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NEWS | Nov. 14, 2019

7th Trans Brigade prepares for Operation Deep Freeze

By Senior Airman Derek Seifert 633rd Air Base Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Army Soldiers from various units of the 7th Transportation Brigade will be loading cargo and equipment onto railcars from Nov. 12-15, 2019 to ship to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. 

Operation Deep Freeze is a joint service, inter-agency support mission for the National Science Foundation.  The 2019-2020 ODF season is the 60th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty and the 64th year of military support of the Antarctic mission. 

The 7th Transportation Brigade from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia will be participating in the operation. 

For more information about Operation Deep Freeze click here.