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McMillen said the biggest challenge during line haul operations is coordinating to ensure everyone is in the right place. ?"(Line hauling) just makes it more flexible for us, and it gives us another option … and (it) also meets the time requirements for those items we need there quick to get the mission done."Ī train may take two weeks to get to NTC, but line-hauled equipment can arrive between 24 hours and five days, said McMillen, a native of Joplin, Mo.Īlthough trucks are the speedy way to get gear where it needs to go, weather, traffic conditions, and maintenance issues can get in the way. ?"Each unit has pieces of equipment that require different types of transportation," said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Daniel McMillen, a mobility officer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company ?"Hammer" of the Ironhorse Brigade. More than 60 vehicles and more than 40 shipping containers were loaded onto 18-wheelers for the major training exercise lasting about one month at Fort Irwin, Calif. 29, 1st BCT continued the moving process with line haul operations, a process to move equipment by truck. Recently, 1st BCT Soldiers kicked off the big move for the upcoming rotation to the National Training Center by preparing shipping containers for rail transport.ĭuring the week of Jan. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 3 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption –Īn 18-wheeler heads toward the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., loaded with an M1068 Standard Integrated Command Post System track vehicle the 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division will need for the upc.įORT HOOD, Texas - With each passing week, trains, planes and automobiles are moving the 1st ?"Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division across the country one piece at a time. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL 2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption –Ī Soldier assigned to the 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division guides an M1113 Expanded Capacity High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle onto a concrete ramp before being loaded onto an 18-wheeler flatbed truck d.
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A Soldier assigned to the 91st "Saber" Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st "Ironhorse" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, guides an M1068 Standard Integrated Command Post System track vehicle onto an 18-wheeler flatbed t.