Truck Takeover: 2/17th Transportation Company (Heavy Equipment Transporter) reports for duty as 1/77th Field Artillery heads home

Photo By Spc. Deborah Ledesma | CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Sept. 20, 2006) - Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 17th Transportation Company (Heavy Equipment Transporter), guide a Light Armored Tactical Vehicle onto the flatbed of a truck during a training exercise soon after arriving to Kuwait to take over for the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, who has served in Kuwait and Iraq for the past year.  

ARJIFAN, KUWAIT

09.20.2006

Story by Spc. Deborah Ledesma 

40th Public Affairs Detachment

Spc. Debrah Robertson
Desert Voice Writer/ 40th Public Affairs Detachment

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait (Sept. 20, 2006) --- Preparing for their redeployment back to the United States, the 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, trained their replacements, the 2nd Battalion, 17th Transportation Company (Heavy Equipment Transporter), to pick up where they left off, moving USARCENT equipment and supplies to Iraq.

"We were here for 11 months," said Sgt. 1st Class Max Holder with the 1-77th. "We moved everything from M-1 Tanks to any kind of sustainment push. You never know what you'll haul."

It is important to prepare their replacements for any situation they may encounter, he said.

Like the 1/77th, the 2/17th will be moving equipment into and out of Iraq. Training is vital to accomplishing the mission safely.

"When you go (to Iraq), you want to know you'll do your best. You want to know the mission is going to be completed," said Sgt. LaRuth Moss, of the 2/17th.

• Date Taken: 09.20.2006
• Date Posted: 09.21.2006 16:10
• Story ID: 7801
• Location: ARJIFAN, KW