because it gives us flexibility,” he added.


“If you can’t move it out by land, you can fly it out.” By contrast, ships are slower, but they can carry much more cargo than planes.


Bealor said it is important to note that SDDC is executing a great number of multimodal operations because of the command’s new contractual relationships. Before, she noted, discussions of multimodal operations centered on the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) or AMC’s Tanker Airlift Control Center. “Now, SDDC can contract for that [air] service much the same way we contract for vessels, trains and trucks.”


Although SDDC is responsible for transporting most of the cargo out of Afghanistan, Wadyko said the combatant commands normally decide the route and mode of transportation. Every move requires extensive planning and back- and-forth coordination involving multiple organizations. “As DOD’s distribution process owner, USTRANSCOM conducts the orchestra,” said Baca, but


“the orchestra—USTRANSCOM’s service component commands—makes the music.”


COST VS. SPEED Wadyko said, “I like to tell people, ‘You get three things: speed, cost and reliabil- ity … pick two.’ If you want speed, you go multimodal, but you’re going to pay much more. If you want low cost, then it’s going through the PAKGLOC, but that’s going to take more time; you’re going to lose speed. Or, you can take it north through the NDN where you’ll lose speed and the cost goes up. It’s always a balancing act.”


Part of that balancing act is knowing what can and cannot move along the NDN. Sensitive cargo, unit cargo and weapons are prohibited along the NDN, SDDC officials said. Other political


LEAVING THE FOB


Inessential equipment on FOBs is either relocated to other areas in Afghanistan, transported back to the United States or destroyed. Here, SGT Wayne Young of 426th Brigade Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division secures chains to equipment during a retro- grade operation June 1 on FOB Joyce, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by SPC Vang Seng Thao, Combat Camera Afghanistan)


REDISTRIBUTE OR REDEPLOY? The more than 750,000 pieces of U.S. military materiel in Afghanistan are scattered among numerous far-flung locations. Here, SGT Andrew Markley, NCO in charge at FOB Sharana Mate- riel Redistribution Yard, and Mobile Container Accountability Team leader SPC James Moore sift through items Jan. 15 at the FOB Shank redistribution yard in Logar province. (U.S. Army photo by 1LT Henry Chan, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion Public Affairs)


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