US Ocean’s M/V OCEAN FREEDOM was spotted at Port Corpus Christi discharging USTRANSCOM/Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) cargo which had been loaded in Alexandroupoli, Greece, as part of the Atlantic Resolve mission.
Since April 2014, U.S. Army Europe and Africa have led the Department of Defense’s Atlantic Resolve land efforts by rotating units based in the U.S. to Europe. There are four types of U.S. Army Atlantic Resolve rotations – armored, aviation, sustainment task force and division headquarters. Rotational units conduct bilateral, joint and multinational training events across more than a dozen countries. Atlantic Resolve is funded by the European Deterrence Initiative, which enables the U.S. to enhance deterrence, increase readiness and support NATO.
The current iteration of Atlantic Resolve has demonstrated the Army’s ability to successfully move armored combat power from strategically located seaports to training and forward operating locations all across Europe.
In support of Atlantic Resolve during July 2021, more than 140 M1 tanks, 250 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 35 Paladins and thousands of tracked and wheeled vehicles were simultaneously in motion on roads, railways and at seaports in countries ranging from Greece to Lithuania.
The 1st ABCT, 1ID’s equipment arrived in theater at seaports in Gdansk, Gdynia and Szczecin, Poland; Klaipeda, Lithuania and Alexandroupoli, Greece. At the same time, 1st ABCT, 1CD’s equipment redeployed back to the U.S. through the ports in Klaipeda and Alexandroupoli, as well as the port in Bremerhaven, Germany.
