Military Surface Deployment

& Distribution Command

833D Transportation
Battalion
Pierce County Chamber of
Commerce, Military Affairs
Committee meeting
9 March 2011

LTC John Redinger

Commander
 agenda

• WHO and WHAT is SDDC

• Global Presence
• Mission
• Major Functions
• HOW did we get here
• History
• WHO we are and WHAT
we do
• Mission
• Organization
• Functions
• Operational Environment
• WHERE we are going
• Relocation
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Who and what is sddc

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842nd TB - Beaumont 689th

841st TB - Charleston RPOE
688th
833d TB - Seattle RPOE
687th
832nd TB - Jacksonville RPOE
COL Jeffrey Helmick

834th TB - Concord
597th TBde
SDDC – Global Presence

Callisto
COL Joseph

596th TBde
Postured to Support the Warfighter

MG Kevin A. Leonard
SDDC, CG
840th DDSB – Anaconda
840th DDSB - Balad
831st TB - Manama

COL John Sullivan

839th TB -

595th TBde
Livorno
Rotterdam
838th TB -
COL Bill Moseley
598th TBde
 SDDC FRAMEWORK
Mission Provide expeditionary and sustained end-to-end deployment and
distribution to meet the Nation’s objectives.

Vision The recognized & trusted leaders in delivering innovative end-to-end

deployment & distribution excellence across the full range of military
operations.

OPCON ADCON SDDC has a workforce of over

4600 military and civilians
and procures more than
$2.3 billion annually in
Joint
Materiel
Deployment
Enterprise
commercial truck, rail, barge,
SDDC
Distribution and ocean transportation
Enterprise
(JDDE) services.
SDDC – MAJOR FUNCTIONS

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 SDDC – OTHER KEY
RESPONSIBILITIES

DoD’s proponent for DA’s Executive Agent

Container Management for LOTS

TRANSCOM’s Army Force DoD’s proponent for Families

Provider for JTF-PO First (HHG & POV Shipments)
Global Partners

National COCOMs
Partners

Commercial
Partners

Services

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How did we get here

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 833d HISTORY

1942 – 1958 1958 – 1982

Seattle Port of Embarkation Seattle Army Terminal
Piers 36–39 Piers 90 - 91
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 833d history

1982 – 2004
Port of Tacoma, Pierce County Terminal
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833d HISTORY

2004 – 2007
Port of Olympia 12
 833d HISTORY

2007 - PRESENT
Terminal 7 and EB1, Port of Tacoma 13
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO

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Yokohama Military Strategic Seaports Americas
Japan
 833d MISSION

The 833d Transportation

Battalion provides surface
deployment/redeployment,
distribution and water terminal
operations to directly support
and sustain the Warfighter in
the Pacific Northwest Area of
Responsibility and on order
deploys in support of SDDC
missions worldwide

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 833d organization
LTC John Redinger
Commander

SGM Rickey Patterson

Sergeant Major
MAJ Jim Anderson LT Elbert Pama
Executive Officer S-3 OPS Officer

SFC Corey Shuler

OPS Sergeant

Ken Miller Yulin Tsang Susan Pearson John Seaton CPT Sheree Fitts Michael Jimenez
S-1/4 Admin/Supply S-6 Info MGMT Spec S-5 Plans S-31 (TCM) Training Officer S-33 (OPS)

David Hackley Adrian Johnson SSG Baules-Wallace Christena Little

Kambria Mumphrey
Info MGMT Spec S-2 Security (Term) Movements Supv Trans OPS Spec
Admin Spt Tech
Brian Maier
VACANT Maggie Church Jerry Yale Jeff Andrews Kevin Burns
Isis-Kali Williams Sys Admin
Safety Spec (Term) Trans Spec Trans Spec MCS MCS
Supply Tech
Connan Pearson
VACANT Damon Poulin Roy Miller
Sys Admin Victor Kimura Penny Wargo
CAO MCS MCS
Trans Spec Trans Spec
VACANT Klaus Shelley
Don Perkins MCS Trans Asst
LEGEND: Trans Asst

Military
Civilians EE
Civilians Non EE
Contractors
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 833d Demographics -
people
Authorized:
 7 military (3 Army Off, 1 Navy Off, 3 Army NCOs)
 22 civilian positions
Personnel Make-up:
 9 retired military personnel
 6 others with military service
 Average age - 48
 Average length of 833d service - over 9 years
 Longest service in 833d - 36 years
 Longest DOD service - 41 years

Over 80,000 active military in Puget Sound Area.

