MTMC transporters assume professional leadership roles.When Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Privratsky traveled to several distant Pacific ports this fall, he was in for a pleasant experience. The Commanding General of 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 was scheduled to give talks to several chapter meetings of the National Defense Transportation Association. While giving talks at chapter meetings in Okinawa and Yokohama, Japan, Privratsky discovered several association officers were soldiers with 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) . "I am truly impressed that some of our soldiers are making this contribution to the international transportation community," said Privratsky. Privratsky was talking about Sgt. Emilio Calzada, of the 835th Transportation Battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. , Okinawa, and Capt. David Preston, of the 836th Transportation Battalion, Yokohama. Calzada, Training NCO NCO abbr. noncommissioned officer NCO noncommissioned officer NCO n abbr (Mil) (= noncommissioned officer) → Uffz. of the 835th, is the treasurer of the Okinawa Chapter. Preston, Operations Officer of the 836th, is the first vice president of the Honshu Chapter in Yokohama. When Privratsky addressed the Okinawa Chapter Sept. 22, it was a MTMC event. Calzada did the introductions. Besides MTMC's Commanding General, the chapter also heard from Lt. Col. Joyce DiMarco, Commander 835th Transportation Battalion. Meanwhile, in the Honshu Chapter, Preston was hard at work on a membership drive. The drive increased the chapter strength from 16 to 51--or 319 percent. "We sold the association for what it is," said Preston, "the organization for professional transporters." Even more members have joined since the membership drive, Currently, the chapter includes 25 military, 13 civilian and 20 corporate members. The chapter's meetings have a new focus, said Preston. "Our intent is to visit the facilities of our civilian partners so we can learn from their operations, knowledge and procedures," said Preston. "The focus has also changed. We now schedule time to discuss logistics issues that exist between the military and the civilian industry. Other 835th NDTA NDTA National Defense Transportation Association NDTA National Dance Teachers Association NDTA Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (Laguna Beach, CA) NDTA North Dakota Telephone Association members include Fred Artis, Master Sgt. Felton Head, Sgt. 1st Class Troy Taft, and DiMarco. Other 836th NDTA members include Pearson Best Pearson Best (born 20 December 1963 in Barbados) is a Cayman Islands cricketer.[1] An all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and right-arm slow-medium bowler,[2] he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since the year 2000. , Thomas Brewer, Maj. Bartel Drake drake 1. male duck. 2. loliumtemulentum. , Grady Kay, and Lt. Col. Kathi Krekow. |
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