Story by Michelle Gigante | U.S. Transportation Command | 09.26.2020
U.S. Transportation Command’s (USTRANSCOM) mission to transport troops and cargo around the world on a short or no-notice deployment requires many moving parts. Vice Adm. Dee Mewbourne, deputy commander, USTRANSCOM, and other distinguished guests traveled to the Port of Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 26 to support an annual exercise, Joint Readiness Exercise (JRE) 20. While there, they......
Story by Shannon Haney | NAVSUP FLC Pearl Harbor | 08.15.2019
Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center (NAVSUP FLC) Pearl Harbor is serving as the first ocean terminal platform to test U. S. Transportation Command’s Transportation Management System (TMS) prototype on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD)....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner | Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO | 04.27.2018
ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 28, 2018) After two weeks of Lift On/ Lift Off operations with the Military Sealift Command’s Roll On/ Roll Off Vehicle Ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305), Joint Task Force (JTF) 11 wrapped up Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18 with the departure of Brittin from Acajutla, El Salvador, April 27....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner | Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO | 04.23.2018
ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (April 23, 2018) – The Military Sealift Command’s Roll On/ Roll Off Vehicle Ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) became the largest ship ever to make port in Acajutla, El Salvador, April 23, during Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth Gardner | Amphibious Construction Battalion TWO | 04.18.2018
Sailors from Naval Beach Group (NBG) 2 kicked off the Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) 18 exercise with the successful lowering and assembly of Improved Navy Lighterage System Causeway Ferries 06 and 07 from the Military Sealift Command ship USNS Brittin (T-AKR 305) April 18, 2018....
Story by Staff Sgt. Teresa Gallagher | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 11.21.2017
On Sept. 20, 2017, Iker Urruchi was on a ship off the coast of Seattle, constantly checking for news updates on his phone when he could get a signal. Hurricane Maria had just made landfall on his hometown of Ponce, Puerto Rico, and the boatswain’s mate was trying to discover what was happening to his family....
Story by Staff Sgt. Teresa Gallagher | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 11.06.2017
Military Sealift Command’s USNS Brittin arrived at the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Nov. 3, 2017, loaded with power-generation equipment and other supplies after Hurricane Maria left the majority of the island without power in September....
Story by Staff Sgt. William OBrien | Joint Base Charleston | 10.31.2017
The first humanitarian relief supplies sealifted from Joint Base Charleston to Ponce, Puerto Rico departed here Oct. 31
