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Photo by Melissa Buckley | Marine Gunnery Sgt. Davin Gioacchini, Motor Vehicle Operator Course staff noncommissioned officer-in-charge, helps students negotiate the Marine Corps Detachment’s off-road course Sept. 12 at Fort Leonard Wood Training Area 234.
Motor transport operators’ road to excellence begins at Fort Leonard Wood
Story by Melissa Buckley
September 29, 2025
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — Fort Leonard Wood’s sizable 62,000 acres of land and scenic byways, makes it the ideal place for service members to learn to drive large trucks, maneuver through obstacles, and navigate training routes through the curves and hills of the Missouri Ozarks.
Photo by Christopher Parr | Army Secretary Dan Driscoll officially redesignated the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) as the U.S. Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS) September 24, 2025. ARTRANS is the Army service component command to the U.S. Transportation Command and a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Materiel Command. (Graphic by U.S. Army HQ ARTRANS)
SDDC changes name to U.S. Army Transportation Command
Story by Christopher Parr
September 29, 2025
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) redesignated as the U.S. Army Transportation Command (ARTRANS), marking a historic shift in the command’s 60-plus-year legacy of global deployment and distribution operations.
Photo By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | In September 2025, Soldiers and civilians from Jacksonville, Fla., Detachment, 841st Transportation Battalion, 597th Transportation Brigade, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), oversee and assist 3rd Infantry Division (ID) Troops deploying in support of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) as they conduct cargo reception and vessel loading operations at the Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT), Fla., Dames Point Marine Terminal. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Manuel Cardona)
SDDC Facilitates 3rd ID Cargo Container and Vehicle Vessel Load at Dames Point
Story by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson
September 23, 2025
In September 2025, Soldiers and civilians from Jacksonville, Fla., Detachment, 841st Transportation Battalion, 597th Transportation Brigade, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), oversaw and assisted 3rd Infantry Division (ID) Troops deploying in support of U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) as they conducted cargo reception and vessel loading operations at the Port of Jacksonville (JAXPORT), Fla., Dames Point Marine Terminal.
Photo By Michelle Winter | Starting Sept. 22, Fort Drum community members can use a free on-post transit service with more than 50 stops across the cantonment and Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield. The Alpine Express route includes dining facilities, fitness and recreational centers, the Post Exchange and Commissary, housing community centers, barracks, and medical and dental clinics. (Photo by Michelle Winter, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs).
Fort Drum to launch Alpine Express bus service, providing community with free on-post transportation
Story by Michael Strasser
September 18, 2025
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Sept. 18, 2025) -- Need a ride to The Peak, Magrath Sports Complex, or the USO?
Alpine Express can get you there!
Starting Sept. 22, Fort Drum community members can use a free on-post transit service with more than 50 stops across the cantonment and Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield.
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JBLM service members enjoy ‘Foofaraw’
Story by Allison Hoy
September 10, 2025
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – It was foggy and cool the morning of Sept. 5 at the Olympia Yacht Club. But Gary and Judy Ball of Lacey were in their boat house bright and early, welcoming Joint Base Lewis-McChord service members onto their vessel, the Voyageur, as they’ve done for about a decade.
Photo By Amanda Walker | Backed by months of training, soldiers from the 1670th Transportation Company hit the ground running at Anniston Munitions Center, moving nearly 900 short tons of ammunition in just five days as part of Operation Patriot Press.
1670th Transportation Company supports Operation Patriot Press at Anniston Munitions Center
Story by Kayla Barrett
September 10, 2025
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala – Soldiers from the 1670th Transportation Company of the Alabama National Guard rolled into Anniston Munitions Center in July to support Operation Patriot Press, moving thousands of pounds of ammunition in a high-impact mission that merged training with real-world readiness.
Photo By Cameron Porter | M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles stand at the ready at the Coleman Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Mannheim, Germany, Sept. 5, 2025. Army Field Support Battalion-Germany had the mission to issue nearly three dozen Bradleys at Coleman to Fort Hood, Texas, Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, for their upcoming rotational mission to Poland.
Over 100 Bradleys from 405th AFSB, TLSC-E issued to Cavalry Soldiers for Poland rotation
Story by Cameron Porter
September 3, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – The 1st Cavalry Division is providing the Soldiers to support the next rotation of forces to Poland, and the 405th Army Field Support Brigade (AFSB) and Theater Logistics Support Center-Europe (TLSC-E) are providing them with the Bradley Fighting Vehicles they’ll need for the mission.
Photo By Brian Bird | Manchester Road, a key route for many Moore County travelers, will be closed starting Sep. 8, 2025, between Morrison Bridge Road and Lamont Road. This is part of a larger road improvement project designed to make traffic safer and smoother for everyone commuting to Fort Bragg.
