Translog articles from September 2001

Translog archives from September 2001

The MTMC of tomorrow: an interview with MTMC's Commanding General.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Q. We are now transitioning to a single MTMC headquarters in the continental United States. What does this mean to the MTMC of the future? A. It means that MTMC will be postured to manage more effectively force projection and sustainment...

Terrorist incidents etched in MTMC HQ memory.(attack on America, 2001)
September 1, 2001... The tragedies of the Sept. 11 terrorist plane crashes burst into the lives of MTMC Headquarters employees. One second, it was a perfect fall day. The next, a national tragedy instantly unfolded to an international office. Neither we...

MTMC give space to some displaced Pentagon workers.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Thirty-nine displaced Pentagon employees are back on duty today, working from hastily provided desks and computers at the Military Traffic Management Command. The employees, from several different Pentagon offices, are in full-work spaces...

Military-industry works on faster ocean shipments. (Transcom/DLA initiative).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The ocean carrier industry has reacted favorably to a call from the Military Traffic Management Command and its military partners to improve the synchronization of maritime freight shipments. "This is very focused," said Lou Lambremont,...

MTMC transporter adds new term to technical lexicon. (Transcom/DLA initiative).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... You probably never heard the transportation term "intermodal pallet" before. That is because MTMC transporter Frank Galluzzo just coined the term. Coordinating a Strategic Distribution Management Initiative meeting of ocean carriers...

Doornink takes command at DSC. (Last Change of Command).(Brig. Gen. Barbara Doornink, Deployment Support Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... With the symbolic gesture of passing the command colors, Brig. Gen. Barbara Doornink has assumed command of MTMC's Deployment Support Command. Doornink assumed command Aug. 3 from Brig. Gen. Donald D. Parker in a Fort Eustis ceremony at...

Parker reflects on change and progress. (Last Change of Command).(Brig. Gen. Donald D. Parker )(Brief Article)(Interview)
September 1, 2001... After two years of leading the Deployment Support Command, Brig. Gen. Donald D. Parker is still amazed by the spirit and vitality of the organization's personnel. Amidst a hectic, fast-paced operational tempo, Parker said his staff...

Welding torches make way for MTMC priority cargo.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... When the MV Express sailed for Koper, Slovenia, recently, it represented an extraordinary move of Military Traffic Management Command cargo. Operators of the Swedish-owned Armada Shipping vessel went to unusual lengths to carry a MTMC...

Maritime assets in place to support rapid force projection. (U.S. Transcom Commander).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Gen. Tony Robertson, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation Command, has a favorite story he likes to tell about sealift capability. In Operation Desert Storm, it took 205 days to move five Army divisions. Now, maritime assets are in...

MTMC expands best value contracts to stevedore services.(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The best value contracts, which have added so much to Military Traffic Management Command acquisitions, have now been expanded to stevedore negotiations. A best value contract for stevedore services has just been awarded at the Military...

Reserve fleet awaits summons to duty again.
September 1, 2001... Lying at quiet anchorage out in the broad estuary of the James River is a fleet of yesterday... Sea and sky frame the rich pageantry of the James River Reserve Fleet. The names of the vessels are as rich as their history... Santa...

James River ship workers meet maritime challenges.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... When the Department of Defense needed another ship but could not afford one, the workers of the James River Reserve Fleet stepped forward. The U.S. Maritime Administration contracted with a Florida shipyard to add 41,000-square-foot spar...

Exercise challenges teach improved planning.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Lessons learned from Operation Desert Storm helped assure an effective ammunition discharge by the 834th Transportation Battalion, Concord, Calif. The concept of containerized ammunition delivery systems is a lesson learned from the Gulf...

MTMC tests coordinated crane, rail use at Concord.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... For the first time, the Military Traffic Management Command has used its two new cranes at Concord. The first use of the cranes was also the fist time the 834th Transportation Battalion moved containers directly from ship to rail. The...

`Smart' ID cards coming to MTMC's worldwide work force.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... In the near future, employees of the Military Traffic Management Command will have a common plastic identification card that contains numerous dimensions of official and personal information. The Common Access Card will also have an...

Chronicling Oakland and Bayonne past is historian's joy.(Mike Bellafaire)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... As box after box is opened, the long-forgotten images and papers pour out. Oakland Army Terminal as it looked in the Korean War... Bayonne Terminal photographs from World War II... scenes from the big moves of the Vietnam War. And...

MTMC expands scope of major ocean contract. (Estimated $17 million savings).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... For the second straight year, the Military Traffic Management Command has improved its contract providing liner services worldwide. MTMC awarded its Universal Services Contract 03 on July 14. The $325 million best value contract begins...

Teamwork fosters big contract savings. (Estimated $17 million savings).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The team that negotiated the Universal Services Contract #03 negotiated big quality--and big savings. While the contract will move freight comparable with last year, it will save the Military Traffic Management Command, and ultimately...

MTMC's Sunny Point firefighters win their toughest challenge.(Military Transportation Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... As Sunny Point fire fighters of a pierside fire, they could already see black smoke above the towering pine trees. Full reality set in as the firefighters rolled their vehicles out on the long, curved concrete approach to South Pier. ...

Sunny Point moves beyond ammunition ship fire.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Military ammunition cargoes are again flowing unrestricted through the Military Traffic Management Command's Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point. With some rescheduling, the 597th Transportation Group is again moving critical ammunition...

