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Soldiers assigned to the 836

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Transportation Battalion recently

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conducted an operation at Yokohama

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North Dock in Japan to load items onto

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a vessel in support of military

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operations . This is a very

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non-traditional mission for A36 . It is

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an emerging requirement that we

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received for this Class One operation .

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So our team has been working with the

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vendor to do the sorting , the staging ,

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and then the stuffing of the containers .

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Once those containers are stuffed and

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sealed , then we move those containers

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with our MHE . From our SNRTS contract

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and they'll begin to load that cargo

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onto the vessel , but that all of those

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steps must be done prior to loading the

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cargo onto the vessel itself . For this

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operation , the unit collaborated

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closely with the Defense Logistics

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Agency , Military Sealift Command , and

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a local Japanese firm contracted

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through the Stevedoring and Related

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Terminal Services Program , or . SNRTS

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Contractors loaded hundreds of items

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onto the vessel , including commercial

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vehicles and multiple shipping

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containers filled with a variety of

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Class One supplies . These included

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frozen provisions as well as dry goods

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such as shelf staple meals , hard goods ,

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and other essential items . Lieutenant

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Colonel Alexis Jackson , the 836

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commander , spoke about the critical

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role that every partner played in the

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operation . And the detailed

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coordination required to successfully

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accomplish such a complex mission .

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What we do as a battalion , we do not

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do alone . We're a very small

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organization and so we're really

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reliant on our partners right now .

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We're , we have heavy coordination with

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the Defense Logistics Agency , our MSC

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Military Sealift Command teammates ,

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the ship support unit here in Japan .

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In addition to the vendors and our

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contract to be able to get this done

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collectively as we look at the joint

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logistics enterprise , we're able to

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get this mission completed . For US

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Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs ,

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this is Dustin Perry .