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Courtesy Photo | From flights to driving across international borders, planning your travel is crucial to ensuring a smooth permanent change of station experience. “Focus on your upcoming PCS move and all the associated requirements now, so you can focus on settling in and enjoying your new and exciting European chapter soon enough,” said John Hebert, chief of the Base Support Operations Transportation’s European Travel Branch. (Courtesy photo; graphic by Cameron Porter)
Peak PCS season travel planning: from flights to crossing international borders
Story by Cameron Porter
June 10, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Embarking on a permanent change of station in Europe during peak PCS season or anytime involves more than just moving household goods and belongings – it’s about navigating the journey.
From flights to driving across international borders, planning your travel is crucial to ensuring a smooth PCS experience, said John Hebert, chief of the Base Support Operations Transportation’s European Travel Branch.
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Blue Grass Army Depot Excels at Large-Scale Combat Operations Exercise
Story by Willliam D. Ritter
June 06, 2025
RICHMOND, Ky., June 6, 2025 — Forklifts weaved in and out seamlessly, moving in unison, as Blue Grass Army Depot (BGAD) employees worked as a team during the depot's recent Transportation Engineering Agency (TEA) Ammunition Deployment Study, part of the Joint Munition Command (JMC) Outload Exercise at BGAD.
Courtesy Photo | Moving personal belongings during a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move can be a significant undertaking, especially when crossing international borders during peak PCS season. Dedicated transportation experts from the Base Support Operations Transportation Consolidated Personal Property Shipping Office understand these challenges and work diligently to ensure smooth and efficient processes for Soldiers and their Families. (AI graphic by Cameron Porter)
Transportation experts help Soldiers, Families relocate with ease during peak PCS season
Courtesy Story- 405th Army Field Support Brigade - Europe & Africa
June 05, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Moving personal belongings during a Permanent Change of Station (PCS) move can be a significant undertaking, especially when crossing international borders during peak PCS season.
Photo By RYAN SHARP | A new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle A2 parks in front of U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command Headquarters May 20, 2025. U.S. Army Transportation School received two FMTVA2s for use in the Master Driving School to train the trainers.
New FMTVA2s arrive at Transportation School
Story by Dani Johnson
May 22, 2025
FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. – U.S. Army Transportation School received two variants of the new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles A2.
The M1083A2 Cargo MTV and the M1078 A2 Light MTV were delivered May 20 for use in the Master Driving School to train the trainers.
The FMTVA2s arrive to units in 2025, the master drivers are responsible for the proper training and licensing of the Soldiers on how to operate the vehicles.
Photo By 1st Sgt. Jacob Connor | A U.S. Army Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) assigned to the 7th Engineer Brigade gets prepped before being lifted by a crane to be loaded on a barge during a barge transportation operation supporting Saber Guardian 25 in Passau, Bayern, Germany, on May 21, 2025. River vessels provide the U.S. Army with a tactical advantage by using waterways instead of standard air, rail, or linehaul methods. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Sgt Jacob Connor) Demonstrating global deterrence and the U.S. Army’s ability to rapidly deploy U.S.-based combat power in Europe and the Arctic region alongside Allies and partners, DEFENDER 25 brings U.S. troops together with forces from 29 Allied and partner nations to build readiness through large-scale combat training from May 11-June 24, 2025. DEFENDER 25 increases the lethality of the NATO alliance through large-scale tactical training maneuvers and long-range fires, builds unit readiness in a complex joint, multinational environment and leverages host nation capabilities to increase the U.S. Army’s operational reach. During three large-scale combat training exercises—Swift Response, Immediate Response, and Saber Guardian—Ally and partner forces integrate and expand multi-domain operations capability, demonstrating combined command and control structures and readiness to respond to crisis and conflict.
7th Engineer equipment moves by river barge for the first time since 2019
Story by Capt. Thomas McCarty
May 21, 2025
PASSAU, Germany- U.S. Soldiers from the 260th Movement Control Team, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, initiated a river deployment of critical 7th Engineer Brigade bridging and support equipment to Constanța, Romania on May 21, 2025. This deployment of equipment is part of the build-up for Saber Guardian, a key exercise within Defender Europe 25- and marks the beginning of a multinational exercise that will feature a large-scale wet gap crossing, showcasing NATO’s ability to project combat power across natural obstacles deep into eastern Europe.
Photo By Samantha Heilig | A contractor uses dredged material from the Rock Island District’s Beneficial Use Program to build up the head of Steamboat Island for an Upper Mississippi River Restoration – Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project near LeClaire, Iowa.
From Sediment to Sustainability: Making Beneficial Use of Dredged Material
Story by Samantha Heilig
May 20, 2025
The largest and oldest mission of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District is navigation which involves operating and maintaining the 9 foot navigation channel on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway. These critical transportation corridors are essential for moving billions of dollars in cargo each year. This work includes the continuous operation and maintenance of 18 lock and dam sites, as well as dredging approximately 750,000 cubic yards of material annually from the navigation channels.
