Courtesy Photo | Colin Greene is a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Stuttgart. He said as an immigrant, he’s humbled to be given the opportunity to serve the United States of America, first as a Soldier and now as an Army civilian. “I’m especially humbled this year … as we celebrate the Army’s 250th birthday. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!” Greene said. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
April 21, 2025
STUTTGART, Germany – Colin Greene served eight years with his home country’s military before immigrating to the U.S. and joining the Army. Initially a servicemember with the Guyana defense force air corps, Greene attended the U.S. School of Americas at Albrook Air Force Station in Panama to study general aircraft maintenance in 1982 under the tutelage of the U.S. Air Force.
Courtesy Photo | Gary Alderman works at his office, April 16. The Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden transportation assistant said, “the Army is my family outside of my family. I’m proud and happy to be a part of this special community, especially on this special year and special occasion. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!” (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
April 16, 2025
WIESBADEN, Germany – At Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, Gary Alderman is more than just his job title, transportation assistant. The Army civilian employee, who is also a former Soldier, is a transportation quality control and quality assurance specialist, a U.S. Department of Agriculture compliance inspector and program manager, and a senior customs border clearance stamp custodian and border clearance agent, plus more.
“I provide logistical support for our active-duty servicemembers and Department of Defense civilians when it comes to their personal property shipments – both household goods and unaccompanied baggage – inbound and outbound shipments. And I also go through the daily truck runs with the five moving companies we work with,” said the former Soldier who served seven years on active-duty as a wheeled-vehicle operator and truck driver.
Photo By Sgt. 1st Class P. Behringer | Lt. Col. Nathan Groves, Command Sgt. Maj. Edgar Zavala, commander and senior noncommissioned officer of the 53d Transportation Battalion, 593rd Corps Sustainment Command, case the battalion's colors during its inactivation ceremony, April 10, 2025, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class P. Behringer)
April 15, 2025
The 53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) holds a history of service and adaptability within the U.S. Army. Due to their historical post WWII partnership with Germany, the battalion’s SIEGESRÄDER motto translates to "Victory Wheels." On April 10, 2025, the battalion inactivated as part of the U.S. Army’s initiative to redistribute logistics assets.
First constituted May 28, 1943, as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 53rd Quartermaster Truck Battalion, the battalion activated in North Africa on June 22, 1943. During World War II, they participated in seven campaigns: Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. Following World War II, 53rd underwent multiple inactivations, redesignations, and reactivations. Notably, on October 29, 1999, it reorganized at Fort McPherson, Georgia, as the 53rd Movement Control Battalion.
Photo By Cameron Porter | Cristiano Dias is a transportation motor pool dispatcher with Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz. He’s been supporting U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and the Kaiserslautern Military Community his entire adult life. “Working for the U.S. Army is the best decision I’ve ever made,” said Dias, “and it’s exciting to be working for the U.S. Army on its 250th birthday year. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!”
April 10, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Cristiano Dias has been supporting U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz and the Kaiserslautern Military Community his entire adult life. The 47-year-old local national employee started as a Stars and Stripes delivery driver in 1997 when he was 19. He also worked as a supervisor for the gate guards at Pulaski Barracks and Rhine Ordnance Barracks for 19 years, and he was at the Deployment Processing Center on ROB for five more.
For the last year, Dias has been supporting the Kaiserslautern Military Community and the Army in a new role. Since June, the lifelong resident of Kaiserslautern whose family came to Germany from Portugal works as a transportation motor pool dispatcher with Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz.
Courtesy Photo | A U.S. Army D7 medium track-type bulldozer from Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 is loaded onto an M870 semitrailer lowbed construction equipment transporter at the Powidz APS-2 worksite. Poland’s 33rd APS Support Battalion conducted training on the loading and transporting of a D7 bulldozer March 31 to April 4 at the site. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
April 09, 2025
POWIDZ, Poland – Properly maintaining a 32,000-pound horizontal heavy construction vehicle is one thing but moving it can be another. Recently, and for the first time, Poland’s 33rd Army Prepositioned Stocks Support Battalion conducted training on the loading and transporting of a U.S. Army D7 medium track-type bulldozer at the APS-2 worksite in Powidz.
The Polish Provided Logistics Support servicemembers conducted the training March 31 to April 4 at the worksite as part of a larger, more comprehensive APS-2 maintenance training program, which has been in motion there since the summer of 2024.
Photo By Cameron Porter | Lisa Mayer-Wekerle is a transportation assistant with Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. The German host nation employee who has worked for the U.S. Army for about a year said, “I’m proud to be a part of the LRC Rheinland-Pfalz team working in the Personal Property Processing Office – especially this year during the Army’s 250th birthday. Happy 250th birthday, U.S.
