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South Carolina Army National Guardsmen to deploy to Southwest border to support Customs and Border Protection

Photo By Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mincey | U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1055th Transportation Company, South Carolina National Guard, held a deployment ceremony Oct. 27, 2024, at McCrady Training Center, in Eastover, South Carolina. More than 100 Guardsmen will deploy to support the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assist with border security operations. The Department of Defense has supported the Department of Homeland Security's border security in 19 of the last 23 years. The mission enables CBP to address security challenges and conduct its mission more efficiently along the southwest border. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brad Mincey, South Carolina National Guard)

South Carolina Army National Guardsmen to deploy to Southwest border to support Customs and Border Protection

Story by Maj. Karla Evans

October 28, 2024

EASTOVER, S.C. – A company of approximately 120 South Carolina Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 1055th Transportation Company, 59th Troop Command, headquartered in Laurens, will deploy at the end of October for approximately 12 months supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection as part of the federal Southwest Border Mission. A departure ceremony was held in their honor on Sunday, October 27, McCrady Training Center in Eastover. Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, the adjutant general of South Carolina, was joined by family, friends, service members, well-wishers, and other South Carolina National Guard Leadership to wish the service members well.

“Less than 1 percent of all Americans do what you do,” said Maj. Gen. Van McCarty, “To the families, I thank you for providing support and allowing your soldiers to do what they do.”

Photo By Sgt. Maria Elena Casneiro
        | Alumni from the 729th Railway Operating Battalion pose with the unit's
        historical colors during a ceremony in New Haven, Conn. on Sunday, Sept.
        29, 2024, where the colors were returned to U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col.
        Roland Foss, commander of the 729th Transportation Battalion, 7th
        Mission Support Command.

Photo By Sgt. Maria Elena Casneiro | Alumni from the 729th Railway Operating Battalion pose with the unit's historical colors during a ceremony in New Haven, Conn. on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, where the colors were returned to U.S. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Roland Foss, commander of the 729th Transportation Battalion, 7th Mission Support Command. The original colors, a relic from 1942, adorned with four campaign steamers, were kept by the final battalion commander following the unit's deactivation in 1976. His widow surrendered them to a trusted retired officer for safekeeping, eventually returning them to the current unit leadership of the 729th. The 7th Mission Support Command is the U.S. Army Reserve presence in Europe. Comprised of 26 units across Germany and Italy, the 7th MSC provides logistical and sustainment resources in support of U.S. Army Europe and Africa missions. For more stories and information on the 7th Mission Support Command, connect on Facebook @7thmsc. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Maria Casniero, 361st Theater Public Affairs Support Element)

Historic colors returned to transportation battalion in Europe

Story by Sgt. 1st Class Jessica Forester

October 20, 2024

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Members of the 729th Transportation Battalion, old and new, gathered for a ceremonial returning of the unit colors, early on a Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, in New Haven, Conn.

The 729th Railway Operating Battalion deactivated in 1976. Their last days were chaotic, according to U.S. Army Reserve Col. (Ret.) Vincent Palmeri, an alumnus of the 76th Division, the co-located higher headquarters of the 729th in Middletown, Conn., preventing the customary return of the unit colors to the U.S. Army Center of Military History.

BASOPS Transportation
        employee: we're tracking pretty much everything that moves

Photo by Cameron Porter | Diane Wilson, the administrative officer at Base Support Operations Transportation, wears pink to work in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The German host nation employee with the U.S. Army will celebrate 25 years of Army service in January. Her mother, who also worked for the U.S. government as a German local national employee, passed away from breast cancer.

BASOPS Transportation employee: we're tracking pretty much everything that moves

Cameron Porter, 405th AFSB Public Affairs Officer

October 11, 2024

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Diane Wilson may be German, but she knows a thing or two about the U.S. Army. Her father was a career Soldier who worked in military intelligence and retired at the rank of master sergeant. Her mother served as a Department of Defense host nation employee for 28 years and retired as the assistant manager at the commissary in Darmstadt, Germany. And Wilson, herself, hits a quarter century of government service in January as an Army local nation employee.

The administrative officer at the 405th Army Field Support Brigade's Base Support Operations Transportation Division has held several positions while serving as a German host nation employee with the Army. Long before working at BASOPS Transportation, she worked as an administrative officer with the Directorate of Public Works.

Photo By Catrina Goddard | The 1482nd
        Transportation Company, Army National Guard, out of Ohio worked with the
        McAlester Army Ammunition Plant's depot operations team to load and
        transport ammunition to its destination.

Photo By Catrina Goddard | The 1482nd Transportation Company, Army National Guard, out of Ohio worked with the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant's depot operations team to load and transport ammunition to its destination.

