Dispatcher Duty Descriptions
88M20 Dispatcher: The Soldier serves as a Dispatcher for the 1173rd Composite Truck Company. Their responsibilities include maintaining vehicle log books and key control for over 100 pieces of rolling stock. They track and update mileage for all vehicles and personnel in the Global Combat Support System (GCSS) Army. Additionally, they maintain daily accountability and equipment reports, as well as up-to-date records of soldiers’ military driver’s licenses, Accident Avoidance Course completion, and civilian driver’s licenses. The Dispatcher is also responsible for maintaining records of individual driver’s mileage, which is critical for awards and badge recommendations. They serve as the primary advisor to the Truck Master for all operational missions within the command.
Senior Vehicle Operator Duty Descriptions
Senior Vehicle Operator: In the role of a Senior Vehicle Operator, the Soldier assists in the operation of vehicles over varied terrain, including snow and ice, in support of garrison and field exercises. They manage the loading and unloading of personnel and equipment, ensuring the protection of cargo against damage. Additionally, they perform vehicle self-recovery and field expedients such as towing and using snow chains. The Senior Vehicle Operator assists in training and maintaining driver skills for other drivers and ensures that deadline vehicles have the correct parts on order. They are responsible for the welfare of seven soldiers and the maintenance and readiness of specific vehicles and trailers.
88M20 Senior Vehicle Operator: The Soldier serves as a Senior Vehicle Operator, overseeing and assisting in the operation of vehicles over varied terrain in support of garrison and combat operations. They manage the loading and unloading of personnel and equipment, ensuring the protection of cargo. Additionally, they perform vehicle self-recovery and field expedients such as towing. The Senior Vehicle Operator assists in training and maintaining driver skills for other drivers, checks to ensure PMCS (Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services) is completed by drivers during missions and command maintenance, and corrects or reports any vehicle deficiencies. They are responsible for the welfare of three soldiers.
Truck Master Duty Descriptions
Truck Master: The Soldier serves as the Truck Master for a specific transportation unit, responsible for tracking and assigning mission and detail taskings, Transportation Movement Requests, Operations orders, and FRAGOs (Fragmentary Orders). They are also responsible for the health, welfare, professional development, safety, tactical and technical competence, and morale of a designated Noncommissioned Officer. Additionally, the Truck Master manages and tracks mission essential equipment worth a specific value.
88M40 Truckmaster: The Soldier serves as a Truck Master in a multi-function Special Forces Battalion or another specific unit. They are responsible for implementing and enforcing safety and environmental standards within the motorpool. Additionally, they oversee the Drivers Training Program and are responsible for the health, welfare, professional development, safety, tactical and technical competence, and morale of a designated number of Noncommissioned Officers and Soldiers. The Truck Master has direct responsibility for managing and maintaining a specific value of MTOE (Modified Table of Organization and Equipment) equipment.
88M Assistant Truck Master: In the role of an Assistant Truck Master, the Soldier served in a Medium/Heavy Truck Company in support of a specific operation. They were responsible for licensing and ensuring the safety of a designated number of soldiers. Their duties included the safe transport of all classes of supply to specified military units. They tracked and coordinated the company’s Convoy Logistics Patrols (CLP) and were responsible for daily accountability and equipment reports. The Assistant Truck Master acted as the primary advisor to the Truck Master regarding operational missions within the command.
Motor Transport Operator Duty Descriptions
88M Motor Transport Operator
As an 88M Motor Transport Operator, your primary responsibility is to operate assigned vehicles in support of combat and training operations. This includes driving over varied terrain, managing the loading and unloading of personnel and equipment, and ensuring the protection of cargo against damage. You may also operate vehicles with an Equipment Container Handling Unit (ECHU) as required. Additionally, you will need to possess skills in land navigation, maintain qualification with radios and vehicle-mounted weapons, and be able to perform vehicle self-recovery and field expedients such as towing. It is important for you to correct or report any vehicle deficiencies you encounter. Another aspect of your role is to prepare vehicles for shipment by air, rail, or vessel.
