About 40 drivers from the transportation company will be assigned, two per vehicle, to tractor trailers and 5-ton trucks to get tanks, personnel carriers and other vehicles from one site to another. Once in place, the equipment will be used for training.

To keep the vehicles on the road and moving, the men and women of Company B will also be on the road with “wreckers” – the Army’s version of a tow truck – in the event of any vehicle breakdown. Mechanics and other support personnel will also be ready with their expertise.

Company B, 50th Main Support Battalion is located in Dover, N.J., and commanded by Capt. Chad R. Thiemann. It is part of the 42nd Division Support Command headquartered in Somerset. DISCOM soldiers are currently deployed in support of New Jersey State Police and other security forces in safeguarding the nuclear power stations at Oyster Creek and Salem, N.J. Previously the soldiers were used to protect the George Washington Bridge and the tunnels between New Jersey and New York. DISCOM soldiers were also part of the initial responders to the Attack on America on September 11th and continued to support recovery operations from Jersey City, Staten Island, and Bayonne until January 2002.