Drivers training prepares Army Reserve troops

Photo By Sgt. Jennifer Osborn | U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 743rd Transportation Company (Seaport Operations), Boston, Mass., train on the RT240 Rough Terrain Container Handler during training at the Big Logistics-Over-The-Shore, West exercises at Alameda, Calif., Aug. 2, 2015. Big Logistics Over-The-Shore, West is an annual, Army Reserve, multi-echelon functional exercise designed for transportation units and sustainment commands to hone their expertise in Logistics Over-the-Shore operations from July 25 to Aug. 7, 2015. More than 750 Soldiers are participating this year. The exercise has grown into a multi-component exercise involving elements from the Active Component Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Maritime Administration are conducting operations at three Bay-Area California training locations: Camp Parks, Alameda Point, and Military Ocean Terminal-Concord (MOTCO).  

ALAMEDA, CA, UNITED STATES

08.02.2015

Story by Sgt. Jennifer Osborn 

311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command   

ALAMEDA, Calif. - The 743rd Transportation Company (Seaport Operations), Boston, Massachusetts, conducted drivers training for Army Reserve Soldiers at Alameda Point, California. More than 750 Army Reserve Soldiers from all over the United States trained in seaport and harbor operations at Big Logistics-Over-The-Shore, West from July 25 to Aug. 7, 2015.

A motor transport operator from 304th Transportation Company, Staff Sgt. David Edwards led the drivers training course for the 743rd TC.

Edwards said more than 40 Soldiers conducted tactical convoy operations, loaded and unloaded shipping containers, learned proper tie down techniques and followed safety procedures.

Soldiers practiced maintaining a safe distance and obeying traffic signals while driving Humvees, M915A5 tractor trucks, and RT240 Rough Terrain Container Handlers. Soldiers moved forty-foot containers and distribute supplies to sustain the force; it took four Humvees and four M915A5 tractor trucks five round trips.

“Our goal is to have over 6,000 miles before this [annual training] ends, which we will get,” said Edwards.

Sgt. Marcus Greene, also from the 304th TC, explained that moving cargo sustains the force.

“Without supply, you can’t fly,” Greene said.

• Date Taken: 08.02.2015
• Date Posted: 08.11.2015 01:27
• Story ID: 172708
• Location: ALAMEDA, CA, US