Ninety helicopters and approximately 900 pieces of equipment are being readied for transport to Kuwait in coordination with the upcoming deployment of troops from the Hawaiçi-based 25th Combat Aviation Brigade.

The vehicles and equipment are being loaded onto International Shipholding Corp.’s 637-foot charter ship Green Ridge, which normally transports cars and trucks.
The massive operation at Pearl Harbor began yesterday and will continue through Monday.
About 100 personnel from the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command-599th Transportation Group, Fleet Industrial Support Center-Pearl Harbor, U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaiçi, Director of Logistics are working day and night shifts to load the ship in time for its scheduled departure on Tuesday.
It took two weeks to transport all of the vehicles and equipment from Schofield Barracks and other locations to the port.
“Moving all of this heavy equipment is a challenge, but we’ve gotten very proficient at it,” said Col. Mike Lundy of the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade.
About 3,000 troops from the brigade will serve in the one-year deployment, engaging in air assault, medevac missions and close combat operations in support of U.S. ground forces and Iraqi army and police. They’ll be joined by a battalion from Germany and members of the Tennessee National Guard.
About 2,400 soldiers from the brigade were deployed to Iraq from 2006 to 2007.