Translog articles from September 2002

Translog archives from September 2002

Transition under way ...
September 1, 2002... Michelle Davis displays a sign identifying the new MTMC Commanding General, which will be displayed outside the office door of the Command Group at MTMC Headquarters in Alexandria, Va. Brig. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody takes over the command Oct. 17....

Recommendations: an interview with MTMC's Commanding General.
September 1, 2002... Q. At the end of August, you briefed the Commander-in-Chief, USTRANSCOM, on the recommended personal property program for the future. What can you share with us about your recommendations? A. As most know, DoD has sponsored several pilots...

MTMC initiates big surface redeployment from Afghanistan.
September 1, 2002... When military equipment rolled off the Motor Vessel Maersk Arizona at Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point--it was a pivotal event. The equipment of the 1/187th Infantry Battalion was the first to be returned via surface transportation from...

Biggest since Bayonne closure: MTMC transships Kosovo force in New York harbor.
September 1, 2002... A mid the bustle of Greater New York Harbor, a peacekeeping task force of the 10th Mountain Division (Light) has been routed back to its home station. MTMC's 956th Transportation Co. discharged the equipment of a Kosovo peacekeeping task...

Sept. 11 observance.
September 1, 2002... A bagpiper plays "Amazing Grace" for a joint ceremony by the 598th Transportation Group and the U.S. Coast Guard to observe the one-year anniversary of terrorist attacks that hit the United States of America on Sept. 11. Employees of all units...

Joint ceremony observes Sept. 11 anniversary.
September 1, 2002... Emotions were heavy and voices muted as employees of MTMC Headquarters Alexandria and the U.S. Army Personnel Command observed the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks against America. Employees of the two organizations,...

Planning and skill ensure success in LMSR discharge.
September 1, 2002... Under the fierce mid-day sun, Operation Vigilant Hammer began for us when the USNS Watkins passed the breakwall at the port of Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait. The date was July 15, and we had a tough two days in front of us. Our mission was to...

MTMC Commanding General: rail gives MTMC its best on-time delivery.
September 1, 2002... MTMC achieves its best "on-time delivery" with what form of transportation? The question was raised by Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander, Military Traffic Management Command. The MTMC Operations Center room on Aug. 1 was...

MTMC moves first Apache Longbows to Europe.
September 1, 2002... As the aviators of the 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment returned to Europe there was a big reception. At dockside in Antwerp, Belgium, aviators, contractors and members of the Belgium media watched transporters from the Military Traffic...

MTMC moves forward to revamp defense moves.
September 1, 2002... The Military Traffic Management Command is moving ahead to change substantially the way the nation's service members move. MTMC has presented to the U.S. Transportation Command a comprehensive plan that will significantly revamp defense...

MTMC/industry: cooperative spirit spurs new moving program.
September 1, 2002... Improvements in the working relationship between the Military Traffic Management Command and the moving industry will allow for major upgrades in the way military service members relocate. That was the message of William Lucas, MTMC Deputy...

Industry partner critiques MTMC's moving program.
September 1, 2002... Charles McDaniel is a straight shooter. And McDaniel, President of The Hilldrup Companies, of Stafford, Va., brought that kind of frank talk to an Industry Day Briefing at MTMC Headquarters Alexandria, on Aug. 27. In a conference room...

Mover says post highlights MTMC moving problems.
September 1, 2002... If there is a symptom of what is wrong with MTMC's moving program, it is the "paper companies," according to Charles McDaniel, President, The Hilldrup Companies. And, said McDaniel, to see the impact of those paper companies, one needs to...

MTMC reception draws industry supporters.
September 1, 2002... One of the first things Ragnar Meyer-Knutsen did at MTMC's third annual Industry Reception was leaf through a "Translog" magazine. Midway through the July-August issue, Meyer-Knutsen found a surprise. Several pages of the magazine...

Information management directorate reorganizes.
September 1, 2002... With the adoption of commercial technology strategies, the organization and process of MTMC's information management staff is undergoing change. The command's information management staff at Alexandria, Va., and Fort Eustis, Va., will be...

Soldier says off-duty study led to panel selection. (2002 MTMC NCO of the Year).
September 1, 2002... For the two months before his Military Traffic Management Command evaluation panel, all Sgt. Gregory Koskey did on his free time and weekends was study. That dedication paid of July 30, when Koskey, of the 838th Transportation Battalion,...

Pusan battalion selected as MTMC's top unit.
September 1, 2002... A transportation terminal unit that handles a host of missions on the Pacific Rim has been selected as the Military Traffic Management Command's Military Unit of the Year. The 837th Transportation Battalion, Pusan, South Korea, has been...

