Courtesy Story | U.S. Naval Forces Central Command / U.S. 5th Fleet | 08.05.2020
U.S. Navy warships assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), escorted two U.S. Army Frank S. Besson class logistics support vessels (LSV), assigned to U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT), as they transited out of the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations (AOO), July-August. The two LSVs, Major General Charles P. Gross (LSV 5) and Specialist 4 James A. Loux (LSV 6), had been......
Story by Staff Sgt. Peter Berardi | 316th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) | 11.05.2012
After a decade of war, the Army relies heavily on the Army Reserve for its technical and support capabilities, including Army Reserve watercraft. Equipped with one of the newest vessels currently available to the Army, Reserve mariners stationed aboard the USAV Maj. Gen. Robert Smalls (LSV 8) at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait support movement of equipment throughout the U.S. Army Central Command......
Story by Maj. Matthew Devivo | 113th Sustainment Brigade | 04.21.2012
The Maj. Gen. Robert Smalls, an Army logistic support vessel operating here, is the busiest it has ever been since arriving one year ago. It recently returned from a multi-week sail in the region to deliver and pickup cargo. The Smalls is one of only a handful of Army logistics vessels called “LSVs” operating in the region, and is a crucial part of the 113th Sustainment Brigade’s......
