Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment

By Sgt. Thomas MortOctober 28, 2019

Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
1 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army vehicles with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, are shown staged and secured on a Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel for transport back to the U.S., at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 21, 2019. The Big Red One So... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
2 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An Army Soldier with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, sits atop a staged vehicle at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deployed throughout Eastern Europe for the last nine months ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
3 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An Army Soldier with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepares to move a staged M1 Abrams Tank at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deployed throughout Eastern Europe for the las... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
4 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – An Army M2 Bradley with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, is loaded onto a Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel, at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deployed throughout Easter... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
5 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army Lt. John Wicker, operations officer with 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, looks over staged 1ABCT vehicles and equipment at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
6 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army Soldiers with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, prepare for a day of loading vehicles and equipment onto a Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel, at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
7 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – A U.S. Army M1 Abrams Tank with 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, drives up the ramp of a Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deployed th... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
8 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – The Patriot, A Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel, is loaded up with vehicles and equipment from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 18, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deploye... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Big Red One Soldiers load up after successful deployment
9 / 9 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Army vehicles are shown fully secured on a Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessel for transport back to the U.S., at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany Oct. 21, 2019. The Big Red One Soldiers have been deployed throughout Eastern Europe for the last n... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

BREMERHAVEN, Germany -- Soldiers from the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, perform port operations in Bremerhaven, Germany, Oct. 17-22, 2019. The 1st ABCT has been deployed throughout Eastern Europe for the last nine months as a rotational force in support of U.S. Army Europe and Atlantic Resolve.

The 1ABCT crew started receiving vehicles and equipment, on a daily basis, as early as the 24th of September through the 15th of October. Between 10-100 pieces of equipment per hour and over 2,000 pieces of Devil Brigade vehicles and equipment will be loaded and transported back to the U.S. aboard three Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (Ro-Ro) vessels.

"We received the brigades equipment via rail cars then downloaded and worked with the local stevedores to stage all the vehicles and prepare them for upload onto the vessels," said Sgt. Maj. Ralph Allen Cook Jr., operations sergeant major, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division.

Eight Soldiers will also be traveling aboard two of the three vessels back to the U.S., to oversee the vehicles and equipment. Each of the two vessels, the Patriot and the Resolve, will have a mechanic that is familiar with the equipment, should an issue arise.

"Being on the vessels is a cool opportunity, something new for me," said Sgt. Brendan McCarthy, light wheeled vehicle mechanic, 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division."

The Devil Brigades Soldiers are ready to go home but most will miss and cherish their time in europe and the opportunity to live, train and fight with their allies and partners.

"I know from talking to other Soldiers, everybody has enjoyed it for the most part, even though we worked hard everybody appreciates the opportunity to come and see Europe," said McCarthy.

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The Devil Brigade was part of more than 6,000 U.S. regionally-allocated Soldiers in Germany, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania, on a nine-month rotation, in support of Atlantic Resolve. Atlantic Resolve provides ready, combat-credible forces through multinational training and security cooperation activities.