Four officers promoted to the rank of colonel.In what may be a first for the command, four officers of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command were promoted simultaneously to colonel in a March 16 ceremony held at the command's Operations Center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. 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. Army officers Mike Babul ba·bul n. A tropical African tree (Acacia nilotica) that yields a gum similar to gum arabic and has a bark used in tanning. [Persian b , Edward Casazza, Joseph LeBlanc and Gina Rossi Gina Rossi was a fictional character in the ITV prison drama series Bad Girls. join the ranks of 12 active-duty, 10 Reserve and six Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentee An individual reservist attending drills who receives training and is preassigned to an Active Component organization, a Selective Service System, or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. officers of colonel and equivalent rank assigned to the command. "We thought it would be a historical event to have all four of us promoted on the same day." Rossi said. "It was very important to me to be able to participate in the ceremony with the other colonels, who I like and respect." Acting deputy commander Brig. Gen. Maynard "Sandy" Sanders presided at the ceremony. "The Army and the Soldiers of SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction are the real winners today, for these newly promoted colonels bring a wealth of seasoned leadership and field experience with them," he said. "These selectees are certainly at the top of their game, and it's great to be surrounded by such talent." Rossi was unsure she would be included in the ceremony because her promotion orders arrived only hours before the ceremony. "My promotion was dated in February, but without the actual orders, I could not schedule the ceremony," she said. "I was on the edge of my seat every day waiting to hear if the orders had arrived." Babul, a Drilling Individual Mobilization Augmentee, has been with the command since 1983. "I know a lot of people in SDDC, and I consider this a home away from home," he said. "It was nice to share this occasion with the people I've known for years." Babul serves as the single port manager chief of the 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Casazza, the deputy commander of the 599th Transportation Group, Schofield Barracks bar·rack 1 tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. , Hawaii, is currently mobilized as SDDC's U.S. Army Reserve Command liaison officer at Fort McPherson, Ga.; LeBlanc is transportation management officer in Global Distribution Directorate in the Operations Center.; and Rossi is the Deployment Support Brigade Operations Chief in the Operations Center. Story and photo by Patti Bielling, Public Affairs Officer SDDC Operations Center |
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