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The transportation platoon, led by a platoon leader and platoon sergeant, provides motor transport support as part of the BSB's distribution management process. [7] In armored or Stryker BCTs, the platoon will have four truck squads, while those operating with infantry BCTs will have three squads. While the transportation platoon can be used to ...
Prior to the 1991 reorganization, the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation (and several other current city departments) belonged to the Chicago Department of Public Works. The Department of Public Works was first recognized as a branch of the city administration in 1861, at which point it consolidated the services of water ...
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The transportation platoon managed the reception of 73 C-17s, 32 C-130s, 10 C-5s, and 4 L-100s, as well as a variety of commercial aircraft. The MCT supervised the offload of over 3250 short tons consisting of 460 pallets and ISU containers, 500 pieces of rolling stock and over 1000 passengers.
The mission of the HMSC is to receive, store, and issue 1,400 tons of Class VII material per day (excluding aircraft and medical, marine or railway-oriented equipment). It also includes a deprocessing platoon which, during a 12-hour shift, can deprocess (as required) 300 tons of Class VII equipment to ready-for-issue status per day. [9]
The year 2000 brought the addition of the Chicago Fire Department fleet of 140 fire engines, 105 ambulances, and 87 aerial units under Fleet Management's supervision. In 2004, the City's fleet centralization process was accelerated when the Chicago Department of Water Management and Chicago Police Department were added as DFM customer departments.
The Chicago Transit Authority, or CTA, one of three service boards within the Regional Transportation Authority, operates the second largest public transportation system in the United States (to New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority) and covers the City of Chicago and 40 surrounding suburbs. The CTA operates 24 hours a day and, on an ...
556th Transportation Company (Medium Truck) (Petroleum) (Attached) Because of their resolute courage in the face of the enemy, no operation was delayed because of petroleum unavailability. Further, the Binh Loi-Tan Son Nhut pipeline operated by the 64th Quartermaster Battalion (Petroleum Operations) supplied more than 190,000,000 gallons of ...