Over 50,000 Soldiers deployed through JBLM
JBLM - Army’s principal CONUS Power Projection Platform west
of Rockies
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 833d KEY TASKS
 Conduct responsive surface
distribution operations for the DOD in
terminals and facilities throughout the
Pacific Northwest
 Coordinate AOR port facilities and pay
DOD bills for port services
 Single Port Manager for Joint
deployments within our AOR
 Train and assist deploying units to
meet HAZMAT requirements and to
achieve movement information
accuracy
 Coordinate RSOI for Alaskan
organizations moving within CONUS
 Be prepared to deploy and support
SDDC missions worldwide
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 833d DEMOGRAPHICS –
Area of responsibility
7 Key Marine Terminals in AOR
(Tacoma, Olympia, Grays Harbor, Seattle, Everett, Portland, and Vancouver)
2 “Strategic Seaports” – Tacoma & Naval Magazine Indian Island
Tacoma/Seattle Combined = 3rd Largest Container Port in US
Pacific Northwest is the Gateway to the Pacific

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 Port of Army Reserve
Center

Tacoma Terminal
Designated 3-4

PNW Strategic
Terminal 7
East Blair 1
Port (EB1)
Terminal
Blair
Terminal
• Close Proximity (15 miles) to JBLM (PPP)
• Signed Port Planning Order to Support DoD
• 3000 Acre Port Facility
• 13,000 LF Deep Draft Berths for 17 Vessels
• Four Intermodal Yards – Unit train capable
• Major Highways (I-5 & I-90) and Rail Access
• 18 Locomotives (UP, BNSF, Tacoma Rail) Fabulich
• 600 man ILWU Labor Available Center
• 6th Largest Container Port in US BL - No other port in PNW with as much
• Strong Port Security & Tacoma Police Dept
• 690 Acres Undeveloped - Room to Expand
capability to support DoD
• Can meet DOD PPO Outload Requirements requirements as the Port of Tacoma!
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 Naval magazine,
indian island (NMII)
Designated PNW
Strategic Ammo Port Pier
Established: 1941
Location: 100 Miles Northwest of Ft Lewis
Size: 2,716 Acres

Mission:
Provide Ordnance Logistics Services
to the Ships of the U.S. Armed Forces
in the Pacific Northwest (PNW)

Provide Strategic Port of Embarkation /

Debarkation Services for the Containerized
Ammunition Distribution System (CADS)

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 PNW Operational
environment
PROs CONs
 Sail time from CONUS to SWA  Transportation Congestion
 Trained & available labor  Rail & Highway
 1st Corps & JBLM  Limited Break-bulk
 West Coast PPP (Tacoma)
 Multiple capable ports available  Anti-War Activists

Port of
Everett

Port of Grays Harbor

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Operational
Environment
Port Military
Resistance

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Where are we going

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 HQ relocation

• Moves Battalion from Seattle to Tacoma - 32 miles

closer to JBLM
• Increases ability for west coast strategic/Warfighter
requirements
• Deepens partnership with designated Strategic
Seaport (Tacoma)
• Most capable seaport and with room to grow
• Promotes assured access and investment in port
infrastructure Planned
• Improves battalion operational productivity
Relocation
OCT-NOV
2011
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 DDST readiness
•833d has provided DDST support since 1999,
with at least three or more personnel deployed
in support of SDDC operations outside of our
Area of Responsibility.
•1999 El Salvador
•2001 Puerto Rico, Australia, Guatemala & 1999 – El Salvador
Norfolk, VA
•2003 Qatar (5 months), San Diego &
Beaumont, TX
•2007 Fort Irwin, California
•2008 Peru, San Diego, CA
•2009 Port Arthur, TX
•2010 Haiti (2 months) 2003 - Qatar
•2010 – 2011 (1 Year) FT Knox, KY and FT
Benning, GA

2010-Haiti 2009 – Port Arthur, TX 2008 - Peru 27

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