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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)

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.

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.

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.

Command Sgt. Maj. Charlie T. Gordon, Jr., 595th Transportation Brigade command sergeant major, presents Sgt. Suong Nguyen a unit coin for exemplary service while deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 26, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Abrams) (Sgt. Austin Abrams)

Command Sgt. Maj. Charlie T. Gordon, Jr., 595th Transportation Brigade command sergeant major, presents Sgt. Suong Nguyen a unit coin for exemplary service while deployed to the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Sept. 26, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Abrams) (Sgt. Austin Abrams)

Army Reserve Soldier expresses gratitude through service

By Pachari Middleton

Dec. 31, 2024

FORT JACKSON, S.C. – Sgt. Suong Nguyen remembered the call she made from the Columbia, South Carolina, airport to let her mother know she wouldn’t be able to reach her for a few months. Nguyen was about to enter Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson. Her mother’s reaction? Silence. Then she told Nguyen to stay safe.

She had no idea her daughter was joining the Army.

It was not Nguyen's first foray into the unknown. “I was born in 2003 in Saigon, Vietnam, and moved to the United States when I was nine,” Nguyen said.

A U.S. Army Soldier belonging to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, drives a Bradley Fighting Vehicle off the vessel to be logged into a system at a checkpoint at the port of Setúbal, Portugal

Photo By Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon | A U.S. Army Soldier belonging to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, drives a Bradley Fighting Vehicle off the vessel to be logged into a system at a checkpoint at the port of Setúbal, Portugal, on Nov. 7, 2024. The 3/1 AD, stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, will replace the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, as part of a regular rotation of forces to support the United States' commitment to Operation Atlantic Resolve.

Army logistics projects power through the Port of Setúbal

Story by Staff Sgt. Daniel Yeadon

November 18th, 2024

SETÚBAL, Portugal — The M/V ARC Endurance made history when it pulled into the port of Setubal on Nov. 5, 2024, carrying over 750 pieces of equipment assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division. Soldiers and civilians from the Army's 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command; the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's 598th Transportation Brigade; the U.S. Mission to Portugal, and the Portuguese military and port authority ensured the mission was successful.

The mission was successful due to the efforts of Soldiers and civilians from the 16th Sustainment Brigade, 21st Theater Sustainment Command, the 598th Transportation Brigade of the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Army Reserve warrant officer profile: The service and passion of CW3 Timothy E. Brooks

Photo By U.S. Army Reserve | Army Reserve warrant officer profile: The service and passion of CW3 Timothy E. Brooks

Army Reserve warrant officer profile: The service and passion of CW3 Timothy E. Brooks

Story by U.S. Army Reserve Command

November 6th, 2024

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Timothy Earl Brooks exemplifies the leadership, dedication, and versatility that define the Army Reserve Warrant Officer cohort. With more than 20 years of service, CW3 Brooks has forged a unique path that spans continents, military operations, and technical expertise. His diverse assignments are a testament to his adaptability and the pivotal role he plays within the Army Reserve, a path few of his peers have an opportunity to follow.

A native of Passaic, New Jersey, CW3 Brooks enlisted in the Army Reserve in 2003 as a Transportation Management Coordinator (88N). Over time, he progressed through the ranks, demonstrating logistical expertise and leadership in movement coordination becoming a Mobility Warrant Officer in 2012. His career path has taken him across the globe, including Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Jordan, Turkey, Bahrain, and throughout Europe.