Manchester Road temporary closure marks final push to complete upgrades on Fort Bragg training roads
Story by Brian Bird
September 3, 2025
FORT BRAGG, N.C. – Fort Bragg’s partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation is about to pay off, big time. Fort Bragg is closing the entire length of Manchester Road, from Morganton Road to Lamont Road starting about September 8th to complete the final repaving.
Photo By Noe Gonzalez | SPRING CITY, Tenn. — Barnhart crew members use a hydraulic power system to lift a prefabricated wall beam onto a barge for delivery to the Chickamauga Lock Replacement Project’s upstream approach wall contract near Watts Bar Dam Aug. 28, 2025. (USACE photo by Noe Gonzalez).
Photo By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | U.S. Army majors Kathleen Reimann and Gisselda Nava receive guidance from Colonel Edward K. Woo, 597th Transportation Brigade, SDDC, commander, in the 597th warehouse July 2, 2025, during a communications exercise at Fort Eustis, Va. (U.S. Army photo by Brian Ridgeway).
Rapid Support Team Keeps PACE with Global Communications
Story by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson
August 28, 2025
FORT EUSTIS, Virginia — During July and August 2025, the 597th Transportation Brigade, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC), focused on connectivity by conducting communications exercises locally and with the 842nd Transportation Battalion in Beaumont, Texas.
Courtesy Photo | If you are an active-duty Army Soldier or Army civilian who received PCS orders and had the Transportation Service Provider deny shipment of lithium batteries, you may be able to file a claim with the Army’s Center for Personnel Claims Support for the loss of those lithium batteries or lithium battery items. (Courtesy Graphic)
Soldiers, DA civilians may be able to file claims for loss of lithium batteries, lithium battery items
Story by Cameron Porter
August 27, 2025
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – If you are an active-duty Army Soldier or Army civilian who received PCS orders and had a Transportation Service Provider deny shipment of lithium batteries, you may be able to file a claim with the Army’s Center for Personnel Claims Support (CPCS) for the loss of those lithium batteries or lithium battery items.
Photo By Kelly Haertjens | Luther Kirby, a logistics management specialist for U.S. Army Sustainment Command’s Third-Party Payment System and Transportation Account Codes, stands outside ASC headquarters at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. Kirby makes sure all items within the Army enterprise make it to where they need to go and are paid for, whether it’s a handful of screws or an Abrams M1A2 Main Battle Tank. (Photo by Kelly Haertjens, ASC Public Affairs).
The unsung experts behind Army freight flow
Story by Kelly Haertjens
August 25, 2025
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. - Most Soldiers don’t think twice about how their gear gets from point A to point B, they just know it shows up when and where it’s needed. But behind every shipment is a team making sure nothing gets lost, delayed, or unpaid. One member of that team is Luther Kirby.
Photo By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hollingshed, 841st Transportation Battalion, 597th Transportation Brigade, movement supervisor, inspects a deploying unit's trailer and documentation at Hunter Airfield in July 2025.
Eastern Racers Streamline Cargo for 3rd CAB’s NATO Mission
Story by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson
August 20, 2025
SAVANNAH, Ga.— Soldiers and civilians from the 841st Transportation Battalion, 597th Transportation Brigade, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command — known as the “Eastern Racers” — provided surface movement and hazardous materials transport expertise to Soldiers from the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, at Hunter Army Airfield in July.
Photo By Carlos Cuebas | Members of the Transportation Division team from Fort Buchanan's Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) facilitated the movement of approximately 20 Soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve 512th Movement Control Team, Aug 17.
Fort Buchanan continues enabling the deployment of warfighters
Story by Carlos Cuebas
August 20, 2025
FORT BUCHANAN, PUERTO RICO- Members of the Transportation Division team from Fort Buchanan's Logistics Readiness Center (LRC) facilitated the movement of approximately 20 Soldiers assigned to the Army Reserve 512th Movement Control Team, Aug 17.
Photo By Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson | (From left to right ) Sherita Bennett, Logistics Career Field Fellows Program, U.S. Army Civilian Career Management Activity (ACCMA), intern; Joe Hayslett, 597th Transportation Brigade, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, operations (S3); and Matthew Hagenlocher, Logistics Career Field Fellows Program, ACCMA, intern; pose on a dock July 24, 2025, where they travelled to observe and document the load-out of equipment and supplies from the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, onto a roll-on/roll-off container carrier at the Port of Beaumont, Texas. Both Fellows are shining examples of how Army Civilian careers open doors to worldwide impact, personal growth, fourth component partnerships and mission-critical service.
