Translog articles from January 2004

Translog archives from January 2004

SDDC marches into the future with redesignation, warfighter support mission.(Commander's Corner)(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... This past quarter seems like a blur... I continue to be impressed with the adaptability, flexibility and dedication of our workforce. Great events are taking place around the organization that will continue to posture SDDC for years to...

Surface Deployment and Distribution Command formally takes new name.(News)
January 1, 2004... The redesignation of the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is official. In crisp winter air, the command's new flag was slowly unfurled by Gen. John Handy, Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, and Maj. Gen. Ann Dunwoody, SDDC...

SDDC making huge operation Iraqi Freedom equipment movements.(Historic deployments)
January 1, 2004... In the next three months, the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command is planning and implementing the largest movement of American military equipment since World War II. In all, elements of 8 of 10 Army divisions will be moving to, or...

SDDC moves Strykers to Operation Iraqi Freedom.(First contingency use)
January 1, 2004... The main body of Soldiers and their Stryker vehicles and related equipment are now in action in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division's vehicles and equipment arrived in Kuwait Nov. 13 on board the...

SDDC moves first commercially booked cargo via an Iraqi port.(News)
January 1, 2004... The first commercially booked maritime shipment into an Iraqi port has been conducted by the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. APL brought the shipment into the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr aboard the feeder vessel Sima Tara....

Combat vehicles shipped to the new Afghanistan Army.(598th move)
January 1, 2004... Hundreds of combat vehicles are moving to the new Afghanistan National Army as a result of a load out by the 598th Transportation Group. These vehicles--in the distinctive camouflage coloring of the Afghanistan force--were moved from...

599th move 25th Infantry Division to Southwest Asia.(Deployment process transformed)
January 1, 2004... In the biggest unit movement of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) since World War II, the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has begun moving the Army unit to Southwest Asia. The load out of nearly 2,000 pieces of war fighting...

USNS Pililaau visits namesakes' home.(A sentimental journey home...)
January 1, 2004... A lot of water has gone under the keel of the USNS Pililaau since it was launched in New Orleans in January 2000. The journey of the ship to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December to move equipment of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) to Iraq...

SDDC inaugurates use of newest Strategic Port.(Philadelphia)
January 1, 2004... A shipload of high-priority cargo in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom became the first major military movement from the Department of Defense's newest Strategic Port. Military equipment from the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, N. Y.,...

Newest American Flag ship joins roster of vessels that support SDDC.
January 1, 2004... Under a brilliant sunny sky in Baltimore harbor the newest American Flag ship entered the world of global commerce. The Freedom, until the day before the Norwegian Flag ship Takamine, became approximately the 50th ship of the American Flag...

Arrival of MSC ship is triumph for Philadelphia maritime community.
January 1, 2004... It was a moment of triumph for the the city of Philadelphia. Like clockwork, the Military Sealift Command's Large, Medium Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off vessel USNS Mendonca traveled up the Delaware River on an exacting schedule. As if the...

Exercise demonstrates intermodal transportation.(Exercises)
January 1, 2004... When four M109 Paladin artillery vehicles rolled off the Landing Craft Utility Runnymede at the Port of Philadelphia it was another step in a textbook exercise testing intermodal operations. Intermodal capabilities at ports are key factors...

599th deployment support team works down under in Crocodile '03.(Exercises)
January 1, 2004... A deployment support team from the 599th Transportation Group teamed up with stevedores and U.S. Marines to unload tons of military cargo at two Australian ports. Deployment and redeployment operations were conducted at Gladstone and Port...

SDDC works with the Department of Homeland Security in Korea.(Exercises)
January 1, 2004... SDDC's 837th Transportation Battalion and the Department of Homeland Security are teaming up to increase the scrutiny of containers moving through the port of Pusan, Korea. At Pier 8, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and host...

Multi-modal workshop stresses partnering for change.
January 1, 2004... Synchronizing end-to-end, seamless movement of unit equipment and freight from fort and depot to the warfighter served as a continuing theme at the 599th Transportation Group's annual multimodal traffic management conference. The ability...

SDDC moves POVs as USS Ronald Reagan heads for California.
January 1, 2004... Sometime this May, the sailors of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan are headed for a new home. The ship and its 6,000-member crew are changing their homeport berths from Norfolk, Va., to San Diego, Calif. As the vessel maneuvers...

Renamed ships reflect SDDC's history--past and present.
January 1, 2004... The names of the vessels are part of our memory bank. We have heard the names of the vessels Tellus, Faust, Fidelio and Tanabata countless times in operations meetings about both routine freight shipments and hasty deployment missions near and...

SDDC's new Deputy Commanding General/Director of Operations pins on star.(People)
January 1, 2004... The Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's new Deputy Commanding General/Director of Operations has pinned on the star of a General Officer. Brig. Gen. Mark E. Scheid was promoted Oct. 17 in a ceremony at the SDDC Operations Center...

Transporters receive traffic management awards.(People)
January 1, 2004... The Korean commander of the Republic of Korea' Port Operations Group was among seven winners of Excellence in Traffic Management Awards presented by the 599th Transportation Group. Col. Lee, Kye Sung, commander of the Pusan-based group...

Moving survey finds more moves to South and West.(Moving association survey)
January 1, 2004... The residents of the United States are a nation on the more. More people are leaving some regions of the country such as the Midwest, Upper Midwest and several Northeastern states than are moving in, based on a study of personal property...

SDDC honors excellence in traffic management.(People)
January 1, 2004... The unit movement controller responsible for the largest mobilization of Soldiers and equipment from Fort Carson, Colo., since World War II was the Army winner of the 2003 Excellence in Traffic Management Award. Patricia Martinez, unit...

Transcom recognizes partners for success in War in Terrorism.
January 1, 2004... Over 100 commercial transportation partners were recognized by U.S. Transportation Command for the work in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Nominations came from SDDC as well as Transportation Command and its other...

Home front support to warfighters ...(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Dear Editor: We are very proud of the work that our soldiers are doing and wanted to do something to bring a little of home to them during the holidays. We were able to rally support from our corporate office too when they heard about...

On the receiving end ...(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Good morning, We received your wonderful package this morning, Christmas Day. The troops absolutely loved the movies and CDs. All were snapped up in minutes and no work has gotten done today. Everybody is racing between rooms to watch and...

An update ...(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Editor's Note: On Jan. 15, Neuse was injured in an attack on a convoy of his vehicles on the road to Baghdad. His e-mail report of the incident is below: In harm's way... Well, it happened today. I got hit by an IED (Improvised...

Bob Gallagher, a Yank and a fighter.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... Dear Editor: The 598th Transportation Group paid a sad farewell Nov. 10 to one of its esteemed employees. Bob Gallagher, 60, of the resource management directorate, passed away Nov. 4 of a cancerous brain tumor Gallagher worked for the...

Updated SDDC pamphlets provide improved field guidance for transporters.(Developments)
January 1, 2004... A trio of key deployability references have been updated by the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command"s Transportation Engineering Agency. The updates in September are based on experiences gained from recent deployments and...

Attendance at Army school will boost job performance, growth.(Developments)
January 1, 2004... Attendance at the Army Management Staff Colleges provides qualified applicants additional opportunity for both learning and promotion. That is the message Ursula Lohmann, Dean, of the Fort Belvoir, Va., based school, gives to prospective...