1173rd Transportation Terminal Battalion
The mission of the Transportation Terminal Battalion is to command, control, and technically supervise operating units responsible for ocean water terminal operations and inland terminal operations. It transships cargo at air, rail, truck, or sea terminals, and hubs, to temporarily hold and stuff/unstuff containers, to supplement cargo/supply handling operations at Combat Service Support activities in Corps and Division areas to alleviate backlogs. It provides and operates landing craft to transport personnel, containers, vehicles, and outsized cargo during offshore discharge operations, to augment lighterage service in a port or harbor, inland or coastal waters, or between islands, and to provide lighterage service required in joint, amphibious, or other waterborne tactical operations.
The 1173rd Transportation Terminal Battalion was mobilized, then designated 1173rd Transportation Terminal Unit, in 1991 during Desert Storm.
The Military Traffic Management Command's 841st Battalion joined with Army Reserve units to load 1,648 pieces of equipment onto the USNS Dahl from 31 August through 4 September 1999. This set a record for the most pieces loaded onto one of the Military Sealift Command's roll-on-roll-off vessels. The Dahl, one of the newest and largest roll-on-roll-off vessels, has deck space equivalent to eight football fields. The Dahl was one of three ships loaded at the Georgia Ports Authority Garden City Terminal in Savannah, Georgia, in preparation for Exercise Bright Star in Egypt. The other ships loaded were the USS Osprey and the USNS Capella, which loaded 800 and 700 items, respectively. Reserve units participating in the exercise included the 1173d Transportation Battalion of Brockton, Massachusetts; the 1181st Transportation Battalion of Meridian, Mississippi; the 1189th Transportation Terminal Brigade of Charleston, South Carolina; and the 6632d Port Security Company of Irvine, California.
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