Translog articles from January 2003

Translog archives from January 2003

MTMC--all the way--every day! An interview with the Commanding General of the Military Traffic Management Command.(Interview)
January 1, 2003... Q. As the new commander of the Military Traffic Management Command, what will be your focus during your tenure? A. First, our primary focus must be world-class support to the warfighter and our deployed men and women. Because we are a...

Maj. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody assumes command of MTMC.
January 1, 2003... An Army general with extensive service in the XVIII Airborne Corps has assumed command of the Military Traffic Management Command. Maj. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody assumed the duties of commanding general of the Major U.S. Army Command at a formal...

Privratsky's tour earns strong industry support.
January 1, 2003... When Larry Conner, program manager at Logistics Management Institute, reached the end of the receiving line, Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky greeted him warmly. "I owe you a lot, Larry," said Privratskry. The encounter was typical of the...

TSA executive: review necessary for surface transportation security.(George Rodriguez of the Transporation Security Administration)
January 1, 2003... George Rodriguez has a favorite story about his days as a trucking line security manager. Freight was disappearing off the shipping docks of the carrier's terminals. Security specialists went to work, reviewing video surveillance...

Automation to ease aircraft passenger processing.(system to quickly identify passengers )
January 1, 2003... In the new future, Americans who travel by commercial airplane will benefit from improved automated systems that will assure identity and speed passenger processing. That is the promise of James Loy, acting undersecretary of transportation...

CSX considers flatcar buys with more commercial use.
January 1, 2003... The Department of Defense has long talked about a critical military readiness issue: the aging fleet of commercial railroad cars. While the military has talked, one of MTMC's industry partners has gone to work. CSX Transportation is...

MTMC commanders draw top transportation honors.
January 1, 2003... Two former commanding generals of the Military Traffic Management Command recently received top defense transportation awards. On Oct. 1, Retired Lt. Gen. Ed Honor received the 2002 National Defense Transportation Award, and Maj. Gen....

MTMC increases container documentation requirements.
January 1, 2003... Strengthened container documentation requirements have been announced by the Military Traffic Management Command. The tightened requirements will be phased in soon for all DoD containerized sustainment cargoes. The new program testing...

Newest Strategic Seaport named.
January 1, 2003... The port of Philadelphia has been selected as a Strategic Seaport for the Northeast Corridor of the United States. As a result, the Department of Defense will incorporate the use of the city's port facilities in its planning for the...

Twin cargo discharge challenges MTMC team.
January 1, 2003... When we scheduled the tug and roll-on/roll-off barge Strong American into Jordan, it looked easy enough. The vessel would bring cargo into the Red Sea port of Aqaba as part of exercise Early Victor 02, in mid-September. We would discharge...

Ammo working group enhances communication.
January 1, 2003... During Cobra Gold 02, the cargo of the Cape Horn had to be unexpectedly discharged to the USNS Seay. Disabled by an engine room fire, the Cape Horn was towed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. In a coordinated effort involving numerous...

MTMC Operations Center update.
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Capt. Edward Horres, deputy director of operations and director of Global Distribution, briefs Gen. John Handy, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command. Also pictured are Bill Lucas, deputy to the commander;...

Convention leads to chance reunion.
January 1, 2003... The figure walking down the hallway at the National Defense Transportation forum looked familiar. 1st Lt. Doug Dickson, a C-17 Globemaster copilot, took another look. "I know her," said Dickson, of the female Army general. Dickson...

Transportation policy chief: new DoD supply chain focuses on warfighters.
January 1, 2003... The Department of Defense will reshape and form its supply chain management system to one that more closely resembles its commercial counterparts. That is the promise of Earl Boyanton Jr., Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense...

Telling MTMC's story.
January 1, 2003... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: MTMC's global role in Operation Enduring Freedom was depicted in a U.S. Transportation Command special exhibit at the National Defense Transportation Association annual forum, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, at Greensboro,...

MTMC employee is Army's top traffic manager of 2002.
January 1, 2003... Two decades after starting work with the Military Traffic Management Command as a shipping clerk, Dr. Son, Hui-chol, has received the Army's top traffic management award. Son, of the 837th Transportation Battalion, Pusan, Korea, was named...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2003... The job description of Mariana (Mimi) Iacono, legislative affairs specialist, U.S. Transportation Command, was incorrectly identified in the Sept./Oct. TRANSLOG.

2002 Noncommissioned Officer of the Year named.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... For three days in July, the best NCOs from the 597th, 598th and 599th Transportation Terminal Groups competed at Fort Eustis for the honor of being selected as the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. At the end of this challenging...

MTMC moves Far East cargoes during port closure.
January 1, 2003... With the nation's West Coast ports closed due to a recent work stoppage, the Military Traffic Management Command moved boldly to ensure the movement of Department of Defense supplies to the Far East. MTMC's ammunition port of Concord,...

