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Col. David Key, interim commander at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, and Steve Kerr, deputy to the commander, stand on the center wharf at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point near Southport ...
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is one of the largest military terminals in the world. [1] It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army and is operated by the 596th Transportation Brigade.
Brunswick County is home to Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, the world's largest military terminal. Here's what you should know. 7 things to know about Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point
Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU), North Carolina [2] Former and closed facilities. Military Ocean Terminal (MOTBY), Bayonne, New Jersey, closed 1999 [3] [4]
MTMTS provided support for the Vietnam War through cargo operations at its Military Ocean Terminals at Oakland CA, (MOTBA), Bayonne, New Jersey (MOTBY) and Sunny Point, NC (MOTSU) as well as commercial ports. In the earlier years of the war MTMTS shipped soldiers by surface from its Western Area (primarily Oakland).
The cover story, which takes you behind the gates of Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, offers insight into what the world’s largest military terminal does and how it impacts our community.
She was one of Military Sealift Command's Prepositioning Program. Built in 1978 by Chantier naval de La Ciotat in la Ciotat , France , she was originally named Merlin . [ 2 ] On 8 April 2005, she was renamed for Pope Air Force Base combat controller Technical Sergeant John A. Chapman , a posthumous Air Force Cross recipient.
The MV Capt. Steven L. Bennett, one of the Air Force's Afloat Pre-positioned Fleet ships, sits at one of the docks at the Military Ocean Terminal-Sunny Point, N.C. The APF ships are loaded with thousands of tons of munitions and then sail to a predetermined point in the Pacific or Indian Ocean where they wait to offload their cargo when needed.