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Staff Sgt. James Speegle, a sergeant of the 89th Trans. Co., 260th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 10th Sustainment Brigade, and native of Fayetteville, W. Va., gives direction to a driver in order to connect a Container Handling Unit of a Palletized Load System to a container. This process is a very detailed one and takes a lot of practice to master the steps. Once the CHU is in place, the Material Handling Equipment’s suspension will pick the container up and place it on the truck with just a flip of a toggle.

Pvt. Earnest L. Tart, transportation and logistics specialist from Fayetteville, N.C., assigned to the 216th Movement Control Team, Task Force Hellcat, directs truck drivers from the 432nd Transportation Company, Task Force Hellcat, to a staging area before conducting inspections to ensure the convoy is ready to make its 500-mile trek from Anniston Army Depot to Crane, Ind., as part of Operation Golden Cargo 2012. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Brent C. Powell, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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