39th Transportation Battalion (MC)
The 39th Transportation Battalion (MC) oversees transportation in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Germany (except the northern part of Bavaria and Hessen, which are the 27th's responsibility). The MC battalions have movement control teams (MCT's) and air terminal movement control teams (ATMCT's) that are responsible for coordinating and monitoring transportation services for Department of Defense and other designated agencies located or operating in their geographic area of responsibility (AOR). The 39th also has an MCT that coordinates and monitors transportation support of only the theater distribution center (TDC) (previously known as the hub- and-spoke distribution system). The MCT's are essentially the link between the customer and the transportation provider. In the continental United States, the installation transportation office normally performs these functions.
During 2000 the Army Materiel Command Combat Equipment Group-Europe successfully completed a delivery of equipment to Qatar by using one ship that picked up equipment at two ports. This was the first time that the movement of Army Prepositioned Stocks by sea was accomplished using one ship making two stops, instead of chartering a ship from each port. Based in Eygelshoven, AMC CEG-E is managed by the US Army Field Support Command. In April 2000, CEG-E received a request from AMC Forward-Southwest Asia's Combat Equipment Group-Qatar for the delivery of a large load of equipment. To fill the request, CEG-E had to withdraw equipment from four of its storage facilities, including the Combat Equipment Battalion-Livorno in Italy. It was then arranged that the MS Green Dale, the ship making the journey from the port of Rotterdam in The Netherlands to the port of Umm Sai'd in Qatar, would make a stop in Italy. Two U.S. Army units provided vital support to CEG-E during the movement of equipment. The 39th Transportation Battalion was responsible for transport between storage facilities and the port, and assured that all border-crossing documents were completed. The 838th Transportation Battalion was responsible for harbor operations.
