88N Transportation Management Coordinator
About the role
As a Transportation Management Coordinator, you will utilize your organizational skills to schedule and coordinate transportation for personnel and equipment, ensuring cargo and Soldiers make it to their required destinations. With more than 50,000 heavy trucks and buses in operation, you will organize and oversee the scheduling of these vehicles, which include semi-tractor trailers, heavy troop transports, and passenger buses.
Responsibilities
- Advise constituents of shipment and travel entitlements
- Request and coordinate transport capability
- Mark, document, and inventory freight, cargo, and material shipments
- Operate automated data terminal equipment
- Arrange documentation and reports for follow-up or responses to tracer actions
- Perform system administrator duties such as installing software and uploading data to computer systems
- Prepare equipment, cargo, and personnel for travel to airports, seaports, and railways
- Request and coordinate transportation to meet a movement mission
Helpful Skills
- Interest in motor vehicles, aircraft, and ocean liner vessels
- Experience in coordinating transportation
- Interest in planning events and working with people
Civilian Career Opportunities
Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with privately owned moving companies or freight operators.
Training
Job training for a Transportation Management Coordinator consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and six weeks of Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Instead of paying to learn these skills, you will earn a regular paycheck and qualify for tuition assistance.
Benefits
- Paid training
- Monthly paycheck
- Montgomery GI Bill
- Federal and State tuition assistance
- Retirement benefits for part-time service
- Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage)
- 401(k)-type savings plan
- Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans)
- Health care benefits
- VA home loans
- Bonuses, if applicable
Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change.
Requirements
- Military enlistment in the Army National Guard
- Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate
- Must be between the ages of 17 and 35
- Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards
- Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details)
Programs and benefits are subject to change. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability.