Translog articles from July 2001

Translog archives from July 2001

Two-year reorganization will streamline MTMC. (Historic Change).
July 1, 2001... Strategic Thinking Change at MTMC was heralded by the development of a Strategic Planning Group in fall 1999. The members represented management, labor and field units. The group's mandate was simple: Put the command on a course for the...

Beaumont's 596th Group moves flotilla of vessels to Kosovo.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In the largest multi-ship contingency loading since America's entry to Kosovo in mid-1999, the Military Traffic Management Command has moved a task force for overseas service on three separate maritime vessels. The MV Merlin, MV Project...

Black Sea port provides MTMC many advantages.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The trio of ships that sailed from Beaumont, Texas, in America's heartland, had a destination half a world away: Bourgas, Bulgaria, on the Black Sea. It had been a long trip. the ships traveled 6,675 nautical miles. The distant...

Commercial discharge at Sunny Point signals new era.(Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The movement of a massive steam turbine generator into Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point has ushered in a new era. For the first time in history, commercial cargo has been unloaded at the Cape Fear River facility. Opening the Sunny...

Transporters complete complex NTC rail move.(deployment to National Training Center)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Deployment Support Command transporters say it was the most complicated rail movement to the National Training Center in a decade. More than 1,500 railroad cars from many locations had to be synchronized and forwarded to the center at Fort...

MTMC Streamlines carrier qualification.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In the immediate future, it will be easier to qualify to be a Department of Defense-approved freight carrier. The Military Traffic Management Command is streamlining the process of carrier qualification through the command's Web site. ...

MTMC should try different OTO approach. (Industry challenge).(Military Traffic Management Command)(one-time-only contracts)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Hurdle by hurdle, the Military Traffic Management Command has been reducing the time required to process one-time-only contracts. What once took an average of over 35 days is now routinely below 10 days--and headed for under five days. ...

Vehicles damaged, destroyed in vessel fire.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... As many as 175 vehicles belonging to Department of Defense service members were destroyed or damaged in a mid-ocean ship fire June 9. The vehicles were aboard the Tellus, an American Roll-on/Roll-off Carriers vessel, which docked June 14 in...

Five missing BMWs found; one still gone. (Suspect in custody).(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... five of six missing late-model BMW motor cars that were part of a Military Traffic Management Command cargo have been recovered. The five luxury vehicles belonging to Department of Defense service members were found in North Charleston,...

Command to centralize ocean carrier payments.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In another sign of the Military Traffic Management Command's ongoing reorganization, the payment of ocean carriers is now being centralized. Worldwide payments to ocean carriers are now being made by the Intermodal Cargo Analysis Division,...

MTMC will contract for its container management.(Military Traffic Management Command turns to private sector)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In a major shift of the way it does business, the Military Traffic Management Command has decided to let private enterprise manage its containers and leasing operations. All 10,000 of them. In the future, MTMC's containers will be...

Summer surge brings business to Dallas VPC.(vehicle processing center busy shipping cars)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... As the days turn hot in early summer the workers in the Dallas Vehicle Processing Center get ready: the summer surge is ahead. The second-busiest center in the United States is soon to be overrun by service members sending or receiving...

Heavy summer surge pushes industry capacity. (Personal property moves).(moving industry serves military households)
July 1, 2001... By mid-morning, movers had already emptied one tractor-trailer rig at the new home of Lt. Cmdr. Tony Califano, a Navy pilot who recently started a new assignment at the Pentagon. By 11:30, another truck was rolling toward Califano's new...

Reservists run cargo loading all night.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... A constant stream of tanks, trucks and trailers roll along the docks at Savannah, Ga., to the ramp of the Cape Douglas. It looks like a standard loading action of the Deployment Support Command. Based at Fort Stewart and Fort Benning...

Successful port mission requires security.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Ever vigilant, the silent sentries of the 4249th Port Security Detachment provide an often unseen presence at dockside. One of three port security units which support the Deployment Support Command, members of the 4249th find themselves...

MTMC's fuel surcharge gives truckers relief.
July 1, 2001... The brightly colored truck cabs and trailers of Roadway Express roll up and down the road at their Hagerstown, Md., distribution terminal. They run at all hours--day and night. In fact, nighttime is one of the busiest periods. Trucks...

Movement of ammunition and explosives gets review.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The transportation of ammunition and explosives is the subject of a review by the Military Traffic Management Command. Every year, MTMC manages the movement of 42,000 shipments of ammunition, munitions and explosives. In 10 years,...

MTMC moves helicopters for stateside upgrades.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... By truck, barge and ocean carrier, the Military Traffic Management Command has moved 30 AH-64 Apache helicopters from Europe to the United States for upgrading. The helicopters arrived in Charleston, S.C., on June 25, aboard the Fidelio....

Polyester straps ease move of helicopters overseas.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... It will be easier for Warfighter task forces to deploy overseas in the future--thanks to two MTMC Transportation Engineering Agency engineers. Because of the work of Jennifer Napiecek and Sharon Huff, helicopters being shipped overseas may...

