Busy port work includes visit by a favorite ship.The Balakleya is a familiar silhouette silhouette (sĭl'  ĕt`), outline image, especially a profile drawing solidly filled in or a cutout pasted against a lighter background. and a favorite ship to the transporters of the 950th Transportation Co. Although we were busy, we were glad to see it again in October when it stopped by Bremerhaven with a big load of equipment bound for Kosovo. We like the Balakleya because it is a paradox of the ocean. It was built to carry main battle tanks of the old Soviet Union. These days, the Balakleya is privately owned and is often used for moving the equipment of American peacekeeping forces peacekeeping force n → fuerza de pacificación peacekeeping force n → forces fpl qui assurent le maintien de la paix . As we walk the ship's decks we muse how this giant ship of the sea is being put to good use -- good use indeed. When the Balakleya called this time, it was a busy time for us. We were working four ships at the same time from Oct. 11-14 -- either in Bremerhaven or nearby Nordenham. This trip, the Balakleya discharged 800 pieces of cargo for a task force of 10th Mountain Division American peacekeeping forces bound for Kosovo. This vessel is one we remember well. It has huge cargo holds -- the entrances are some 20-feet in diameter to allow entry of the main Soviet battle tanks. Unlike comparable American ships, the Balakleya was designed to carry hundreds of troops and had a sauna sauna Bath in steam from water thrown on heated stones. Known in ancient times in various places, saunas are most closely identified with the Finnish people, who made saunas a national tradition. and gym specifically for their morale. Meanwhile, in Nordenham, we were simultaneously discharging 20 M1 tanks from the Faust. These operations in Nordenham and Bremerhaven went on around-the-clock," said Maj. Robert Steigerwald Jr., Commander. Meanwhile, we had a very challenging discharge in Nordenham, located just across the Weser River Weser River River, western Germany. Formed by the union of the Fulda and Werra rivers at Münden, it flows northward into the North Sea through a large estuary. It is 273 mi (440 km) long. There are several hydroelectric dams on the Weser, and it is linked with numerous canals. from Bremerhaven. Our mission was to discharge 719 containers of ammunition from the Dutch vessel Singelgracht. These containers had to be segregated for six different locations in three different countries. We then had to load 150 of these containers for transshipment Transshipment The passing goods from one ocean vessel to another. on two different vessels. We loaded some on the German coaster What a bad CD-R disc is often called. See CD-R and underrun. Bavaria bound for Norway and reloaded the remainder on the Singelgracht bound for Sweden. The remaining containers were loaded on trains bound for U.S. Army Europe and U.S. Air Force Europe destinations in Southern Germany The term Southern Germany (German: Süddeutschland) is used to describe a region in the south of Germany. The exact area defined by the term is not constant, but it usually includes Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, and the southern part of Hesse. . How tough were the three simultaneous missions? "These operations stretched our unit to its limits," said Steigerwald. Our company is a part of the 838th Transportation Battalion, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Bram de Jong De Jong is the most common Dutch surname. Many people bear this name, including many important historical figures. Some of these people are mentioned below. De Jong may mean:
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