Matson makes large liner service move of unit equipment.A three-ship liner service move of unit equipment of the 29th Brigade Combat Team The brigade combat team (BCT) is the basic deployable unit of maneuver in the US Army. A brigade combat team consists of one combat arms branched maneuver brigade, and its attached support and fire units. is one of the largest shipments from Hawaii in recent years. The 900-piece move from Oahu to ports on the West Coast of the United States The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Seaboard" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States, comprising most often California, Oregon and Washington. was conducted by Matson Navigation Co., Oakland, Calif. on vessels chartered from Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Federal Way, Wash. "There are a lot of challenges inherent in moving unit cargo via liner service," said Doug Anderson, deputy director of deployment operations for the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. "However, Matson showed great flexibility in scheduling and marshalling their resources to provide liner service to final destination." Liner service leverages existing capabilities and established routes. SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction negotiates with ocean carriers to conduct scheduled movements based on ability to meet cargo and delivery requirements, reliability and cost. "This has to be a record (for us)," said Mike Garvin, Matson's manager of public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most . "Typically, unit cargo moves by liner service are smaller." "Our people were really up for this operation--and excelled." The move was the largest deployment of Hawaii Army National Guardsmen since the activation of Soldiers for the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . The unit went to Fort Bliss, Texas, for two weeks of specialized infantry and counterinsurgency coun·ter·in·sur·gen·cy n. Political and military strategy or action intended to oppose and forcefully suppress insurgency. coun training. Most of the cargo went aboard the Motor Vessel Great Land, which was loaded Sept. 10-13 in Pearl Harbor by the U.S. Navy's Fleet Industrial Supply Center. The 599th Transportation Group, Wheeler Army Airfield Wheeler Army Airfield (IATA: HHI, ICAO: PHHI), formerly Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark. , managed the operation. Totem discharged the vessel in Washington state on Sept. 18 in Tacoma, with the 833rd Transportation Battalion, Seattle, on the ground to assist. The cargo was then moved by Union Pacific rail cars and arrived at Fort Bliss Oct. 2. The two smaller Texas-bound shipments were loaded in Honolulu, Hawaii, and offloaded in Los Angeles and Oakland, Calif., by Matson, with the help of the 834th Transportation Battalion, Concord, Calif. Commercial-military teamwork was key to a successful load-out, said Dennis Muraoka, Terminal Management Division chief for the 599th. Transporters from the 599th conducted round-the-clock staging operations Sept. 10-13 at Pearl Harbor. "With our support, the deploying unit smoothly transferred through the joint inspection process and into 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. ," said Muraoka. |
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