DM4-S: the future of transportation and logistics support: as transportation and logistics capabilities evolve and adapt, support to the Warfighter is always SDDC's primary mission.When faced with the ultimate transportation and logistics challenges within a Joint and Combined Theater of Operation, DM4-S is the answer! The Director of Mobility Forces Surface (DM4-S)/Surface Mobility Division (SMD (1) (Storage Module Device) A high-performance hard disk interface used with minis and mainframes that transfers data in the 1-4 MBytes/sec range (SMD-E provides highest rate). See hard disk. ) provides a seamless transition of cargo from the ports through the theater and ensures a well supported transition into the tactical environment. Armed with a talented crew of transportation planners, terminal and operations specialists, and road and rail logisticians, a synergized group of transporters from various SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction organizations assembled in Korea to meet the ultimate test of transportation, support and sustainment to our troops during the annual Command Post Exercise An exercise in which the forces are simulated, involving the commander, the staff, and communications within and between headquarters. Also called CPX. See also exercise; maneuver. , Ulchi Focus Lens (UFL UFL University of Florida UFL Upper Flammable Limit UFL User Function Library UFL Ulchi Focus Lens UFL Upper Flammability Limit UFL Universal Font Library ). Ulchi Focus Lens is a Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces A military force composed of elements of two or more allied nations. See also force(s). Command and Joint exercise designed to evaluate and improve procedures for war plans in defense of the Republic of Korea. UFL is a dynamic command and control exercise which provides an opportunity for commanders and staffs to focus on strategic and operational issues associated with military operations This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. World War I ''See also List of military engagements of World War I
Under the direction of Army Brig Brig, town, Switzerland Brig (brēk), Fr. Brigue, town, Valais canton, S Switzerland, on the Rhône River, at the north entrance of the Simplon Tunnel. . Gen. Roger Shields, commander of the 184th Transportation Control Element, and Army Col. Kathi Kreklow, 599th Transportation Group commander, the DM4-S conducted mobility planning and operational activities to coordinate and synchronize See synchronization. the movement of U.S. surface transportation capabilities ensuring the uninterrupted throughput of forces and materiel ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el n. The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment. from theater Aerial Ports of Debarkation and Sea Ports of Debarkation to a designated destination. In addition to developing integrated movement plans for strategic and intra-theater movements from ports to designated destinations, the DM4-S also managed movements supporting port clearance to ensure integration and deconfliction with all other surface movements. The concept of the DM4-S has been spearheaded by Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Stark Andrew Stark is a photographer from Sydney, Australia. Stark's raw and candid photographs of his home city and her inhabitants have spanned a quarter of a century, and were featured in the 2003 publication, Snaps from Sydney. , Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Plans (G5), who has successfully outlined, planned and coordinated with the U.S. Transportation Command Plans (J5) for project implementation. "We recognize that a lot of the capability under the Army modularity has been redirected to the tactical level, and the DM4-S, Surface Mobility Division, steps in to provide an efficient surface deployment operation," Stark said. Due to the uniqueness of a combined and joint Korean Theater of Operation, it was apparent that a division be created that would provide the capabilities to coordinate, integrate, and synchronize transportation and logistics. However, the DM4-S is not a permanent, standing organization. Rather, it is an infused and collaborative group of individuals comprised of members from the 599th Transportation Group and SDDC Headquarters at Fort Eustis Fort Eustis is a United States Army facility located in Newport News, Virginia. The post is the home to the Army Transportation Corps, and also home to the U.S. Army Aviation Logistics School. , Va. The Surface Mobility Division provides reach-back capability to leverage national partner capabilities and maintains operational awareness of inter-and intra-theater surface mobility infrastructure within the area of responsibility. SMD facilitates the integration of all surface mobility operations in the surface assessment, planning, and execution process. Additionally, the SMD coordinates allocation of assigned and attached transportation capabilities in support of the Joint Forces Command priorities. Within the DM4-S, Surface Mobility Division, capability is provided through the operations, road and rail, sea and inland, plans and IT/administrative sections. The DM4-S, Surface Mobility Division provides flexibility and capability to a joint and combined environment. As Shields noted, "This is a talented group of individuals who have come together in a short period of time." The result of which is "a Surface Mobility Division which is more involved in surface movement, and is quicker to provide response to theater movement requirements," he said. As transportation and logistics capabilities evolve and adapt, support to the warfighter is always SDDC's primary mission ... and DM4-S is the answer! by Karlene Bader SDDC, HQ, G5, Fort Eustis |
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