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War games mean serious work for the Army Reserve
July 27, 2018 — Army Reserve Soldiers under the 3rd Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) conducted war games to simulate how they would move large amounts of cargo and supplies during a deployed environment. War games are essential for command elements to maintain situational awareness and to rehearse combat scenarios as closely as possible during Big Logistics-Over-the-Shore West, July 17, 2018... MORE

War games mean serious work for Army Reserve

U.S. Army Reserve harbormasters play huge role in Big LOTS West 18
July 23, 2018 — Nearly 800 Soldiers from 13 units are participating in Big Logistics Over-the-Shore West (BLW) 2018 throughout Port Hueneme, California, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and here July 1-24... MORE

Huge role of Army Reserve harbormasters on display at Big LOTS West 18

Watercraft operators: What it takes to command the sea
July 19, 2018 — The U.S. Army Reserve offers a wide variety of career fields ranging from logistical support to human resources. However, with so many jobs to choose from some military occupational specialties can sometimes be overlooked by potential recruits. One such specialty is watercraft operator... MORE

Army Reserve Soldiers own the beach at Big Lots East 2017
May 19, 2017 — A notional United States ally has asked for assistance in deterring an aggressive neighbor. U.S. intervention has derailed hostile actions for now, but the enemy is expected to return, making quick resupply of geographically dispersed maneuver units essential to denying the enemy the chance to regroup. It’s an exercise scenario tailor-made for watercraft operations because the best resupply options involve bare beach... MORE

Spc. Donald Dinsmore, attached to the 338th Transportation Detachment (Harbormaster) , makes an adjustment on a sensor atop Harbormaster Command and Control Center at Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story, Virginia Beach, Va., May 14, 2017. Dinsmore was among nearly 450 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers participating in Big Logistics Over the Shore (Big LOTS) East 2017, a U.S. Army Reserve exercise that provides hands-on training for boat units, terminal battalions, and deployment support command units to sharpen critical tasks that support bare beach operations. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by 1st Sgt. Angele Ringo)

Retired Army chief spends decades on the water
April 18, 2017 — In the simplest terms of understanding the military, the Army fights on land, the Navy controls the water, the Air Force commands the sky and the Marines are amphibious. For 31 years as a Soldier and now in retirement as a government contractor, James Howell has been on water the entire time... MORE

James Howell, a marine surveyor at the 99th Regional Support Command’s Area Maintenance Support Activity 83 at Curtis Bay, Maryland, check reports April 17 aboard the Major General Robert Smalls (LSV-8). AMSA 83 is one of two locations in the 99th Regional Support Command’s footprint that maintain watercraft. The AMSA provides technical assistance and maintenance support to the 949th Transportation Company along with the 203rd Transportation Detachment.

Army Reserve activates first watercraft brigade
October 27, 2015 — FORT BELVOIR, Va. – A unit born on the rails reemerged on the water in an historic ceremony that activated the 3d Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) making it the first watercraft brigade in the Army Reserve. The event was just the beginning of a busy summer and fall that saw notable training with its active duty counterpart, the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), and the addition of more units to its footprint. For 3d TB (X) Commander Col. David Roscoe, it is an exciting time to be in the Army watercraft business... MORE

Brig. Gen. Norman Green, 377th Theater Sustainment Command Deputy Commander, uncases the colors of the 3d Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) with the unit’s top Non Commissioned Officer, Command Sgt. Maj. Joseph Legra, during an activation and change of command ceremony on Fort Belvoir, Va. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. William Roland)

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