Translog articles from March 22 2009

Translog archives from March 22 2009

From the editor.
March 22, 2009... Welcome to the first annual SDDC Almanac. We have set aside our usual format of news and features for this special issue detailing our command and its people around the world. Most of the entries are divided into four topics: Mission...

40 years ago.(from the archives)
March 22, 2009... "The Secretary of Defense has approved the Army's nomination of Maj. Gen. Clarence J. Lang to be commander, Military Traffic Management and Terminal Service. Lang... will replace Maj. Gen. John J. Lane upon his retirement April 1." ...

30 years ago.(from the archives)
March 22, 2009... "In only two years, the Transportation Corps Museum has become the most visited attraction on Virginia's peninsula, east of Busch Gardens. Almost 350,000 people have visited since its new building was dedicated." Newsreview. TRANSLOG,...

20 years ago.(from the archives)
March 22, 2009... 1st Lt. Calvin D. Bailey detailed the pilot effort to use Roll on/Roll off vessels to move helicopters from Bayonne, N.J., to Rotterdam, the Netherlands, in an article titled "Rolling helicopter move signals new approach." TRANSLOG, April...

10 years ago.(from the archives)
March 22, 2009... "Beginning this summer, freight, shipment solicitations by Department of Defense sites will appear on the Worldwide Web... The current freight-management system operates on DOS-based technology." "In Brief," TRANSLOG, Issue 2, 1999

Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command: meeting the challenges of change.(Company overview)
March 22, 2009... As a major subordinate command of the Army Materiel Command, the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command has the mission statement to "Provide global surface deployment and distribution services to meet the nation's objectives." In...

DSC: Deployment Support Command.
March 22, 2009... The United States Army Reserve Deployment Support Command is the newest Operational and Functional command born of Army Transformation. The one-star command consolidates all Army Reserve surface mobility units under a single organization....

595th Transportation Terminal Group.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 595th Transportation Terminal Group supports U.S. military and coalition forces with end-to-end surface deployment and distribution from the port to the foxhole. The...

831st Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 831st Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion conducts surface deployment, distribution and water terminal port operations to directly support and sustain forces in...

1184th Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility As a Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion, the 1184th is capable of a variety of missions. Currently, the 1184th is deployed to the Southwest Asia Theater as the...

1186th Transportation Terminal Brigade/1181st Deployment and Distribution Support Battalion: Kuwait port commands (2008-2009).
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1186th Transportation Terminal Brigade The 1186th Transportation Terminal Brigade, an Army Reserve unit from Jacksonville, Fla., was mobilized for deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom in the USCENTCOM...

1398th Deployment Support Brigade.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 1398th Deployment Support Brigade, commanded by Col. Sean Tuomey and Command Sgt. Maj. Anthony Simpson and headquartered in Curtis Bay, Md., is currently deployed in the...

596th Transportation Terminal Group (Ammunition) (Provisional).
March 22, 2009... Mission and Area of Responsibility) The 596th Transportation Terminal Group (Ammunition) (Provisional) was established on June 16, 2008 at the Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C. The mission of the 596th is to safely provide...

834th Transportation Terminal Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 834th Transportation Terminal Battalion is located in Concord, Calif., at the Military Ocean Terminal Concord, the primary common-user ammunition terminal on the west coast....

597th Transportation Terminal Group.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 597th Transportation Terminal Group is located at Fort Eustis, Va., and is commanded by Col. Craig B. Hymes and Command Sgt. Maj. Allen B. Offord, Jr. The Group has...

832nd Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 832nd Transportation Terminal Battalion is comprised of the main battalion on Blount Island, Jacksonville, Fla., the Cape Detachment in Cape Canaveral, Fla., and the Puerto...

833rd Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 833rd Transportation Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Robert J. Lehman, is responsible for overseeing the movement of military cargo and sustainment through commercial ports...

841st Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 841st Transportation Battalion executes surface deployment and distribution operations in support of Department of Defense strategic transportation requirements within an...

842nd Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 842nd Transportation Battalion is a deployable, strategic transportation battalion comprised of military personnel and Army civilians that conduct surface deployment and...

598th Transportation Group.
March 22, 2009... Mission and Area of Responsibility The mission of the 598th Transportation Group is to plan, enable and execute common-user expeditionary port and surface distribution-based operations within the USEUCOM and USAFRICOM areas of...

838th Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The mission of the 838th Transportation Battalion is to execute and enable expeditionary port and surface distribution operations within the USEUCOM and USAFRICOM areas of...

839th Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The mission of the 839th Transportation Battalion is to execute and enable expeditionary port and surface distribution operations within the USEUCOM and USAFRICOM AORs to ensure...

599th Transportation Group.
March 22, 2009... Mission and Area of Responsibility The 599th Transportation Group, headquartered in a World War II-era hangar on Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, provides surface deployment and distribution services to meet the nation's objectives...

835th Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 835th Battalion headquarters is located at Naha Military Port on the Ryukyu Island of Okinawa, Japan. The 835th provides surface distribution and military water terminal...

836th Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The 836th Transportation Battalion conducts its day-to-day operations in mainland Japan. Its two detachments conduct operations in Guam and Alaska. The battalion also conducts...

837th Transportation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mission and Area of Responsibility The mission of the 837th Transportation Battalion is to safely and efficiently deploy and conduct surface deployment, distribution and water terminal port operations, both...