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I'm Lieutenant Colonel Mike Harrell ,

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the commander of the 830 night

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transportation battalion out of Camp

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Darby Italy . So today we're here at

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the port of Alex Andro Poli . The

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Mendoza has been activated by MS C to

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support the deployment of the third

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brigade combat team , fourth infantry

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division out of Fort Carson , Colorado .

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The 830 night transportation battalion

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was able to do this through our grease

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detachment stationed at the Port of

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Piraeus in Athens in conjunction with

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21st TSC 39th Movement Control

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Battalion . After the 8 39th offloads

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the Mendonsa , we will then execute

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commercial line haul and railhead

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operations . So a deployment this size

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is obviously a very large team effort .

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According to Alexandro Poli , the host

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nation's support has been outstanding .

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We benefit from port and harbor

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security from the Hellenic Army and

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Coast Guard . Additionally , using

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existing agreements , we are provided

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services such as fuel , medical support

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and military working dogs . The Port of

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Alexandroupoli is significant for three

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reasons . Number one , the host nation

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support and adjacent communities have

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always been overwhelmingly helpful and

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enthusiastic to help us accomplish any

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objective that we ask . Number two , as

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you can see the extensive staging area

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here . We're able to move very large

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units with very heavy equipment in as

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that as those capabilities are staged

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for onward movement . And number three ,

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we have a vast rail network here that

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comes into the port of Alexandro Poli

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that allows us to move heavy equipment

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throughout the Yukon theater of

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operations to strategic points across

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northern Europe . We execute single

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port management south of the Alps on

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the European continent and throughout

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the continent of Africa , we do this

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through our battalion headquarters at

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Camp Darby Italy . We also leverage our

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three detachment which are located in

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Greece , Turkey and in Italy ,

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Sergeant major , Tamika Horn , the 839

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transportation battalion sergeant major

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a couple of days . The operations here

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have been phenomenal , the commander

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and I are so proud of the military

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contractor and civilians who have

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devoted countless hours to enhance the

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multi modal missions that we have

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accomplished here . And as we continue

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to enhance history , we are definitely

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proud to be a part of the organization .