21st TSC units heading to Iraq

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Soldiers with the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion’s Headquarters Headquarters Company, the 51st Transportation Company and the 793rd Movement Control Team load a bus Friday in Kaiserslautern as they prepare to head to nearby Ramstein Air Base where they will board planes. The three units from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command will serve 15-month tours in Iraq.


21st TSC units heading to Iraq
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, June 14, 2008

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Three units from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command prepared to head downrange Friday for 15-month tours in Iraq.

Roughly 200 soldiers with the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion’s Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the 51st Transportation Company and the 793rd Movement Control Team gathered at Rhine Ordnance Barracks Deployment Processing Center prior to leaving from nearby Ramstein Air Base.

Some soldiers listened to iPods, watched movies and caught some Z’s as they waited around.

Spc. Chris Schwartz watched as Spc. Jeff Slater and Sgt. Craig Saunders shot a game of pool during their wait. It will be the first deployments for the three soldiers with the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion out of Grafenwöhr, Germany.

Schwartz, 21, of Sacramento, Calif., is getting an opportunity he has been waiting for.


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