USTRANSCOM commander visits Naval Station Rota
While at the naval station, McNabb held an all hands call with sailors and airmen of the 725th Air Mobility Squadron and thanked them for the support they provide to USTRANSCOM.
USTRANSCOM works through its service components Air Force Air Mobility Command, Navy Military Sealift Command and Army Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command to provide military and commercial transportation, terminal management, aerial refueling and patient movement across the range of military and humanitarian operations around the world.
"You guys have no idea of the power of Rota," said McNabb. "Even though it is happening at other locations now, Rota is the crown jewel. When people talk about intermodal operations, Rota is always the example after the great operations you have done here."
NAVSTA Rota is strategically located near the Strait of Gibraltar and is the halfway point between the United States and Southwest Asia. It is the proverbial "eye of the needle" where the warfighters supplies come through.
"Rota is the key to our success, and I cannot tell you how much I appreciate what you guys do here," said McNabb. "It is for all the operations you do that has set the example of a way of doing things that has changed the game."
Following the all hands call, McNabb went to the port facility to tour Military Sealift Command Maritime Prepositioning Ship USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon (T-AK 3006).
Obregon is operated by the Waterman Steamship Corp. Its mission, as part of Maritime Prepositioning Squadron 1, is to forward-stage Marine Corps equipment.
NAVSTA Rota is the only base in the Navy Region that has a port and airfield within one fence line and conduct operations 24 hours a day.
"Rota is one of those pivotal parts of the network that allows General Petraeus and General Austin to not have to worry about the logistics," said McNabb.
"It is the logistics superiority our country has that no other country has; this strategic ability to move and sustain forces worldwide. It is truly one of our greatest asymmetric advantage and you help make that true."
NAVSTA Rota Commanding Officer, Capt. Bill Mosk, was extremely grateful McNabb talked to the sailors and airmen serving here.
"The general did an amazing job taking high-level strategic concepts and communicating them to our total workforce," said Mosk. "It was very motivational and inspirational. Everybody who heard the general's speech walked out with their heads a little higher and were extremely proud of their accomplishments here at Rota."
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