599th teams up to load navy ship.The 599th Transportation Group teamed up with the Fleet and Industrial Supply Center Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. , the Military Sealift Command A major command of the US Navy, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated common-user sealift transportation services to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a global basis. Also called MSC. See also transportation component command. , and the 25th Infantry Division to load more than 1,200 pieces of division equipment onto the USNS USNS United States Naval Ship (civilian-manned; in service) USNS United States Navy Seals Seay in early September. The Seay, one of the newest ships in the MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. fleet, undertook her maiden voyage from Baltimore to Pearl Harbor to transport more than 12 million pounds of cargo for the 25th ID's rotations to the National Training Center and the Joint Readiness Training Center. "This was an excellent training and teamwork opportunity for us," said Col. John H. Bordwell, Jr., Commander of the 599th. "The 599th doesn't normally have the port operation and documentation mission in Hawaii, so we were very happy that FISC fisc n. The treasury of a kingdom or state. [French, from Latin fiscus, money basket, treasury.] Noun 1. afforded us this great training for our transporters." To maximize training benefits, the 599th brought in a marine cargo specialist from each of its three Far East transportation battalions, and treated the mission like a normal deployment for training purposes. |
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