MTMC loads Screaming Eagles' gear at Florida port.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 personnel made history at the Port of Jacksonville The Port of Jacksonville the seaport in Jacksonville, Florida. The newest port in the United States, it carries over 2 million tons of cargo annually. It serves Jacksonville and the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan, and is currently the 38th largest port in the country and second , simultaneously stowing combat equipment aboard two Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off vessels in February. Active duty soldiers, reservists and civilians of the command loaded helicopters, Humvees, trucks, howitzers and other equipment from the 101st Airborne Division for shipment to the Persian Gulf Persian Gulf, arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Army officials. "It's the first time since Desert Storm that we've seen this much military equipment in Jacksonville," said Robert Peek of the Jacksonville Port Authority. The USNS USNS United States Naval Ship (civilian-manned; in service) USNS United States Navy Seals Dahl arrived first, followed by the USNS Bob Hope, and reservists from the 1173rd Transportation Battalion, Brockton, Mass., began loading cargo. The Dahl moved to its berth a little ahead of schedule. "It was a little extra time to begin the vessel load," said Maj. Debbie Gilmore, Battalion Operations Officer. When the Bob Hope joined the Dahl, 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) team worked to load both vessels simultaneously with priority focused on the Dahl. Much of the cargo came to the port on rail cars from 33 trains. The division's helicopters flew to the port. A small amount of equipment arrived by commercial truck. Each LMSR LMSR large, medium speed roll-on/roll-off (US DoD) LMSR Linear Multistage Receiver can carry as much as 380,000 square feet of cargo. Normal stow plans utilize approximately 75 percent of the available space. However, the Dahl and Hope were loaded to move the division's equipment forward quickly in an easily accessible configuration for off-loading on the other side. "You max them out when you have weeks to prepare and respond," said Lt. Col. Paul Giovino, Single Port Manager for the operation in Jacksonville. "In this case we are trying to meet the time schedules for the Warfighter in the theater of operations Noun 1. theater of operations - a region in which active military operations are in progress; "the army was in the field awaiting action"; "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" field of operations, theatre of operations, theater, theatre, field ." Giovino, who deployed to the port to command the mission for MTMC, commands the 832nd Transportation Battalion, Ft. Buchannan, Puerto Rico. The cargo on the two vessels was custom configured to give the 101st very specific combat capabilities at its destination. The vessels departed Jacksonville in mid-February. Other vessels were inbound to carry the remaining divisional equipment. The reservists loaded more than 1,000,000 square feet of cargo aboard five vessels for the 101st, said Lt. Col. Robert Walsh, 1173rd Commander. They accomplished the feat in 17 days, he said. During Desert Shield/Desert Storm, it took approximately 2 1/2 months to accomplish a similar mission, said Walsh. Don Dees Public Affairs Specialist MTMC, Alexandria |
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