Iraqi support gives mission insight to MTMC's new Deputy Commanding General.Just back from Operation Iraqi Freedom duty, MTMC's new Deputy Commanding General/Director of Operations brings a wealth of fresh experience to supporting the warfighters and solving transportation challenges. Brig. Gen. Mark Scheid moved into the command's No. 2 position upon the Sept. 30 retirement of Brig. Gen. Barbara Doornink. The veteran transportation officer immediately is responsible for the running operations of MTMC's global distribution system for the Department of Defense. In addition to the commercial and military transportation coordination required, Scheid will oversee 24 MTMC MTMC Military Traffic Management Command (US DoD) MTMC Mount Marty College MTMC Micros-to-Mainframes, Inc. (stock symbol) MTMC Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, TN) terminal unit locations located stationed around the world from the MTMC 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. , 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. Scheid has fresh transportation experience in a current contingency environment. From late last year until June 15, Scheid served as the Chief, Joint Movement Control Center, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Did that experience provide insight and a transition for the MTMC assignment? "Absolutely!" said Scheid. "I was constantly working with the warfighters and customers. I worked directly with the Military Traffic Management Command A major command of the US Army, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated continental United States land transportation as well as common-user water terminal and traffic management service to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a and the Military Sealift Command A major command of the US Navy, and the US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated common-user sealift transportation services to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a global basis. Also called MSC. See also transportation component command. ." Scheid provided insights on his new assignment while on a Sept. 10 orientation trip to MTMC Headquarters, Alexandria, Va. "I'm going to perfectly fit in with MTMC," said Scheid. What sort of workday did the Chief, Joint Movement Control have--a 12-hour workday? "We worked a 19-hour day--all seven days," said Scheid. "That was the average day." Scheid said there were "three big success stories" involving transportation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The three included: MTMC Deployment Support Teams, Large, Medium-Speed, Roll-on/Roll-off vessels, and the new family of High-Speed Vessels. "These really made a difference," said Scheid. What other transportation areas would he like to comment on? "There is no doubt in my mind in this operation we bad the best movement of munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. we have ever had." Unlike Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, MTMC shipped no break bulk shipments of munitions. All munitions moved during Operation Iraqi Freedom were in containerized con·tain·er·ize v.tr. con·tain·er·ized, con·tain·er·iz·ing, con·tain·er·iz·es 1. To package (cargo) in large standardized containers for efficient shipping and handling. 2. shipments monitored via state-of-the-art in-transit visibility The ability to track the identity, status, and location of Department of Defense units, and non-unit cargo (excluding bulk petroleum, oil, and lubricants) and passengers; patients; and personal property from origin to consignee or destination across the range of military operations. . Scheid deployed to Kuwait as an extension of his position as Chief, Plans Division, J-4, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base MacDill Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base in Hillsborough County, Florida, eight miles south of downtown Tampa at the tip of the Interbay Peninsula. It also has city district status due to the fact that the base is technically within the city limits of Tampa. , Fla. He was assigned to the Central Command position in January 2000. Scheid is a graduate of Bowling Green University, Toledo, Ohio. Upon graduation in 1977, be was commissioned through the Reserve Officers Training Corps as a second lieutenant. In his initial assignment, Scheid served as a platoon leader with the 7th Transportation Group's 119th Transportation Co., at Fort Eustis. Overseas assignments in his 26-year Army career include Germany, Korea and Bosnia. Scheid is a graduate of the U.S. Marine Corps War College, Quantico, Va. |
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