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CAMP TAJI — The 10th Sustainment Brigade here has shifted from its role of training the Iraqi Army, and is now in the early mentorship phase of its partnership with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). The 10th Sust. Bde. ISF section oversees three Logistics Training and Advisory Teams (LTAT) which are partnered with two third-line maintenance facilities -- one here and one at Camp Rustamiyah and Iraq's General Transportation Regiment (GTR). "We're at the point now where we pretty much mirror and job-shadow the Iraqis," said Sgt. Thomas B. Yates, a 776th Maintenance Company Soldier and LTAT instructor. Yates said...

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill., Dec. 4, 2006 -- A Post-It note over one of the computers in the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center here says, “Nothing happens until something moves.” You get a feeling for this saying and the mission of U.S. Transportation Command at the Balad Air Base-Anaconda Logistics Support Area complex in Iraq. Located northwest of Baghdad, the complex is the heart of logistics for coalition forces in Iraq. In 2003, it was a runway, some bombed buildings and dust. Today, it is a military city, with C-17s offloading cargo, C-130s picking up goods, a full...