Story by 1st Lt. Candace Hoffman | 451st Expeditionary Sustainment Command | 07.25.2021
Soldiers of the 443rd Transportation Company, 561st Regional Support Group, are currently training on the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET), a ten-day course held at the National Guard Center in Hastings, Nebraska....
Courtesy Story | North Carolina National Guard | 10.15.2020
FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA -- North Carolina National Guard 1452nd Combat Heavy Equipment Transporter Transportation Company supported the Soldiers of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 15, 2020...
Story by Debralee Lutgen | Rock Island Arsenal-Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center | 03.11.2020
ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. – Rock Island Arsenal – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center is once again improving Soldier protection on the battlefield. RIA-JMTC’s most recent program in this endeavor is the Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) Urban Survivability Kit (HUSK)....
Story by Sgt. Nahjier Williams | 184th Sustainment Command | 04.11.2019
IZKI, Oman — Familiar faces and familiarization training is how day one of the Heavy Equipment Transport System (HETS) subject matter exchange began, with U.S. Army Soldiers introducing themselves to members of the Royal Army of Oman (RAO). Some Omani Soldiers needed no introduction from the instructors, as they attended the initial training given in January....
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Lasonya Morales | 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade | 03.22.2018
The 96th Transportation Company (TC), 553D Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (553D CSSB), 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade (1CDSB) provides HET (Heavy Equipment Transporter) support to 2nd Battalion, 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment (2/7/ Cav), 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team (3rd ABCT) by transporting M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks to Fort Bliss, Texas March 21....
Story by Maj. Matthew Boyle | North Carolina National Guard | 03.19.2018
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - The North Carolina National Guard transported M1A1 Abrams Tanks and M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles with Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) vehicles to Fort Pickett, Virginia, via I-95, on Sunday, March 18, 2018. This is the first time the NC Guard is using HETs for a long-distance convoy....
Story by Cpl. Michael Smith | 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade | 10.31.2017
Capt. Thomas M. Bookout, commanding officer, 96th Transportation Company (96TC), 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (553CSSB), 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade (1CDSB), and 1st Sgt. Quincy Rice, first sergeant, 96TC, 553CSSB, 1CDSB, accepted the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA) 2017 Transportation Unit of the Year Award on behalf of 96TC at the NDTA-USTRANSCOM......
Courtesy Story | 16th Sustainment Brigade | 02.27.2017
SUWALKI, Poland - A heavy equipment transporter team moved an M1A2 Abrams tank across the strategically important Suwalki Gap, the gateway to the Baltic countries, in a convoy that started Feb. 20 to validate the route....