Director of SDDC's TEA earns presidential award.William J. Cooper, director of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Transportation Engineering Agency, received a Meritorious Executive 2004 Presidential Rank Award during a ceremony hosted by the Secretary of the Army in the Pentagon May 9. As Director and Special Assistant for Transportation Engineering, SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction , TEA, Cooper distinguished himself as the Department of Defense lead for transportation and deployment engineering matters. Cooper directs DOD's transportation engineering efforts by providing analyses of surface deployment infrastructure to support equipment 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. movement worldwide. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. his nomination, Cooper's efforts have directly and successfully supported Army Transformation, the Global War on Terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act , and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He serves as DOD's primary interface with officials of the U.S. Federal Highway and Federal Railroad Administrations to ensure the readiness condition See: operational readiness. of national highway and railroad infrastructure to support rapid deployment capabilities. He has aggressively managed DOD's efforts to construct over $200 million of Defense Access Road highway projects supporting DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. installations nationwide. The Offices of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff, Combatant Commands, and the Services use these deployment infrastructure analyses to assess the ability of U.S. Armed Forces in meeting their national defense requirements. He also serves as the Army Transportability Executive Agent in overseeing the deployment characteristics of military equipment and weapon systems as they are developed and fielded to ensure ease of movement in aircraft, on ships, and by rail and road. He succeeded in providing near real-time, worldwide transportation infrastructure and movement tracking information to decision makers at all levels of the Federal government through the development and operation of the technically innovative Intelligent Road/Rail Information Server (IRRIS IRRIS Intelligent Road/Rail Information System ). This accomplishment helped ensure the safe and secure movement of thousands of defense-sensitive shipments worldwide. There are two categories of rank awards: Distinguished and Meritorious. Award winners are chosen through a rigorous selection process. They are nominated by their agency heads, evaluated by boards of private citizens, and approved by the President of the United States The head of the Executive Branch, one of the three branches of the federal government. The U.S. Constitution sets relatively strict requirements about who may serve as president and for how long. . The evaluation criteria focus on leadership and results. Cooper is one of 15 Army recipients for the 2004 Meritorious Rank Award. John Race, Executive to the Director SDDC, Transportation Engineering Agency |
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