Fast boat ...(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The Mk V special operations craft is so large, it dwarfs the trailer on which it is carried. The Military Traffic Management Command moved a pair of the vessels from Norfolk, Va., to Bremerhaven, Germany, on the maiden voyage of the Tamesis, of...

MTMC active, reserve workloads to be assessed.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The way the Military Traffic Management Command would move surge cargoes through America's strategic ports is on the mind of Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander. For both active and reserve forces, the big challenge is moving...

Customer relations begin before cargoes arrive.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In the busy port of Pusan, the 837th Transportation Battalion has lots of cargo moving in and out of Korea. An ammunition shipment moving back to the United States in November took on special significance to us. We shipped 485 ammunition...

Azores get key support from MTMC detachment.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... For islands perched in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the regular maritime resupply is a physical link with the outside world. The Azores are considered the crossroads of the Atlantic. The nine islands lie in the middle of the Atlantic...

MTMC crisis action team challenged by exercise. (Turbo Challenge '01).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... In a major wartime mobilization, almost half of the entire Military Traffic Management Command would be composed of Army Reservists. That critical support was seen recently with MTMC participation in Turbo Challenge `01, a U.S....

IMA jobs offer service, travel.(individual mobilization augmentee)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Vacancies exist for Army Reserve soldiers to serve tours within the Military Traffic Management Command. There are openings for individual mobilization augmentee soldiers at MTMC ports and headquarters in the United States--and at some...

Parker moving to new Pentagon assignment. (DSC Commander).(Don Parker appointed to Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Brig. Gen. Don Parker, Commander of the Deployment Support Command, is moving to a new assignment. Parker has been named the new Director for Force Projection and Distribution in the Army's Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, at...

More new commanders slated.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... This summer will bring many other command changes to Military Traffic Management command groups, battalions, and a company. * The 599th Transportation Group, Wheeler Army Air Field, Hawaii: Col. Peter Gitto will assume command from Col....

MTMC's top enlisted soldier leaves with special memories.(James Kirtland retires)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Command Sgt. Maj. James Kirtland has a favorite story he experienced in his worldwide travel supporting his soldiers. The Military Traffic Management Command's top enlisted soldier was in Nicaragua in February 1999, watching transporters...

Last two years most memorable in the Army. (Chief of Staff).(Clark C. Hall retires)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Col. Clark C. Hall almost left the Army two years ago. The job offer from industry was good--and after all, he had been in the Army 28 years. Hall decided to stay put. "I'm certainly glad I didn't leave," said Hall, 51. A few months...

Career begins, ends at Fort Eustis.(retirement of Clark C. Hall)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Under bright sunlight, with the wind enhancing the beauty of state flags, Col. Clark C. Hall retired May 30 on the parade field at Fort Eustis. It is the same Army installation where the MTMC Chief of Staff had reported for duty 30 years...

MTMC chief of staff bids army farewell.
July 1, 2001... Good morning and welcome to the May retirement review. Almost a cliche, I still must say--it's, a great day to be a soldier. I don't know what more a soldier could ask for on his or her retirement day, because today we have it all: a great...

Memorial serves as poignant reminder of military service.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Claire Bandy no stranger to the Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Bandy, a traffic management specialist in the Terminal Management and Readiness Division at MTMC Headquarters, is registered at...

Team MTMC rallies in national race.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management Command's banner was held high in the June 6 National Race For the Cure, where 50 MTMC Headquarters employees made a statement in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time ever, Team MTMC joined...

MTMC participates in test to minimize port threats.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... One of the most vulnerable times for Military Traffic Management Command cargoes is at portside. Cargoes awaiting loading or onward movement may be contaminated by hostile forces using biological or chemical agents. To determine...

TEA engineer packs big punch in short visit.(Richard Sumrak, member of Military Traffic Management Command'sTransportation Engineering Agency)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Richard Sumrak puts a lot of work into a little bit of time. His main job these days is to evaluate highway safety at military installations across the country. A member of MTMC's Transportation Engineering Agency, at Fort Eustis, Va.,...

Remembering those who served before.(honoring Merchant Marines of World War II)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... Every war has its share of unsung heroes--those individuals who risk their lives daily in the service of their country. Their exploits are seldom heard; and yet without their service, the victories might not have been possible, the war not won....

Army's new armored vehicles will speed deployments.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2001... As Pfc. Shaun Ratcliff sees it, the Army is finally "working smarter, not harder." Ratcliff is talking about the Army's new Interim Armored Vehicles, which are designed for quick air transport entry into a fast-breaking contingency or...

Improving the personal property process. (Letters to the Editor).
July 1, 2001... Dear Editor: I thought the article "Full Service Moving Project" in the May/June issue of TRANSLOG was well balanced and addressed both the short- and long-term focus on the Department of Defense's efforts to improve the moving process....

Adding a human touch. (Letters to the Editor).
July 1, 2001... Dear Editor: Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your article, "Volunteering renews soul and spirit" (May/June issue of TRANSLOG). It is a down-to-earth and very refreshing piece. It added a tremendous human touch to your magazine, as...