MTMC meets challenges in priority discharge.(Military Traffic Management Command)(Brief Article)

When we finally saw the Feederman, we found the vessel as unusual as the mission that brought it to Kuwait.

The Feederman was constructed during the Cold War, and served the former Soviet Union in her early years. Now, the Feederman had a very different mission. She had arrived in the Persian Gulf with a high-priority cargo: A German Army NBC battalion that included 109 pieces of rolling stock and 47 containers of hazardous material--including ammunition and toxic chemicals.

MTMC entered the picture when the Germans found they required reception, staging and