Photo By Capt. Fernando Ochoa | Warrant Officer 2 Douglas Fuchs, pilot of the U.S. Army Vessel Monterrey LCU 2030, and...... read more read more
OXNARD, Calif. – Members of the 481st Transportation Company (Heavy Boat) left Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, March 10 aboard two Landing Craft Utility 2000 vessels on route to the Port of Anchorage to participate in the Joint Logistics Over The Shore exercise April 2-5.
JLOTS is the process by which rolling stock and containers of military cargo are moved from ship to shore utilizing an unimproved port.
The 481st TC is one of two Army Reserve heavy boat companies operating the LCU 2000 vessel. Each vessel, the U.S. Army Vessel Monterrey LCU 2030, piloted by Warrant Officer 2 Douglas Fuchs, and the USAV Malvern Hill LCU 2025, piloted by Warrant Officer 2 Kyle Oga, are manned with 16 personnel.
“This will be good training to show that U.S. Army Reserve personnel can jointly work with the Army active component,” said Fuchs. “I also look forward to working with members of the other services with an Army watercraft vessel.”
This joint military exercise will provide a demonstration of how U.S. military equipment and supplies can be quickly moved ashore when port facilities are nonexistent, damaged or too primitive for ships to off-load their cargo at a pier.
The exercise scenario will simulate a 9.2 magnitude earthquake, causing major damage to the Port of Anchorage’s infrastructure. Since, 90 percent of the commodities entering Alaska process through this port the need for JLOTS is established.
“JLOTS is a unique mission, which is critical to successful operations ashore,” said Oga. “Not a lot of soldiers get a chance to experience a long voyage and to work a ship to shore mission, so the training that will happen will be very valuable.”
This exercise will bring together multi-agency partners who will pool their expertise and train jointly to improve the nation's combat readiness and the military's force projection and disaster response capability.
The 481st TC mobilized and deployed three heavy boat detachments from 2003 to 2006. They also deployed in 2011, 2012, 2013 and are currently deploying a detachment to Kuwait in support Operation Enduring Freedom. This unit has been awarded a meritorious unit citation.
| Date Taken: | 03.10.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 03.12.2014 19:33 |
| Story ID: | 121916 |
| Location: | OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, US |
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