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SPC Rochell Hesse, a Motor Transport Operator with 1041st Transportation Company, poses for a photo while waiting in a convoy. (Courtesy photo)

SPC Rochell Hesse, a Motor Transport Operator with 1041st Transportation Company, poses for a photo while waiting in a convoy. (Courtesy photo)

1041st Transportation Company receives National-level award

By Joseph Siemandel

April 10, 2024

The soldiers of the 1041st Transportation Company earned some well-deserved bragging rights after they were named the runner-up for best National Guard/Reserve small unit of the year during the Chief of Transportation and Regimental Command Team awards.

“This award just recognizes the hard work our soldiers put into being professionals every day,” said Capt. Brady Plunkett, commander, 1041st Transportation Company. “It is truly an honor for the transportation community to present us with this award.”

Transportation Corps small unit of the year programs are open to company and detachment units which distinguish themselves by outstanding service and performance and reflect great credit on the Transportation Corps for the previous calendar year.

Emergency services work at a destroyed building hit by a suspected Israeli air strike in Damascus, Syria, on April 1. (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

Emergency services work at a destroyed building hit by a suspected Israeli air strike in Damascus, Syria, on April 1. (Omar Sanadiki/AP)

More US troops, equipment headed to Middle East amid Iranian threats

By Leo Shane III

April 12, 2024

The Defense Department is moving extra troops and equipment to sites in the Middle East amid reports of a potential attack by Iran on Israel, officials confirmed on Friday.

A defense official said the deployments are designed to “bolster regional deterrence efforts and increase force protection for U.S. forces.” The department did not release any information on the number of troops involved or the assets being directed to the area.

Earlier in the day, White House national security spokesman John Kirby similarly declined to give specifics about U.S. military posture changes in the region but said that administration officials are monitoring the situation closely.

Command Sgt. Maj. Kofie Primus, senior enlisted advisor, 21st Theater Sustainment Command discusses lessons learned from support to Ukraine from a logistical perspective at the Association of the United States Army Global Force Symposium Exposition March 26 in Huntsville, Alabama. The 21st TSC Campaign plan contains four lines of effort that can be utilized for the entire sustainment enterprise built from lessons learned from Ukraine: Contested Power Projection, Adaptive Sustainment Network, Secure Prolonged Endurance and Collective Sustainment. (Maj. Vonnie Wright)

Command Sgt. Maj. Kofie Primus, senior enlisted advisor, 21st Theater Sustainment Command discusses lessons learned from support to Ukraine from a logistical perspective at the Association of the United States Army Global Force Symposium Exposition March 26 in Huntsville, Alabama. The 21st TSC Campaign plan contains four lines of effort that can be utilized for the entire sustainment enterprise built from lessons learned from Ukraine: Contested Power Projection, Adaptive Sustainment Network, Secure Prolonged Endurance and Collective Sustainment. (Maj. Vonnie Wright)

21st TSC Command Team Campaigns to Transform Theater Sustainment

By Maj. Vonnie Wright

April 3, 2024

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The 21st Theater Sustainment Command hosted a Warrior’s Corner on Campaigning to Transform Theater Sustainment during the Association of the United States Army’s Global Force Symposium at the Von Braun Center on March 26, to share lessons learned from support to Ukraine that can be utilized to adapt and modernize the sustainment enterprise.

Maj. Gen. Ronald Ragin, commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Kofie Primus, senior enlisted advisor, 21st TSC, led the discussion with Army senior leaders and key industry partners. One of the themes of this year’s annual meeting is remaining focused on projecting and sustaining combat power – a key component of warfighting. The focal point of the dialogue tended to delve into Ukraine and how the U.S. must be prepared to conduct logistics in a contested environment, especially with a 360-degree deterrence focus within Europe.

Soldiers sling load cargo for a UH-60A Blackhawk during an autonomous flight as part of persistent experimentation at Project Convergence - Capstone 4, Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 10, 2024. During Project Convergence in 2022 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., a Blackhawk, using an autonomous system, performed three missions without a pilot. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zion Thomas)

Soldiers sling load cargo for a UH-60A Blackhawk during an autonomous flight as part of persistent experimentation at Project Convergence - Capstone 4, Fort Irwin, Calif., on March 10, 2024. During Project Convergence in 2022 at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., a Blackhawk, using an autonomous system, performed three missions without a pilot. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Zion Thomas)

Army Futures Command general lays out continuous transformation plan

By Christopher Hurd, Army News Service

April 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — To give Soldiers what they need to win the nation’s wars now and in the future, the Army must continuously transform and adapt to advances in technology, said Gen. James E. Rainey, commanding general of Army Futures Command.

This flexibility is needed, he said, because of how quickly the environment is evolving.

“The amount of technical disruption in the character of war is unprecedented, and it just continues to go faster and faster,” he said during a keynote presentation at the U.S. Army Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama last week. “Whatever you think you know this year, come back in 90 days, and you’ll know something different.”

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