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JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Hawaii-based Army Mariners bid farewell to their loved ones and fellow Soldiers here June 20, as they departed for a nine-month mission in Kuwait supporting Central Command transportation operations throughout the Persian Gulf.
The 30-Soldier crew from the 163rd Transportation Detachment, 524th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 45th Sustainment Brigade, typically operates U.S. Army Vessel Lt. Gen. William B. Bunker (Logistic Support Vessel 4), but will fall in on U.S. Army Vessel SP/4 James A. Loux (Logistic Support Vessel 6) in Kuwait.
This tight-knit group of Army Mariners is in great shape for this mission and will provide premier support, said Lt. Col. Donald Logsdon, the 524th CSSB commander.
“The Soldiers of this waterborne team are unique in the Army in their mission and capabilities they provide,” he said. “As such, they are called on once again to deploy halfway around the world to assume an important mission.”
Col. Gregory Boyd, the 45th SB commander, applauded the Soldiers and their Families, and said, “This company, in my mind, is the most deployed company in U.S. Army Pacific. Whether it’s doing the missions here [in Oahu], the Big Island, or what you’re about to do now, you always do your mission with excellence and professionalism.”
Capt. John Tansioco, the 545th commander, said this is mission that these Soldiers are extremely prepared for, as they’ll be providing maritime cargo transportation like they regularly do for the Pacific Theater, only they'll now be operating within the Persian Gulf and possibly outside the Strait of Hormuz supporting the CENTCOM Theater.
He said that the mission will also offer an opportunity to increase readiness and Army Watercraft Systems’ capabilities in the Pacific, as many of the Soldiers are currently only licensed to operate the LSV, and not the smaller Landing Craft Utility vessels that are not permanently stationed in Hawaii.
The deployment will expose those Soldiers to training on the smaller LCU vessels, increasing crew options for LCUs involved in critical Pacific sustainment operations such as Pacific Utility and Logistics Support Enabler-Watercraft, or PULSE-W, and other Joint Logistics over the Shore operations, once the newly licensed Mariners return here.
| Date Taken: | 06.20.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.22.2015 20:15 |
| Story ID: | 167719 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HI, US |
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