Courtesy Photo | Capt. Tyler Olsen, a Nephi, Utah, native and commander of the 68th Transportation...... read more read more
by Pfc. Lejean McFarlane
CONTINGENCY OPERATING BASE ADDER, Iraq - After completing their rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif, the Road Warriors of the 68th Transportation Company, 749th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, are poised to do their part for Operation New Dawn.
The Road Warriors, a composite truck company led by their commander, Capt. Tyler D. Olsen, a Nephi, Utah, native, and 1st Sgt. Anthony J. Scymanky, a Keizer, Ore., native, assumed responsibilities from the 15th Trans. Co. in a Transfer of Authority Ceremony on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, June 7.
The company was validated at the NTC in March, after performing 60 missions totaling more than 16,000 miles in two weeks, transporting various classes of supplies.
“We are trained and ready to assume the mission,” Olsen said.
NTC allowed some of the inexperienced soldiers in the unit to get some seat time before hitting the roads in more adverse conditions.
“It was great training and I’m glad our soldiers were able to experience it,” said Staff Sgt. Jimmie Burnett, a motor transport driver with the 68th Trans. Co., and a Houston native. “The roads gave us a chance to evaluate all of our drivers and to teach them how to maneuver the vehicles on hard and soft surfaces, along with teaching them how to react to vehicle break down and other mishaps that may occur while we are in theater.”
| Date Taken: | 06.07.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 06.19.2011 02:31 |
| Story ID: | 72362 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE BALAD, IQ |
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