson, a movements NCO, re-enlisted for four years in a ceremony on the bridge of the San...

"Helo art" heralds journey home for Texas Guard unit.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... The decorative colors ebb and flow across the white plastic sheeting. Caricatures on the protective plastic follow the twisting shapes of Apache helicopters. Ordinarily, the plastic's purpose is to provide protection from salt air. ...

Cap collection welcomes visitors to Sunny Point. (That's all, folks).(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Judy Jones, Security Clerk at the Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point, N.C., has amassed a collection of more than 1,000 baseball caps. She proudly displays her collection of caps in her office at the Welcome Center, where she has worked since...