Translog articles from March 2005

Translog archives from March 2005

Commander's corner.(military transportation to deploye new methods)
March 22, 2005... Sixteen months ago we changed our name to better reflect a changing world and a changing mission. Where once we were traffic managers and port operators, now our responsibilities stretch along the entire supply chain from the point of origin to...

Warrior's corner.(Tomas R. Hawkins on the achievements of military personnel)
March 22, 2005... SDDC Command Sgt. Maj. Tomas R. Hawkins Warriors It has been about a year since I've come to SDDC and I must admit that it's been a year full of learning experiences and exposure to another side of what some consider "business as...

3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment deploys through the Port of Beaumont-Texas.
March 22, 2005... Shortly after 1 p.m. on February 16, the USNS Fisher cast off her lines from the Port of Beaumont, Texas and headed down the Neches River toward the Gulf of Mexico, loaded with 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment equipment bound for Southwest Asia....

Tip of the SDDC spear: 831st Transportation Battalion--Southwest Asia.(Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command services)
March 22, 2005... The 831st Transportation Battalion's headquarters is in Bahrain but the unit s mission ranges throughout the entire Central Command area of responsibility. Their mission is to provide the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command...

CME team works Kuwait, Iraq 'container crisis'.(Concept of Operations)
March 22, 2005... There are more than 60,000 containers in the Kuwait and Iraq theaters of operation. If placed end to end, these containers would stretch more than 225 miles, roughly the distance from New York City to Washington, D.C. The recent Operation...

New operational concept improves deployment efficiency.(173rd Airborne Brigade)
March 22, 2005... The 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vicenza, Italy successfully deployed their equipment to Afghanistan more efficiently than former units due to the ingenuity of transporters at the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. The new...

2005 SDDC Training Symposium: commander vows to enhance deployment, quality of life.
March 22, 2005... Improving deployment and quality of life for service members and their families are the goals of various initiatives underway by the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Maj. Gen. Charles Fletcher said May 27 in Nashville,...

Top transportation firms recognized for excellence: quality and shipper performance awards.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)
March 22, 2005... Eleven transportation firms and 12 shippers received the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's top recognition for performance at the organization's annual training symposium award ceremony April 27 in Nashville, Tenn. The...

599th Transportation Group supports RSOI '05.(reception, staging and onward integration exercise)
March 22, 2005... It's been said that the U.S. Army has been in Korea for 50 years, but only one year at a time. That's because most active-duty Army members may serve a tour of one to two years before leaving the theater. Their Republic of Korea Army and Navy...

599th military, emergency essential civilians receive critical mission training.(Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)
March 22, 2005... The increase in Web-based training, like courses offered on Army e-Learning, can make it easy to forget that hands-on instruction is still a valuable tool for Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command personnel. Servicemembers...

SDDC capitalizes on small hardware to make big improvements; big things come in small packages ... and for the better.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command field)(Cover Story)
March 22, 2005... The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command field-tested handheld computers late January at the Port of Charleston, S.C. further streamlining the command's transportation process of planning and loading cargo aboard vessels for...

Red Team 2005 a two-day event: installation-wide exercise tests MOTCO skills with other government agencies.
March 22, 2005... Red Team 2005 was the name of the two-day installation wide terrorism exercise held at the Military Ocean Terminal, Concord, Calif., February 14-17. The exercise scenario involved various military, civilian, county, state and federal...

Wide load: massive moves require careful coordination.
March 22, 2005... The March move of a 32-ton Medium Launch Mate Unit from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., became the largest item ever trucked from coast to coast. Some 50 police escorts facilitated sage passage. Record-setting...

Tiedown Handbook for Rail Movements now available.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... The sixth edition of Pam 55-19, Tiedown Handbook for Rail Movements is now available in two forms. Copies can be requested by filling out the form at http://www.tea.army.mil/pubs/pubs_order.htm. This is now the only way to get the printed...

MV MERLIN becomes the MV TSgt. John A. Chapman: MSC ship renaming ceremony held at Sunny Point honors fallen hero.
March 22, 2005... After several months of planning and preparation the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point and Military Sealift Command hosted the renaming ceremony of the MV TSgt. John A. Chapman. Friday, April 8, 2005 was supposed to be cloudy and rainy...

Director of SDDC's TEA earns presidential award.(William J. Cooper of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's )
March 22, 2005... William J. Cooper, director of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Transportation Engineering Agency, received a Meritorious Executive 2004 Presidential Rank Award during a ceremony hosted by the Secretary of the Army in...

Two-times a winner: 599th plans officer garners leadership, junior officer of the year awards.(Julia Bell)
March 22, 2005... Capt. Julia Bell isn't average officer, and that s what sets her apart from the rest, earning her back-to-back awards for outstanding leadership. In January, the 599th Transportation Group plans officer and detachment commander received...

Four officers promoted to the rank of colonel.(Mike Babul, Edward Casazza, Joseph LeBlanc, Gina Rossi of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command promoted)
March 22, 2005... In what may be a first for the command, four officers of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command were promoted simultaneously to colonel in a March 16 ceremony held at the command's Operations Center at Fort Eustis, Va. ...

New group/unit commanders for SDDC.(Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)
March 22, 2005... Lt. Col. Dave Mead likes change. That's one reason he said he is thrilled with his new command in the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. The whole Army is changing, and SDDC is in the middle of it," Mead said. "I'm not...

599th tests new way to beat port heat.(Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, 599th Transportation Group )
March 22, 2005... Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command members are continually facing hot temperatures as they deploy around the world to assist with military operations. In Thailand, for example, people experience an average high of 94 degrees...

835th Transportation Battalion holds Safety Stand-down Day.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2005... Department of the Army civilians, Cathy Flores and Fred Artis, both from the 835th Transportation Battalion, Okinawa, Japan, practice their fire-fighting skills at a Fire Prevention Class held during the battalion's Safety Stand-down Day March...