Intern program thrives at MTMC.
January 1, 2003... A little competition can be a good thing. A lot of competition is what you'll find when applying for a spot in the Department of the Army Transportation Management Intern Program. According to Ellen Savedge, the Civilian Proponency Officer,...

Industry Day: learning from industry first hand.(commercial transporters offer insight to the Military Traffic Management Command )
January 1, 2003... Ever wonder how commercial firms manage to get their goods into customer's hands--just in time? MTMC employees receive continual insights into commercial processes such as product distribution through Industry Day sessions. We invite...

Deputy Commander visits.(Lieutenant General Gary H. Hughey)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2003... The new Deputy Commander in Chief of U.S. Transportation Command visited MTMC Headquarters Alexandria Sept. 17. Lt. Gen. Gary H. Hughey received a briefing on MTMC from Brig. Gen. Barbara Doornink, Deputy Commanding General and Director of...

Automated stow planning gets ready for big leap.
January 1, 2003... Craig Messervy's gaze falls tar beyond the South Carolinian. low-country setting of the 841st Transportation Battalion. Messervy--one of MTMC's best-known stow planners--is looking far beyond the sea off Charleston. A vision is forming for...

Hip-pocket lesson: reservists receive LMSR training in 841st loadouts.
January 1, 2003... When Operation Desert Storm ended a decade ago, then Staff Sgt. Jay Braegelmann had a unique opportunity. The Minnesota Army Reservist rode the USS William Callahan, a U.S. Maritime Administration vessel, home as a "Super Cargo." The...

New container designs expand intermodal uses.
January 1, 2003... Arrayed outside a Greensboro, N.C., hotel, the miniature-looking containers appear strangely out-of-place. The intermodal creations are the work of Charleston Marine Containers, Inc., of Charleston, S.C. The tan and green modular forms...

MTMC icons move to Operations Center.(model ship versions of the Strong Patriot and Strong Cajun)
January 1, 2003... The MTMC Operations Center at Fort Eustis, Va., is the new display area for two of the command's treasured icons. Detailed large-scale models of the vessels Strong Patriot and Strong Cajun were moved to the Fort Eustis facility Sept. 28....

Croatian lift includes vintage American tank.(M-47)
January 1, 2003... When the Scan Bothnia arrived in Rijeka, Croatia, for loading of Bosnian peacekeeping cargo, it was the oldest piece that got all the attention. That cargo was the centerpiece of the operation--a 1950's era, M-47 tank. Found in a muddy...

Yokohama, Japan: MTMC transporters move watercraft to shore storage.(Military Traffic Management Command)
January 1, 2003... Taking large Army watercraft off prepositioned vessels and storing them ashore is more efficient and economical, say military planners. That is the essence of the Army watercraft Restructuring Program. As part of making that program a...

Record--setting journey: MTMC loads high-speed watercraft.(Military Traffic Management Command)
January 1, 2003... When the High Speed Vessel X-1 Joint Venture entered the port of Bremerhaven, Germany, MTMC transporters found themselves working a record-setting mission. The experimental, high-speed watercraft, under lease by the Army, had...

Dual port actions provide training.(Rotterdam, Netherlands, 838th Transportation Battalion)
January 1, 2003... Twin port actions in different parts of the world provided a training opportunity on the Deployable Port Operations Center, or DPOC, for the 598th Transportation Group. Military and civilian members of the Rotterdam, the Netherlands, based...

Demanding exercise provides combined training, teamwork.(Ulchi Focus Lens, Seoul, Korea)
January 1, 2003... Exercise Ulchi Focus Lens has a special distinction. Among many Combined Forces Command exercises, Ulchi Focus Lens may be contrasted from the others by its sheer breadth. The exercise is the Seoul, Korea-based command's largest,...

Overseas training gives Reserve unit big payoff.(836th Transportation Battalion, North Dock, Yokohama, Japan)
January 1, 2003... The North Dock, at Yokohama, Japan, was the site for a creative training exercise involving MTMC transporters and Reserve soldiers. A simulation exercise by the 836th Transportation Battalion also trained members of the 91st Transportation...

First-class product. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... Dear Editor: Thanks for sending me the latest copy of TRANSLOG--as usual, a first-class product by your staff. It is now gaining wide popularity in the halls of the Command and General Staff Officers Course here at Fort Leavenworth. ...

NCO's parents write. (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... Dear Editor: Thank you for the article about our son, Sgt. Gregory Koskey, MTMC's new NCO of the Year, by Martin Weteling. We are proud of him and very encouraged that the U.S. Army leadership extends challenging opportunities to...

The pride ... (Letters to the Editor).(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2003... Dear Editor: Just thought I'd let you know that I took several copies of the TRANSLOG to U.S. Personnel Command folks to see their picture in the "Race for the Cure" (September-October issue). They commented that our MTMC Translog is a...