April 08, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Going from a dentist’s office in downtown Kaiserslautern to the 405th Army Field Support Brigade was a major operational procedure, but Lisa Mayer-Wekerle did it without any complications, both from a dental and an Army perspective.
The German host nation employee with the 405th AFSB’s Logistics Readiness Center Rheinland-Pfalz worked for a commercial dentist in the city for about eight years before accepting a local national civilian employee position with the Army on Daenner Kaserne about a year ago.
Courtesy Photo | Charis Ford presents an updated command supply disciple program checklist to one of her coworkers at her office on Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy, April 3. Ford, who previously served in the Air Force, is responsible for managing CSDP for Logistics Readiness Center Italy. She was active-duty Air Force for almost 10 years, and now she’s an Army civilian employee for nearly 10 more. “Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!” Ford said. (U.S. Army courtesy photo)
April 03, 2025
VICENZA, Italy – It’s not uncommon for a servicemember from the Air Force, Navy, Marines or even the Coast Guard to complete his or her active-duty service requirement and transition over to the Army as one of over 250,000 Army civilian employees in over 500 career paths.
Charis Ford is one of those Army civilians. The Logistics Readiness Center Italy employee has served nearly 10 years as an Army civilian, and before that she was active-duty Air Force working in cargo and personal property transportation management for almost 10 more.
Photo By Sgt. Matthew Connor | Soldiers assigned to 548th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Division Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (LI) and students from Gouverneur Middle School pose for a photo in front of a Palletized-Loading System at the end of STARBASE at Fort Drum, New York, March, 28, 2025. STARBASE is a Department of Defense program that allows students to learn about STEM subjects and how they relate to everyday and military life. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Matthew S. Connor)
March 28, 2025
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (March 28, 2025) – Soldiers assigned to C Co., 548th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Division Sustainment Brigade, 10th Mountain Division (LI), teach students of Gouverneur Middle School about military transportation during a STARBASE event, March, 28, 2025.
STARBASE is a valuable program funded by the Department of Defense that provides students with interactive learning experiences on military installations while allowing them to receive instruction directly from Soldiers.
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Army Soldiers from the 331st Transportation Company (Causeway), 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) construct a causeway in Antarctica, Feb. 1, 2025. Operation Deep Freeze facilitates the annual resupply of approximately 2,300 scientists and contractors supporting the U.S. Antarctic Program. This operation to resupplied McMurdo Station and Scott Base in Antarctica. (U.S. Army photo by Col. Eddie Gray)
March 27th, 2025
The 331st Transportation Company (Causeway), part of 11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) recently returned from the Middle East, only to be called upon again to support another critical expeditionary mission—this time in one of the most austere environments on Earth: McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Photo By Master Sgt. Tristan McIntire | Aerial porters assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing, 621st Contingency Response Squadron prepare to download cargo from a CH-47 Chinook during exercise Turbo Distribution at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., March 15, 2025. This exercise flexes the U.S. Department of Defense’s capability of rapidly assessing airfields and opening aerial port operations to move maximum amounts of cargo into any theater of operation, even under hostile conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Tristan McIntire)
March 18th, 2025
WESTOVER AIR RESERVE BASE, Mass. -- More than 150 Soldiers and Airmen conducted round-the-clock aerial port and cargo-transfer operations in exercise Turbo Distribution, March 12-17, 2025 at Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. This exercise flexes the U.S. Department of Defense’s capability of rapidly assessing airfields and opening aerial port operations by moving approximately 215 cargo tons through a small airfield into a contested theater of operations in just a few days.
Photo By Capt. Misael Saldivar | M109 Paladin driver Pfc. Sterling Maness and ground-guide Staff Sgt. Stephon McIntosh communicate through hand signals to stage the howitzer at its proper location within the staging yard during offloading operations at the port of Koper, Slovenia on December 28, 2024. This Reception, Staging, and Onward Movement (RSOM) operation in the port of Koper is bringing in 1-3ID, the next Regionally Aligned Force (RAF), into the European Theater. These forces will be then transported by the 21st Theater Sustainment Command to their forward operating sites across NATO where they will conduct interoperability training with Allies and partners. The intent of these RAFs is to assure our allies and deter all adversaries.
January 3rd, 2025
KOPER, Slovenia —The 21st Theater Sustainment Command conducted Reception, Staging, and Onward Movement (RSOM) operations through the port of Koper on Dec. 28, carrying over 480 pieces of equipment assigned to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. Soldiers and civilians assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 16th Sustainment Brigade, the 598th Transportation Brigade (Surface Deployment and Distribution Command), and the Slovenian military and port authority ensured the mission was successful.