NAVELSF serving in Kuwait and Iraq.(highlights)

In January of 2003 about 65 Reservists of Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 10 were recalled to be deployed to Kuwait in support of Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group (NAVCHAPGRU). These Reservists served six months and returned home.

A year later, Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Force (NAVELSF) mobilized over 525 Sailors from four of its Cargo Handling and Supply Support Battalions for port stevedore and marshalling yard work, fuel farm (depot) operations, mail operations, and air cargo handling in Iraq and Kuwait. They were designated NAVELSF Forward Alpha. This gro