Rapid Support Logistics Career Fellows Hit the Deck
Story by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth Bryson
August 18, 2025
JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va.— Matthew Hagenlocher and Sherita Bennett, interns in the Logistics Career Field Fellows Program under the U.S. Army Civilian Career Management Activity (ACCMA), gained valuable boots-on-the-ground experience alongside the 597th Transportation Brigade, Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC).
Photo By Christopher Parr | Jack Whalen, left, and Christopher Grace Jr., firefighters with the 596th Transportation Brigade, display their new PFAS-free bunker gear Aug. 12, 2025, at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C. (U.S. Army courtesy photo).
SDDC Pioneers Army Adoption of PFAS-Free Firefighting Gear
Story by Christopher Parr
August 14, 2025
The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s 596th Transportation Brigade marked a historic milestone in firefighter safety and health protection by being the first Army unit to fully transition to PFAS-free bunker gear.
Photo By Willliam D. Ritter | Two Soldiers from the 1484th Transportation Company’s maintenance section finish changing a tire during the unit's two-week annual training at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Ky. The eight Soldier section completed over 550 hours maintenance during the AT period and completed 14 work orders, three trailer services, and nine deadline repairs. Photo courtesy of 1484th Transportation Company, Ohio National Guard.
Ohio National Guard Unit Excels Under Depot Tutelage
Story by Willliam D. Ritter
August 14, 2025
Members of the 1484th Transportation Company, an Ohio Army National Guard unit from North Canton, carried out storage reform at the Blue Grass Army Depot during their recent two-week annual training period by participating in Operation Patriot Press (OPP).
Photo By Greg Wilson | The ARC DEFENDER delivers armored vehicles and equipment January 26, 2023, at the port in Riga, Latvia, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Second Destination Transportation: Backbone of Army logistics
Story by Greg Wilson
August 14, 2025
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – In the intricate world of military logistics, few systems are as vital yet as little understood as Second Destination Transportation. This essential function ensures that equipment, supplies, and materiel reach their final operational destinations – often far beyond the initial point of delivery.
Courtesy Photo | Dennis Labee is the lead transportation assistant at Logistics Readiness Center Wiesbaden, 405th Army Field Support Brigade. Originally from Nigeria, when Labee first moved to Wiesbaden, Germany, in 2000 he said he was flipping burgers at the food court on Clay Kaserne. Now, he’s a valued team member and local national employee with LRC Wiesbaden and their personal property subject matter expert and trusted customer support assistant.
Flipping burgers to LRC Wiesbaden’s transportation lead, trusted customer support assistant
Story by Cameron Porter
August 14, 2025
WIESBADEN, Germany – Dennis Labee is originally from Nigeria. When he moved to Central Europe about 25 years ago, his first job was at the food court on Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden flipping burgers, he said.
Photo By Staff Sgt. David Lietz | Soldiers prepare a logistics support vessel to receive cargo before the start of a mission in Baltimore, Maryland that is traveling to Washington state. It takes a crew of approximately 35 Soldiers to operate an LSV. They can carry an M1 Abrams tank and operate for extended periods of time on the water. (Courtesy photo by Jake Brand)
Army Reserve observer coach/ trainer shares his story of service working on Army watercrafts
Story by Staff Sgt. David Lietz
August 11, 2025
YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington - Standing next to a Humvee, Sgt. 1st Class Jake Brand, Observer Coach Trainer, 1-364th Transportation Support Battalion, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, based out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, smiled as he recalled why he joined the U.S. Army Reserve.
Photo By Allison Hoy | Major General Michelle Schmidt, 7th Infantry Division commanding general, stands with Sandra “Sandy” Naquin and 7th ID Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen LaRocque, viewing a plaque picturing Naquin’s brother, Army Cpl. Frederick Arthur Higgins, a 7th ID Korean War hero. Joint Base Lewis-McChord's newly named Higgins Hall Soldier Service Center was dedicated July 30 to Higgins.
7th ID Korean War hero honored with JBLM building dedication
Story by Allison Hoy
August 1, 2025
JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Army Corporal Frederick Arthur Higgins, a 7th Infantry Division Silver Star awardee who risked his life to aid and transport wounded Soldiers during the Korean War while he was wounded, too, was honored with the July 30 Joint Base Lewis-McChord building dedication of Higgins Hall Soldier Service Center.
Photo By Sgt. Jason Palacios | Brig. Gen. Sean Crockett, Eighth Army acting commander, presents Soldiers and civilians individual and organizational safety awards during a special ceremony honoring our safety specialists at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, July 31, 2025.
Safety first! Eighth Army recognizes safety professionals who support training, readiness
Story by Kenji Thuloweit
August 1, 2025
Maintaining readiness through training and keeping U.S. Army operations functioning is hard, necessary work. But it has to be done safely so the force is at full strength to dominate on the battlefield if needed. That’s where the Army’s safety professionals lead the way.
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