Fleet of barges moves giant Army task force.The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) helicopter arched high in the crisp autumn air, over the majestic scope of Mississippi River Mississippi River River, central U.S. It rises at Lake Itasca in Minnesota and flows south, meeting its major tributaries, the Missouri and the Ohio rivers, about halfway along its journey to the Gulf of Mexico. . Amid the beauty, however, the center of attention was a Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a barge move. Mid-river were multiple barges and loads of equipment, being pushed by powerful tow vessels. The public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. photographer, Spc. Marshall Woods, eased his finger--and firmly depressed the camera trigger. Magnificent! The moment was captured. Preserved in digital posterity was a large part of 867 vehicles moving upstream aboard 47 barges. Mission complete--the barges were returning a 101st Airborne Division back to Fort Campbell Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and is home to the 101st Airborne Division. The fort is named in honor of BG William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee. , Ky., following an October training mission at the Joint Readiness Center, Fort Polk, La. Through three river systems, and a half-dozen states, the MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) mission was conducted by Osprey osprey (ŏs`prē), common name for a bird of prey related to the hawk and the New World vulture and found near water in most parts of the world. Lines, of New Orleans. The barges were discharged at Alexandria, La., on the Red River, in late September, and the cargo was reloaded Oct. 21-22. "It was a normal-sized load for us" said John Marzullo, Alexandria Regional Port Authority Executive Director. "Our goal is four of these operations a year. "Weather does not affect us." Barge operations at the busy Alexandria port have resulted in no vehicular loss or damage since the port started moving military cargo in 1993. "We haven't had a nickel's worth of damage in all this time," said Marzullo. |
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