Photo Essay: Domestic freight training by SDDC held at Fort McCoy

Photo By Scott Sturkol | Charles Morgan with the Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Domestic Freight Services Branch provides domestic freight training Aug. 14, 2019, in building 50 at Fort McCoy. The training provided an overview of a variety of domestic transportation programs and other items of interest, to include shipment planning, shipment options, documentation requirements, transportation automated systems, and carrier performance. The training also provided information about shipping activities with knowledge of programs and processes for domestic moves and how they integrate with the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise. Agencies that participated include: Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division, 88th Readiness Division Transportation and Services Division, Wisconsin Army National Guard traffic management, Volk Field Distribution Office, Michigan Army National Guard Movement Control Center, Illinois Army National Guard Defense movement coordination, Iowa Army National Guard traffic management, and the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command G4 Transportation Section. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)  

FORT MCCOY, WI, UNITED STATES

08.21.2019

Story by Scott Sturkol                                                                                        

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Charles Morgan with the Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Domestic Freight Services Branch provided domestic freight training Aug. 13-14, 2019, in building 50 at Fort McCoy, Wis.

The training provided an overview of a variety of domestic transportation programs and other items of interest, to include shipment planning, shipment options, documentation requirements, transportation automated systems, and carrier performance.

The training also provided information about shipping activities with knowledge of programs and processes for domestic moves and how they integrate with the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise.

Agencies that participated include: Fort McCoy Logistics Readiness Center Transportation Division, 88th Readiness Division Transportation and Services Division, Wisconsin Army National Guard traffic management, Volk Field Distribution Office, Michigan Army National Guard Movement Control Center, Illinois Army National Guard Defense movement coordination, Iowa Army National Guard traffic management, and the 103rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command G4 Transportation Section.

Located in the heart of the upper Midwest, Fort McCoy is the only U.S. Army installation in Wisconsin.

The installation has provided support and facilities for the field and classroom training of more than 100,000 military personnel from all services each year since 1984.

Learn more about Fort McCoy online at https://home.army.mil/mccoy, on Facebook by searching “ftmccoy,” and on Twitter by searching “usagmccoy.”

• Date Taken: 08.21.2019
• Date Posted: 08.21.2019 16:37
• Story ID: 336830
• Location: FORT MCCOY, WI, US