PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The 599th Transportation Brigade and its partners uploaded 25th Infantry Division cargo and equipment May 31 and June 1 onto the general cargo vessel Ocean Glory here.
The Ocean Glory is a Military Sealift Command chartered vessel. It came to Pearl Harbor from Tacoma, Washington, and will continue on to Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia as part of Pacific Pathways 16-2.
A deployment and distribution management team comprised of personnel from the Guam Detachment, and the 836th Transportation Battalion headquartered at Yokohama North Dock, Japan, were on hand to help the 599th manage the upload.
"We are able to use both of the ship's cranes to simultaneously load the equipment, so everything is going pretty fast now," said Ron Barrer, Guam Detachment marine cargo specialist. We have one marine cargo specialist working the front crane and one working the back, so everything is on track."
"We were also able to use additional stowage space on the ship," he added.
"We've also had help from the Navy cargo handling battalions and the Air Force for this move," said Sean Manning, 836th Trans. Bn. marine cargo specialist.
Air Force Tech Sgt. Louis Zamudio, 433rd Logistical Readiness Squadron from San Antonio, Texas, said his team was on hand at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam working with the 647th Logistical Readiness Squadron there.
"Everything is going smooth so far," Zamudio said. "When we heard they needed some help here at Pearl Harbor, we volunteered to come over. We've never worked a ship move before, but we know how to lash down cargo."
"Because we have the Navy, Air Force and Army all working the move we have to make sure everyone is on the same page for every part of the move," said Barrer.
Following the upload at Pearl Harbor, the ship still had to upload more cargo from West Loch pier.
"Because Honolulu traffic is so heavy, we'll send a marine cargo specialist on the ship to make sure one is there when the ship arrives," said Barrer.
The ship arrived at Pearl Harbor at 6 a.m. on May 31; it moved to West Loch pier at 4:30 p.m. on June 1, and the ship sailed that day at 8:30 p.m.
Team members for the move were the 599th Transportation Brigade; Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor-Hickam; Military Sealift Command; 836th Transportation Battalion from Yokohama North Dock, Japan; Guam Detachment; Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 8 from Lakehurst, New Jersey; and 433rd Logistical Readiness Squadron, from San Antonio, Texas.
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