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JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - Before the sun is even out, and many soldiers are still asleep, transportation management coordinators with the 385th Movement Control Team are already on site at 4 a.m. ready to start a 12-hour work rotation during the Quartermaster Liquid Logistic Exercise (QLLEX) at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
The QLLEX, the largest annual quartermaster logistics exercise that is completely supported by the Army Reserve, has the mission of delivering thousands of gallons of fuel transported by truck to real world customers.
The transportation management coordinators track the movement of trucks hauling fuel and make sure that it is done properly.
“Our main mission is to track, coordinated and know what vehicles go out of the motor pool or the Forward Operating Base,” said Staff Sgt. Jerome Moody, a transportation management supervisor with the 385th MCT out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Moody also explained that the Soldiers of the unit track all vehicle movement during the exercise. When a unit needs to know where their vehicles are, the Soldiers of the 385th MCB have the knowledge and training to inform the unit when a vehicle left, how far it should be, when it will arrive at its destination and when it will return.
The process to ensure quality during vehicle movement sounds simple but a lot goes into it and it’s critical that everything is correct. Sgt. Miguel Sellers, a transportation management supervisor with the 385th MCT, explains the process of what happens in order to properly move the huge amounts of fuel from point A to point B during the QLLEX.
Seller explains that the process begins when a customer makes a request for a certain amount of fuel. Each transportation company decides how many vehicles they need to support that request. Once that is completed, transportation management coordinators submit a transport movement request form for convoys of over five vehicles so the state of New Jersey can authorize the movement of those vehicles. If the number of vehicles is less than five, they submit a local “trip ticket” that authorizes movement for the smaller number.
Along with the constant controlled movement of thousands of gallons of fuel and water, the QLLEX has been a great training experience for the junior enlisted Soldiers of the 385th MCT.
“This is great training because we get to do hands on what this MOS is about,” said Pfc. Aikeem Johnson, a transportation management coordinator with the 385th MCB. “I love being an 88 November, I wouldn’t do anything else in the Army.”
Pfc. Luis Casiano, a transportation management coordinator with the 385th MCB, also enjoyed the opportunity to train and work in his field.
“This is the most training I got doing my MOS, and it’s fun doing it,” said Casiano. He also said that the biggest thing he has learned during the exercise is making sure everything is correct, because a mistake can cause a lot of issues.
The movement of vehicles is critical to the success of the QLLEX, and the members of the 385th MCT are making sure that movement is done right.
“It’s critical to track these hundreds of vehicles and know where they are at, that’s what we do,” said Moody.
| Date Taken: | 06.09.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.12.2015 20:36 |
| Story ID: | 166505 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY, US |
| Hometown: | FORT LIBERTY, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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