Almost 400 Soldiers take part in OPP-24 exercises at MCAAP

By Julia Hawkins

September 26, 2024

OKLAHOMA, US - Beginning in June, the Virginia Army National Guard's 1710th Transportation Company and the ARNG's 1742nd Transportation Company from South Dakota reported to MCAAP to participate in Operation Patriot Press 2024.

Soldiers are responsible for configuring, issuing, managing, receiving, shipping, and transporting munitions for OPP missions.

593rd ESC, 53rd Trans. Bn.
        command teams visit Army's newest APS worksite

The command teams from Army Field Support Battalion-Poland, 53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) and the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command pose for a group photo at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite in Poland, Aug.... (Capt. James Bath)

593rd ESC, 53rd Trans. Bn. command teams visit Army's newest APS worksite

Cameron Porter, 405th AFSB Public Affairs Officer

September 3, 2024

POWIDZ, Poland – The team of professionals from the 405th Army Field Support Brigade's Poland Battalion hosted the command teams from the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command and the 53rd Transportation Battalion (Movement Control) at the Powidz Army Prepositioned Stocks-2 worksite recently.

The commander of the 593rd ESC, Brig. Gen. Kevin Cotman, and the ESC's senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Dawadrain Clark Sr., along with Lt. Col. Nathaniel Groves and Command Sgt. Maj. Edgar Zavala from the 53rd Trans. Bn. (MC), visited the U.S. Army's newest, most modern APS site, Aug. 29.

U.S. Army Transportation School Ship Simulator

(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adisen Smith)

U.S. Army Transportation School Ship Simulator

By Airman 1st Class Adisen Smith 633d Air Base Wing Public Affairs

August 29, 2024

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Kyle Chasen, 5th Composite Watercraft Company marine operations non-commissioned officer in charge, and Staff Sergeant Joel Arevalos, 5th CWC boatswain, participate in a U.S. Army Transportation School ship simulator training, on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Aug. 28, 2024.

The Soldiers at the transportation school spend 40 percent of their hands on training on a simulator and 60 percent on a real port.

Florida Guard supports out-of-state Soldiers assisting during Hurricane Debby

Spc. Jordan Hendrickson, a Soldier assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, conducts a preventative maintenance inspection in Camp Blanding, Florida, on a vehicle used by the 1053rd Transportation Company from Bennettsville, South Carolina, Aug. 3, 2024. The 1053rd’s Soldiers are in Florida to support the Florida National Guard’s response efforts to Hurricane Debby. (U.S. Army Guard photo courtesy of Capt. James Holland.)

Florida Guard supports out-of-state Soldiers assisting during Hurricane Debby

By Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski

August 3, 2024

CAMP BLANDING, FL — The 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion (ESB) conducted joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration (JRSOI) operations at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center during Florida’s response to Hurricane Debby, Aug. 3-7.

A JRSOI operation receives emergency response forces that are arriving to help with missions in the area they are visiting. The 146th's Charlie Company and Headquarters Company received 73 Soldiers and 32 vehicles assigned to the 1053rd Transportation Company from Bennettsville, South Carolina, and ensured those visiting Soldiers received the support they needed to assist the Florida Guard during its Debby response. Specifically, the 1053rd’s Soldiers received fuel and vehicle maintenance, as well as lodging and meals during their time in Camp Blanding, enabling them to continue their mission.

South Carolina National Guard heads to Florida as Debby looms

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 1050th Transportation Battalion, 59th Troop Command, South Carolina National Guard, mobilized in support of Florida’s request for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) process,... (U.S. Army photo by Maj. Karla Evans)

South Carolina National Guard heads to Florida as Debby looms

By Maj. Karla Evans

August 5, 2024

VARNVILLE, S.C. — The South Carolina National Guard is responding to the Florida Department of Emergency Management’s request for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact in anticipation of a Tropical Storm Debby.

“The South Carolina National Guard is trained and ready to assist the citizens of the state of Florida,” said Maj. Gen. R. Van McCarty, the adjutant general of South Carolina. “The 1050th transportation battalion has the ability to mobilize for support on short notice and will be providing resources as needed.”

Lt. Col. Erik Hansen, left, commander of the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Williams Jr., senior enlisted leader for the battalion, uncase the colors for the 765th Transportation (Terminal) Battalion...

Lt. Col. Erik Hansen, left, commander of the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, and Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Williams Jr., senior enlisted leader for the battalion, uncase the colors for the 765th Transportation (Terminal) Battalion... (Momoko Shindo)

USARJ activates 765th TTB as only unit of its kind stationed overseas

By Sean Kimmons, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs

August 4, 2024

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – The 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion cased its unit colors during a ceremony here Wednesday as it takes on a new role to support U.S. Army Japan watercraft and improve integration and interoperability with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in the Indo-Pacific region.

More than 100 people attended the reflagging ceremony inside Kizuna Hall to witness the 35th CSSB officially transition to the 765th Transportation (Terminal) Battalion.

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