Korean exercise gets critical support from MTMC.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... At the last minute, the boat master throws the engine in reverse. The landing craft eases to a stop and gently comes alongside an unloading pier. It is another successful shuttle. The landing craft has brought another load of vehicles...

Initiative boosts speed of MTMC ocean cargo. (Central Command gets focus).(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Shipments by the Military Traffic Management Command to Europe are now arriving more than 10 days earlier. The effort, known as the Strategic Distribution Management Initiative, is aimed at squeezing out lost movement time at shipping...

MTMC moves to state-of-the-art financial software.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The way the Military Traffic Management Command organizes its finances will undergo a big change in the near future. MTMC will adopt a commercial financial system in June 2002 that will handle virtually all the command's accounting and...

ATA supports MTMC's new carrier qualification.(American Trucking Association )(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The nation's top trucking association is praising the Military Traffic Management Command for its new, streamlined freight carrier qualification program. The American Trucking Association was briefed on the Web-based program July 9. ...

MTMC maintains busy work presence in tiny Qatar.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... There is a furnace-like heat that clings to the air of the Middle East. The sun hangs high in the sky in a dominant stance. But in Qatar--surrounded on three sides by blue waters of the Persian Gulf--the seawaters provide a moderating...

MTMC delivers military equipment to Jordan. (LASH barges).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Under the hot sun of the Gulf of Aqaba, the Military Traffic Management Command has delivered a key supply of military cargo to the Kingdom of Jordan. The LASH--or Lighter Aboard Ship--vessel Green Island completed the sixth and final...

MTMC helps move 1,000 ammunition containers. (Single port manager).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Members of the 837th Transportation Battalion will long remember this year's Turbo Cads 2001 exercise at the Chinhae, Korea, ammunition pier. Over the course of five weeks, we served as the Single Port Manager for the movement of more than...

Launching ceremony evokes emotions, memories of hero.(remembering Roy Benavidez)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... On the West Bank of the Mississippi River stood a mighty ship as critical to our national defense as the soldier whose name is stenciled in black on its bow. The USNS Benavidez, the Navy's newest Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off...

Navy christens latest LMSR vessel.(honoring a hero)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Navy has christened its latest Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-Off ship -- the USNS Benavidez -- at Northrop Grumman Avondale Industries, in New Orleans. Christening ceremonies included remarks from Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky,...

Defense Travel System gets new project director.(Lt. Col. Larry Schaefer, Defense Travel System Project Office)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A veteran U.S. Air Force acquisition officer is the new project director of the Defense Travel System Project Office. Lt. Col. Larry Schaefer assumed command July 12 in a ceremony at the Crystal City, Va., project office. Schaefer...

Helping service members goes beyond a paycheck. (Army-Air Force Exchange Service).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Army-Air Force Exchanqe Service employee Eva Bowles is a Bosnia peacekeeping service veteran. It was Dec. 15, 1995, when Army troops were first dispatched to Bosnia. Two days later, Bowles was in-country herself, traveling in a brightly...

Multiple exercises challenge 835th Transportation Battalion. (Team Challenge 2001).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... It was multiple ship loadings and simultaneous exercises that brought home the real workload of Team Challenge 2001. As the last vessel sailed from Okinawa, our final situation report read: Mission Complete. For us, that pretty much...

Oakland cannons return to MTMC service. (Civil War era).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Two Civil War cannons that once guarded MTMC's Western Area Headquarters in Oakland, Calif., are serving again at Fort Eustis. The cannons flank the entrance of the Military Traffic Management Command at Fort Eustis now. Training and...

MTMC moves forgotten tank from World War II. (Uncovered in Haiti).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... A vintage American tank found in Haiti is on the way to a U.S. Army museum in Germany, thanks to the Military Traffic Management Command. MTMC moved the severely rusted tank by ship and barge to get it to Baumholder, Germany, where it will...

Alaska detachment cases its colors. (23 years of service).(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... The Military Traffic Management Command's worldwide operation is a little smaller with the closure of the 956th Transportation Co., Anchorage, Alaska. The Alaska unit served Department of Defense units for 23 years. The office closed...

Hawaiian multi-modal conference offers training.(Multi-Modal Traffic Management Training Workshop)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... Middle managers involved in cargo operations, personal property traffic management and passenger travel have an opportunity to improve their skills at an upcoming workshop. The 599th Transportation Group and the U.S. Pacific Command are...

Deployable IM employees get emergency training.(information management)
September 1, 2001... The Information Management Directorate at the Deployment Support Command can help with more emergencies than computer viruses. Six members of the directorate have completed a course to teach cardiopulmonary resuscitation. "We have...

Team USA.(sports)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: A local soccer match brought a touch of home to Col. John Brown, Commander, 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Brown showed solidarity with a visiting soccer team from the United States....

Rhine River Detachment moves equipment.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Movement by barge was the first step in a journey for Army tractors and trailers headed back to the United States for refurbishment. The 838th Transportation Battalion's Rhine River Detachment conducted the...

New Army berets come to MTMC.(Military Traffic Management Command )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2001... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: The 300 soldiers within the Military Traffic Management Command are now wearing the Army's new black beret. Displaying their new berets here are members of the Deployment Support Command outside their...