Commanders rotate in MTMC Pacific battalions.
September 1, 2002... The command assignments of the Military Traffic Management Command are normally three-year tours. So each summer, about one-third of MTMC's 24 port terminal units change hands. It was unusual this summer to have the commanders at all three...

Deployment support team use pays big dividends.
September 1, 2002... When Lt. Col. Timothy Civils Jr. reported in as the new commander of the 842nd Transportation Battalion in July 2001, he found a new unit structure. The Beaumont, Texas, terminal unit had formerly been a group headquarters. Now, following...

War on Terrorism: MTMC officer assists Canadian redeployment.
September 1, 2002... In a far-away corner of the world, a Military Traffic Management officer found himself in the front ranks of the War on Terrorism. Maj. Serge Pelletier served for six weeks at "an operating location in support of the U.S. Central Command...

Army recognizes MTMC Reserve unit for award.
September 1, 2002... Army Reserve Maj. Sam Houston likes to give credit to others. Houston, a member of the 1190th Deployment Support Brigade, recently led a team in the highly successful load out of a 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, task force from Fort Hood,...

`Real-world' DoD missions creep into Reserve training.
September 1, 2002... The soldiers of the 1181st Transportation Battalion know what it is like to attend two weeks of active duty--and perform a critical Department of Defense mission at the same time. In early July, the Meridian, Miss., based Army Reserve unit...

Transportation Secretary receives freight tracking brief.
September 1, 2002... Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta is briefed by William Cooper, Director, Transportation Engineering Agency, on MTMC's use of its innovative Web-based Intelligent Road/Rail Information Server, a deployment planning and shipment tracking...

MTMC leaders briefed on new transportation concept.
September 1, 2002... When Vector SCM transporters looked at the General Motors supply chain, they found a huge bureaucracy. "It was bigger than the government's (supply chain)," said Michael Nadolski, Director, Procurement and Contract Compliance, of the Novi,...

Cobra Gold 2002 challenges MTMC transporters.
September 1, 2002... A ship fire and a tropical storm were among the challenges faced by transporters with the 599th Transportation Group in Exercise Cobra Gold 2002. The flexibility and cross training of deployment support team members were critical, said...

Army school will boost job performance, growth.
September 1, 2002... Attendance at the Army Management Staff Colleges provides qualified applicants additional opportunity for both learning and promotion. That was the message from Dr. Ursula Lohmann, Dean, of the Fort Belvoir, Va., based school, to...

New product promotes installation traffic safety.
September 1, 2002... There is now a new, and faster, way to determine the level of highway traffic safety at your military installation. MTMC's Transportation Engineering Agency engineers have produced "Better Military Traffic Engineering 2002," a highly...

House committee hears MTMC port security views.
September 1, 2002... A number of upgrades have been implemented at the nation's strategic seaports used by the Military Traffic Management Command to improve security. That was the message of Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky, Commander, to members of the...

MTMC's image is `world class' in Congressional testimony.
September 1, 2002... All in all, Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky appeared before the legislators about 90 minutes. But it was getting to that final, perfect presentation by the MTMC Commanding General that mattered. It took a select team of specialists at the...

New organization rushes to begin its mission.
September 1, 2002... As it hires as many as 2,000 new employees a week, America's new Transportation Security Administration is gearing up for its colossal mission. That is the message of Charlotte Bryan, Manager, Airport Operations, to an audience of Greater...

Old hand returns to MTMC Operations Center duties.
September 1, 2002... The man who, in voice and persona, symbolically represented MTMC's former Command Operations Center in Alexandria is back in the fight. Rick Shilby, who has worked and briefed the command's many and varied operations since the Desert Storm...

Sunny Point helps aviation logistics go mobile.
September 1, 2002... Aviation maintenance is crucial to a pilot who is thousands of feet in the air over enemy territory. That is why the U.S. Marines recently participated in "Carolina Patriot-02," a deployment exercise to keep Marines trained on mobile readiness...

Working with MTMC to meet America's newest challenge.
September 1, 2002... Lt. Cmdr. Jim Flowers and Cmdr. Dolores Smith--two officers from the Naval Reserve Military Transportation Management Command 202, will soon complete one year of active duty to augment the staff of MTMC's Operations Center at Fort Eustis, Va....

Top general gets first-hand view of Sunny Point.
September 1, 2002... General John W. Handy, USTRANSCOM Commander, recently visited the 597th Transportation Terminal Group, Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point--offering nothing but praise for the Army's sole ammunition shipment facility. The four-star Air...

Port security at its finest.
September 1, 2002... Sgt. Anthony Rhoad of the 4249th Port Security Detachment, Pocahontas, Iowa, was among the soldiers from his unit recognized at an awards ceremony held Aug. 9 at tire Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point in Southport, N.C. Col. Ronald P. Heiter,...

