All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes

By Jaquetta GoodenJuly 16, 2020

Fort Bragg, NC –

All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
1 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
2 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. John Gatewood, Commander, 151st Quartermaster Company, 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, briefs AA6 on the Heavy Drop Rigging Facility's capabilities, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
3 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Jaquetta Z. Gooden ) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
4 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CW3 Cherilyn Buckley, Senior Ammo Technician, 82nd Airborne Divison Sustainment Brigade, briefs AA6 on Individual Issue Ammunition (IIA) operations, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
5 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
6 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
7 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Herman "Jay" Johnson Jr., Commander, 82nd ADSB, Lt. Col. Bernard Monroe, Commander, 189th CSSB, and Lt. Col. Matthew Rivera, 82nd ADSB SPO OIC, listens in as paratroopers brief AA6 on outload operations during the AA6 outload node tour, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
8 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
9 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
10 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL

Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg.

The purpose of the visit provided the new AA6 a visual overview of sustainment and deployment capabilities available to the “All American” division to successfully meet global operational requirements from Fort Bragg.

The tour consisted of site visits to the Deployment Readiness Center (DRC), Heavy Drop Rigging Facility (HDRS), Marshaling and Staging Area (MASA), Individual Issue Ammunition (IIA), Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (A/DACG) and ended with a stop at the Installation Transportation Deployment Support Area (ITDSA).

Leaders across the division and installation briefed the commanding general on their unit’s specific capabilities.

Lt. Col. Bernard Monroe, Commander 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, oversees multiple nodes which significantly contributes to heavy drop missions and facilitating the Immediate Response Force (IRF) deployment when called upon.

“Our mission is to provide world-class support across the division. Our Paratroopers at HDRS, IIA, and MASA, do an outstanding job from rigging heavy drops, providing mission command and tracking pieces of equipment, to issuing out ammunition to the IRF,” said Monroe.

Each node plays an essential role specific for America’s Guard of Honor.

The Heavy Drop Rigging Facility in conjunction with the DRC coordinates movement of equipment from the deployment readiness center to the A/DACG, while also assist in rigging vehicles and equipment for air drops. HDRS also is responsible for managing movement of the global response force personnel to the IIA. IIA breaks down the ammunition, loads platforms with ballast, and facilitates the issue of ammunition and air items to personnel and vehicles. MASA tracks all pieces of equipment entering and leaving the staging area, and sends equipment status reports to the A/DACG.

The A/DACG is responsible for monitoring and reporting equipment as it arrives for joint inspection. The Outload Support Battalion lines up vehicles in chalks, and once vehicles pass inspection they are then weighted and inspected a final time by U.S. Airforce personnel prior to being loaded onto the aircraft.

All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
1 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
2 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Capt. John Gatewood, Commander, 151st Quartermaster Company, 189th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, briefs AA6 on the Heavy Drop Rigging Facility's capabilities, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
3 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Jaquetta Z. Gooden ) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
4 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – CW3 Cherilyn Buckley, Senior Ammo Technician, 82nd Airborne Divison Sustainment Brigade, briefs AA6 on Individual Issue Ammunition (IIA) operations, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
5 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
6 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
7 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Col. Herman "Jay" Johnson Jr., Commander, 82nd ADSB, Lt. Col. Bernard Monroe, Commander, 189th CSSB, and Lt. Col. Matthew Rivera, 82nd ADSB SPO OIC, listens in as paratroopers brief AA6 on outload operations during the AA6 outload node tour, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
8 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
9 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
All American 6 tours Fort Bragg Outload Nodes
10 / 10 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. Christopher Donahue, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, toured the Division Outload Nodes, July 14, on Fort Bragg. (Photo Credit: Sgt. 1st Class Jaquetta Z. Gooden) VIEW ORIGINAL
“The IRF capability separates the 82nd Airborne Division from any other division in the Army and the amazing work of the support elements play a key role in the IRF mission”, said Monroe.

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