US Transportation Command

SECDEF Esper: Summer PCS Moving Season Still Possible

Employees at Cord moving company use forklifts to pickup crates to transfer from the loading dock to temporary storage in the warehouse July 2, 2019, in Belleville, Illinois. DoD Photo

The Pentagon is grappling with how to start the summer permanent change of station season — when roughly a quarter of a million military moves occur — while protecting the force from the spread of COVID-19.

The military’s busy move season starts after Memorial Day — about when the Pentagon’s current stop movement...

https://news.usni.org/2020/04/09/secdef-esper-summer-pcs-moving-season-still-possible

TRANSCOM Running Largest Ready Reserve Fleet Stress Test Since 2003

RRF vessel SS Cornhusker State off the coast of Haiti, February 2010. MARAD Photo

THE PENTAGON — U.S. Transportation Command started the largest turbo activation of the ready Reserve Fleet since 2003 to stress-test the military’s ability to quickly deploy the cargo ships required for a massive troop movement.

The no-notice exercise involves 28 vessels from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD). The ships are located on the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/17/transcom-running-largest-ready-reserve-fleet-stress-test-since-2003

U.S. Navy Undersea Rescue Team Rethinking How it Deploys After Argentine Sub Loss

ARA San Juan (S-42)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Executing a submarine rescue is a race against time to reach a trapped crew before a dwindling oxygen supply runs out, and when the most recent request came for help, the U.S. Navy found mobilizing personnel and equipment took too long.

On Nov. 15, 2017, the Argentine Navy lost contact with its submarine ARA San Juan (S-42). Two days later, the Argentinians asked the U.S. Navy for help, and the San Diego-based Submarine Escape and Rescue team quickly...

https://news.usni.org/2019/05/07/u-s-navy-undersea-rescue-team-rethinking-how-it-deploys-after-argentine-sub-loss