First in a decade: command participates in Philippine exercise.
September 1, 2002... For the first time in a decade, a MTMC deployment support team has worked a terminal operation in the Republic of the Philippines. The occasion was Exercise Balikatan 2002, a combined, joint task force of United States and Philippine...

Fast track: MTMC Reservist called up, promoted to ensign.
September 1, 2002... The Military Traffic Management Command has not seen much of Aaron Economou in the past eight months. Economou, 34, was recalled to active duty in November 2001 in support of the War on Terrorism. He served as a Navy technical analyst at...

MTMC transporters work 'round-the-clock missions.
September 1, 2002... When the USNS Fisher berthed at the Molle Vehiculo Terminal, Tarragona, Spain, members of an 839th Transportation Battalion deployment support team were ready--with a winning game plan. The discharge of equipment of the II Marine...

Vietnam-era gun trucks hold special meaning for MTMCer.
September 1, 2002... Whenever Paul Gardiner walks by the U.S. Fort Army Transportation Museum, Fort Eustis, Va., he gives it a special glance. Among an array of trains, planes and vehicles parked outside the building is a Vietnam-Era gun truck. The "Eve of...

MTMC shipment: donated oak timbers take on new life in USS Constitution.
September 1, 2002... Many new oak timbers will be installed in the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor as the result of an unusual shipment arranged by the Military Traffic Management Command. The oak logs were delivered to the U.S. Navy ship free of charge, as...

Race draws big MTMC participation.
September 1, 2002... Officially, they are called Team MTM. That is because there can only be three letters on the computer entry form--so there is no room for the Letter "C" of the Military Traffic Management Command. MTM is the team of the Military Traffic...

View from Afghanistan: anniversary brings recommitment to duty.
September 1, 2002... Editor's Note: Don Dees, a member of the MTMC Command Affairs Office, is in Afghanistan as a mobilized member of the Army Reserve. Dees is assigned to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group, which is training Afghanistan's new national...

Back home ... (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: Thanks for the copies of "Translog." I've shared them ("MTMC Reservist resumes his pre-mobilization Life," May/June issue) with family, friends, and co-workers. I have also directed a lot of people to the MTMC Web page to read...

Send Translogs. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: Is it possible for the 39th Logistics Group--as of Aug. 5, 2002 to be the 39th Maintenance Group--to be placed on distribution for two copies of the "Translog"? How would one go about getting on requirement to receive the...

Liberty Ship sailor. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: "Translog" is sure a good magazine. I read it cover to cover. I read every article. With pride, I looked at the article that featured some of my comments. ("Vintage cargo ship still carries the freight," May/June issue.)...

Heavy, not Medium. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: Our vehicle you shipped to Paris for us ("Paris bound... " May/June issue) was a Heavy Tactical Vehicle--you referred to it as a Medium Tactical Vehicle. Thanks, Charlnita "Charlie" Moore Equipment Specialist/HEMTT...

Correction.
September 1, 2002... In the Memorial Day article on pg. 37 of the July/August 2002 TRANSLOG, Sgt. Maj. Sara Jennings' name was incorrectly written as "Jenkins."

Afghanistan report. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: Today (July 23) is the big day. The 1st Battalion of the Afghanistan National Army graduates. I have 15 media agencies registered, totaling about 50 people. That doesn't include international or local Kabul media that may...

The legacy. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: Received books and have labeled them to distribute one each to our crews that hold monthly meeting to show and tell. Thanks. Great write-up on the U.S. Navy Armed Guard on the Liberty Ship John Brown (May/June issue). I'm...

Job well done. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: I want to express my appreciation for the great job Don Dees did on the Dahl stories... especially the piece on Harry Palmer ("Record LMSR load sails from Charleston," May/June issue). It was great to have him down here....

Send more Translogs. (Letters to the Editor).
September 1, 2002... Dear Editor: I have received a copy of your May/June 2002 issue of Translog. It came courtesy of Charles Lloyd, national chairman of the U.S. Navy Armed Guard Veterans of WWII, of which I am a member. He specifically noted the vintage...

Stuttgart, Germany: new & improved.
September 1, 2002... The cramped quarters of the Stuttgart Vehicle Processing Center have been replaced with a thoroughly modern structure. Formerly, the old facility was a jumbled office, 16 feet on one side, shared by the center with the provost marshal. ...

Multi-modal conference offers training opportunities.
September 1, 2002... The seamless, end-to-end movement of freight from fort find depot to the warfighter will be the theme of a MTMC co-sponsored conference in Hawaii. The U.S. Army's 599th Transportation Group and the U.S. Pacific Command are jointly...