Soldiers with the 68th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 4th Sustainment Brigade, helped make sure 1,200-plus vehicles and equipment were properly loaded on rail cars Aug. 14-15 for transportation to California.
The 68th CSSB Soldiers teamed with fellow 4th Infantry Division members of the 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, as they prepared for their trip to the National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, California, for a full-scale training exercise. Once the vehicles were loaded and on their way to the West Coast, the second phase of the 68th CSSB’s support mission began. Consisting of Soldiers from four companies within 68th CSSB, Task Force Roadrunner will follow the 3rd ABCT Soldiers to California and oversee the maintenance, repair and accountability of the vehicles as well as providing logistics planning and convoys delivering food rations, water, ice, fuel and repair parts. It will also conduct vehicle recovery services.
“Task Force Roadrunner came together in the June time frame to begin training for the 16-09 NTC rotation,” said Capt. Joshua Krevy, commander, 32nd Composite Truck Company, 68th CSSB. “The 59th Quartermaster Company will be supporting the “Iron” Brigade with bulk fuel, 247th Composite Supply Company is supporting with bulk water distribution, 60th Ordnance Company is operating the field ammunition supply point and 32nd CTC will be providing transportation support in addition to serving as the headquarters element responsible for all “Stagecoach” Soldiers heading to NTC.”
Task Force Roadrunner’s support of 3rd ABCT began with Operation Iron Strike, the NTC build-up training exercise in July. Acting as principal sustainers for the exercise, the task force provided uninterrupted multiclass sustainment support which served as a platform to gain an understanding of the relationship between the units and built cooperation.
The NTC rotation will involve nearly 4,000 Soldiers gathered from the “Iron” Brigade and from supporting units across the Army taking part in a scenario involving engaging an enemy with varied capabilities and a changing battlefield which will require the elements of the 68th CSSB to adapt to a fast-paced evolving landscape in order to keep the front line forces supplied and functional.
The 32nd CTC will also be task organized under the 176th CSSB, 230th Sustainment Brigade, from the Tennessee Army National Guard and will include a heavy equipment transport platoon from the 257th Engineer Detachment of the Arizona National Guard.
As part of the movement to NTC, Task Force Roadrunner was required to move more than 50 pieces of equipment via rail to the National Training Center consisting of Palletized Load Systems, Load Handling System Compatible Water Tank Racks, maintenance assets and assorted tactical vehicle assets. Roadrunner will also be receiving M1151 gun trucks from the grid at NTC in order to provide convoy security to all movements in and out of the logistics support area.
“1st Sgt. (Shaun) Prior and I are more than excited for the upcoming rotation and are proud of the way in which the task force has come together in the past few months,” said Krevy. “The Soldiers have come together through hard work and dedication to the mission. It is our differences that make us stronger. We have Soldiers, NCOs and officers from different background and different components. Everybody is bringing something valuable and unique to the table and those differences are what gives us strength.”
| Date Taken: | 08.15.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 08.23.2016 18:55 |
| Story ID: | 207995 |
| Location: | FORT CARSON , CO, US |
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