88M30 Motor Transport Operator
As an 88M30 Motor Transport Operator, you may assume the role of a squad leader in a forward deployed Brigade Support Battalion Distribution Company. In this capacity, you will supervise and provide technical guidance to two noncommissioned officers and ten Soldiers. Your responsibilities will include planning, organizing, and performing assistant patrol leader duties for combat logistic patrols. You will dispatch vehicles, verify log books, receive and fulfill taskings for motor transport, and compile data on time, mileage, and load for equipment and vehicles. The operation and maintenance of specific vehicles, such as RG31/MRAPs, M1117 ASV, and M1151 HMMWVs, may be under your purview.
88M10 Vehicle Driver
As an 88M10 Vehicle Driver, you will operate assigned vehicles in support of combat operations. This includes managing the loading and unloading of personnel and equipment, protecting cargo against damage, and operating vehicle material handling equipment (MHE) as required. You will also need to employ land navigation techniques, maintain qualification with radios and vehicle-mounted weapons, and be capable of performing vehicle self-recovery and field expedients like towing. Correcting or reporting vehicle deficiencies is an important aspect of your role. Additionally, you will be responsible for preparing vehicles for shipment by air, rail, or vessel.
Squad Leader
As a Squad Leader, your duties may include serving in a specific unit, such as the 638th Trans Co, where you provide technical and tactical guidance to one Staff Sergeant and ten enlisted Soldiers. You will be responsible for planning, organizing, and performing assistant convoy missions for mounted combat patrols and convoy operations. This includes dispatching vehicles, verifying log books, developing manifests, rehearsing battle drills, and briefing operations orders. The operation of specific vehicles, such as the 1088s, may be within your area of responsibility.
Section Sergeant
As a Section Sergeant in a Forward Support Company’s Distribution Platoon, your role involves supervising and providing technical guidance to two noncommissioned officers and five Soldiers. You will plan, organize, and perform assistant ammunition sergeant duties, which may include sling load and crane operations, dispatching vehicles, verifying log books, and receiving and fulfilling taskings for motor transport. Additionally, you will compile data on time, mileage, and load for equipment and vehicles.
Section Leader
As a Section Leader in a Reconnaissance Squadron for an Infantry Brigade Combat Team, you will be responsible for the maintenance and accountability of specific vehicles, such as M1026 and M1167 HMMWVs. You will also supervise and provide training, supervision, physical readiness, professional development, and health and welfare support to one Noncommissioned Officer and eight enlisted Soldiers and their families.
Class V Section Sergeant
In this role, you may serve as the Class V Section Sergeant for a Forward Support Company. You would provide direct logistical support to a specific unit, such as the 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment. Your responsibilities would include integrating Composite Risk Management (CRM) principles by identifying hazards, assessing associated risks, and implementing control measures. Additionally, you would be responsible for the health, welfare, professional development, and growth of the NCOs and Soldiers assigned to your section. The operation, accountability, and maintenance of specific equipment, such as the M1085 LHS Load Handling Systems and Basic Issue Items, would fall under your purview.
88M40 Transportation Platoon Sergeant
As a Transportation Platoon Sergeant, you would have the responsibility of leading and supervising a platoon consisting of 46 Soldiers. Your duties would encompass ensuring the morale, health, and training of your subordinates. You would also be accountable for the maintenance, accountability, and effective utilization of all platoon vehicles, weapons, and associated equipment, which could have a significant value exceeding $25,000,000. In this role, you would plan, manage, and monitor platoon motor transport operations, including overseeing the platoon area of the unit motor pool. Additionally, you would provide counseling, discipline, and leadership development to develop competent leaders within your platoon.
88M – No Duty Title Given
In this capacity, you would provide professional support and technical guidance to all Army Soldiers requiring motor transport expertise. Your duties may involve planning, organizing, and operating a motor vehicle convoy. You would perform convoy route reconnaissance and have the responsibility of commanding a convoy march unit or serial. Supervising the transportation of various types of cargo and personnel would also be part of your role. Additionally, you would be involved in the preparation and implementation of security and defense plans.
88M20 Heavy Wheel Vehicle Operator
As a Heavy Wheel Vehicle Operator, your primary duty would be to operate heavy equipment transport vehicles in support of specific operations, such as Operation Iraqi Freedom. You would be responsible for the health, welfare, training, discipline, and accountability of a small team of Soldiers. Additionally, you would oversee the maintenance and accountability of heavy equipment transport systems, as well as other assigned equipment and Basic Issue Items. The value of the equipment under your responsibility could exceed $750,000.