Courtesy Photo | Piers and breakwaters at the mouth of Great Sodus Bay on Lake Ontario in Sodus Point, N.Y., June 15, 2022. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains federal navigation structures at harbors like Great Sodus' across the Great Lakes Navigation System. (U.S. Army photo by USACE Buffalo District)
Dredging on the Way for Great Sodus & Oak Orchard
Story by Avery Schneider
May 19, 2025
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District awarded a $2 million contract to Michigan-based Dean Marine & Excavating on May 13 to conduct dredging of the federal navigation channels in Great Sodus Bay and Oak Orchard Harbor on Lake Ontario.
Dredging of these harbors ensures accessible depths for vessels traveling the Great Lakes and enables recreational boating which supports more than $24 million in business revenue and labor income to the transportation sector combined.
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39th Transportation Battalion Change of Command & Change of Responsibility
Story by Sgt. Gerald Hill
May 17, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — The 39th Transportation Battalion held a change of responsibility and command ceremony at the NCO Field on Daenner Kaserne, Kaiserslautern, Germany, on May 16, 2025. Soldiers, families, and friends honored Command Sergeant Major Kenyon Brown and Lieutenant Colonel Sean Donahoe as they relinquished their responsibilities and command of the 39th Transportation Battalion to Command Sergeant Major Teneka Stephens and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Watkins, respectively.
Master Sergeant Emmanuel Bour passed the colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Brown, who then passed them to Lt. Col. Donahoe, symbolizing the relinquishment of his responsibility and authority. Lt. Col. Donahoe then passed the colors to Command Sgt. Maj. Stephens, entrusting her with the responsibility and authority for the soldiers' and families' health, welfare, and readiness. Command Sgt. Maj. Stephens returned the colors to Master Sgt. Bour. Lt. Col. Donahoe and Command Sgt. Maj. Brown gave departing remarks, followed by welcoming remarks from Command Sgt. Maj. Stephens.
Photo By Cameron Porter | Tyler Nemchick is the transportation program manager at the 405th Army Field Support Brigade’s Support Operations Directorate. He’s starting administrative leave this month and retiring later this year with almost 30 years of service as an Army civilian employee. He said he gets emotional just thinking about it. “The Army has been the best part of my life. Great leaders, great people and great missions. Retiring on the very year the Army celebrates its 250th birthday is really special. Happy 250th birthday, U.S. Army!” he said.
405th AFSB transportation manager to retire with 30 years on Army’s 250th birthday year
Story by Cameron Porter
May 07, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – When Tyler Nemchick started working as an Army civilian employee, he qualified and was hired under a special program for outstanding scholars. The graduate of Robert Morris University with a major in aviation management and a minor in logistics management was working at a major oil company when he made the jump to the Army.
Now, 29 years later, he’s retiring. The transportation program manager at the 405th Army Field Support Brigade will be just 12 days shy of 30 years of Army service when he retires on Sept. 30, but he is starting administrative leave under the U.S. government’s deferred resignation program this month, exactly five weeks before the Army celebrates its 250th birthday.
Photo By Spc. PS Bailey Whilden | U.S. Army transportation planners from the XVIII Airborne Corps Transportation Office, FORSCOM Installation Deployment Support Team (iDST), and officials from North Carolina Global TransPark (GTP) pose for a group photo in Kinston, N.C., April 25, 2025. A potential partnership with North Carolina Global TransPark increases the XVIII Airborne Corps’ ability to respond swiftly during emergencies. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. PS Bailey Whilden)
Ready to Respond: XVIII Airborne Corps Explores New Deployment and Training Options in North Carolina
Story by Spc. PS Bailey Whilden
April 25, 2025
KINSTON, N.C. – Without advanced warning, the XVIII Airborne Corps stands ready to deploy globally within 18 hours, forming seamless Joint and Coalition teams to deter or defeat any adversary once boots hit the ground. Preparing for no-notice calls requires constant innovation, investment and readiness, deeming partnerships across North Carolina an essential role in that mission.
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)
Once Guyanese defense force, now 29-year US Veteran at LRC Stuttgart: ‘Happy 250th, Army!’
Story by Cameron Porter
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)
LRC Wiesbaden employee on Army’s 250th birthday: 'it’s been a series of beautiful moments'
Story by Cameron Porter
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)
53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) Inactivation
Story by Cameron Porter
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!”
On Army’s 250th birthday, TMP dispatcher says working for Army best decision he’s ever made
Story by Cameron Porter
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)
LRC Italy employee on Army’s 250th: ‘I’ve had some really great Army transportation leaders’
Story by Cameron Porter
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.
From dentistry to Army transportation, LRC Rheinland-Pfalz LN excited for Army’s 250th
Story by Cameron Porter
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)
LRC Italy employee on Army’s 250th: ‘I’ve had some really great Army transportation leaders’
Story by Cameron Porter
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)
Fort Drum Soldiers Build Bridges with Local Schools at STARBASE
Story by Sgt. Matthew 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)
Operation Deep Freeze 2025: 331st Transportation Company Tackles Extreme Antarctic Conditions
Courtesy Story | XVIII Airborne Corps Public Affairs
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)
Army, Air Force team proves port-opening at exercise Turbo Distribution
Story 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.
21st TSC conducts rapid power projection through the port of Koper
Story by Capt. Misael Saldivar
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.
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