596th Transportation Terminal Group (Ammunition) (Provisional).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 ammunition terminal services to meet the nation's objectives. In addition to serving the Defense Transportation System customers, the services and combatant commanders around the world, the 596th also coordinates and provides support to surface movements of Foreign Military Sales That portion of United States security assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended. This assistance differs from the Military Assistance Program and the International Military Education and Training Program munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for U.S. allies around the world. Col. Mike Babul ba·bul n. A tropical African tree (Acacia nilotica) that yields a gum similar to gum arabic and has a bark used in tanning. [Persian b has commanded the 596th and MOTSU MOTSU Military Ocean Terminal, Sunny Point since July 12, 2005. He will turn over command to Col. Mark Hagan April 16, 2009. Senior noncommissioned officer leadership is provided for the group by Sgt. 1st Class Robert Hale. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Commander's Vision The vision of the command is to become the SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction Center of Excellence for ammunition ocean terminal and distribution operations. Toward this end, on June 16, 2008, the 834th Transportation Battalion, at the Military Ocean Terminal Concord, Calif., was organized under the 596th. MOTCO MOTCO Military Ocean Terminal, Concord (Concord, CA) , formerly part of the Naval Weapons Station, Concord, is the primary West Coast common-user ammunition terminal and was formally transferred from the Navy to the Army Oct. l, 2008. The assignment of the 834th to the 596th serves to provide operational and training synergies between the East and West Coast ammo terminals while also lending professional installation management oversight to the fledgling Army installation, MOTCO. Further, the 596th will assume global ammunition operations and distribution responsibilities from the SDDC G3 later in fiscal year 2009. This action will consolidate the planning and execution of surface ammunition movements via sealift sea·lift tr.v. sea·lift·ed, sea·lift·ing, sea·lifts To transport (troops or supplies) by sea, as when ground or air routes are blocked. n. A system or an instance of such transport. at the 596th and provide stakeholders within the joint munitions community a single SDDC point of contact for coordinating these movements. Features of the 596th MOTSU has served as the primary CONUS common-user ammunition terminal in support of forces deployed around the world since 1955. The vast majority of munitions shipped to Vietnam, Central Europe during the Cold War, Desert Storm, and more recently, Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom have originated from MOTSU. In 1997, it assumed responsibility for Army and Air Force ammunition prepositioned afloat programs, supporting the cyclic maintenance and loading of ammunition aboard long-term chartered ammo vessels. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Unlike other SDDC Group Commands, the 596th has an additional mission of operating a 16,000 acre installation with a variety of base operations functions in support of its primary ammunition transshipment Transshipment The passing goods from one ocean vessel to another. mission. The majority of the 280 personnel at MOTSU perform installation functions to include security, fire and emergency services, public works, land and wildlife management, energy and environmental resources, and rail and heavy equipment maintenance. At MOTSU, safety is the cornerstone of all activities performed on the terminal, to include construction and repair projects. These projects must be viewed through the lens of explosive safety. To ensure explosive safety is observed at all times, the 596th has an Ammunition Surveillance Division with two Quality Assurance Specialists, Ammunition Safety and a team of ammunition surveillance inspectors. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Recent Missions and Accomplishments In recent years, MOTSU has undergone significant infrastructure modernization to enhance ammunition container throughput, to include the current Center Wharf expansion project scheduled for completion in 2011. When complete, the wharf will provide the necessary platform for the installation of two new ship-to-shore container cranes, designed to speed container throughput several fold. Over the past year, MOTSU personnel loaded and discharged a total of 38 vessels. More than 600,000 measurement tons of munitions were handled, including the transshipment of more than 13,000 containers, 1,373 of which were packed at MOTSU. The Army and Air Force Preposition preposition, in English, the part of speech embracing a small number of words used before nouns and pronouns to connect them to the preceding material, e.g., of, in, and about. Programs accounted for 457,000 measurement tons. Support to OIF OIF Operation Iraqi Freedom OIF Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (French: International Organization of Francophonie) OIF Office for Intellectual Freedom (American Library Association) and OEF OEF Operation Enduring Freedom (US government response to September 11, 2001 terrorism attacks) OEF Oxford Economic Forecasting OEF Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum OEF Optimal Extension Fields via the MV Virginian included the movement of nearly 145,000 measurement tons of munitions. Further, MOTSU processed over 2,000 commercial trucks and over 2,000 commercial railcars during this period of robust activity. |
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