88M Transportation Supervisor
In the position of Transportation Supervisor, your role would involve overseeing the doctrinal training, morale, health, and welfare of a team consisting of 15 Soldiers and 10 Civilian staff members. You would be responsible for planning and coordinating the worldwide movement of personnel, units, and equipment via military and commercial transport. Maintaining visibility over the movement of personnel, equipment, and supplies in support of specific area of operations, such as EUCOM and AFRICOM, would be part of your responsibilities. Additionally, you would be accountable for the maintenance and accountability of MTOE (Modified Table of Organization and Equipment) and TDA (Table of Distribution and Allowances) equipment valued at $2 million.
88M Materiel Movement NCO
In this role, you would serve as the Materiel Movement NCO in a Quarter Master Support Company. Your main responsibility would be providing logistical sustainment support in the USAREUR theater of operation. You would be accountable for section equipment worth over $65,000 and assist in the training, planning, and scheduling of drivers’ training for the company. Additionally, as a team chief, you would be responsible for the training, health, welfare, and family support of four Soldiers under your leadership.
88M40 Brigade Motor Sergeant/Logistics NCO/BTT Maintenance Advisor
88M Motor vehicle operators serve in almost every unit in the Army. They are assigned to various roles such as driving ammunition in artillery units or transporting cargo and fuel in transportation units. Male soldiers are often assigned to the P1 (Infantry) support platoons, where they may operate 5-ton trucks or HEMTTs. Regardless of gender, 88Ms can also be assigned at the support battalion level, responsible for moving cargo and fuel to P1 units using larger vehicles like the M915. At the group level, they may be involved in theater support, operating heavy trucks for various tasks.
88M Movements Supervisor/Shipyard Supervisor
As a Movements Supervisor and Shipyard Supervisor at the Contingency Operating Base Q-West Central Receiving and Shipping Point (CRSP) yard during Operation Iraqi Freedom 08-10, I provided support throughout Multinational Division North Iraq. My responsibilities included ensuring the well-being of three soldiers and their families. I was accountable for the maintenance and upkeep of valuable equipment, including two M871A1 trailers, one M916 vehicle, one 10K generator, and one 15K generator with a total value of $1,000,000. Moreover, I was responsible for overseeing the equipment in the CRSP yard that was in transit to combat units, which had a value exceeding $20,000,000.
88M40 Brigade Motor Sergeant/Logistics NCO/BTT Maintenance Advisor
In the role of Brigade Motor Sergeant and Logistics NCO for the US Army’s Iraqi Border Police (IBP) Brigade Border Transition Team (BTT), I served as a mentor, advisor, and trainer to the Iraqi Brigade Maintenance Officer. I was responsible for the development and implementation of the Brigade’s maintenance program. This included managing the maintenance, receipt, and issue of over 70 military and civilian vehicles valued at more than $2,000,000. Additionally, I served as the BTT Motor Sergeant, overseeing the maintenance and accountability of all internal team equipment, which had a value exceeding $300,000.
88M30 GENERIC
As a Generic 88M, I supervised drivers in performing preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) on vehicles. I operated in the truck terminal in the capacity of a squad leader, overseeing the training of new drivers and managing the driver sustainment training program. Additionally, I was responsible for planning, organizing, and operating motor vehicle convoys, including performing convoy route reconnaissance. I commanded convoy march units or serials and supervised the transportation of various types of cargo. I also played a crucial role in ensuring the security of cargo and equipment by posting and controlling guards to prevent pilferage and vandalism. Furthermore, I took charge of vehicle recovery operations and supervised personnel in preparing vehicles for deployment.
88M30 Transportation NCO
As a Transportation NCO, I supervised both enlisted and contract personnel involved in the maintenance and operation of a vehicle fleet worth over $30,000,000. I coordinated with Army Forces (ARFOR) and other tenant units to provide the necessary support, including budgeting for fuel, equipment, and personnel. I ensured all resources required for operations were available. Additionally, I scheduled and prepared convoys carrying critical equipment and passengers. Operating a transport service serving more than 60,000 personnel annually, I was responsible for identifying equipment failures and implementing and tracking PMCS inspections.