SDDC's new Command Sgt. Maj. sought position.Command Sgt. Maj. Tomas Hawkins is at the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command because he wants to be. "I submitted a packet to compete for the job," said Hawkins. His effort was rewarded when Maj. Gen. Ann Dunwoody, commander, selected him to replace Command Sgt. Maj. James Morgan James Morgan may refer to:
"I was excited," said Hawkins, upon receiving a congratulatory phone call from SDDC's commander. "I am delighted to have reached not only the highest enlisted en·list·ed adj. Of, relating to, or being a member of a military rank below a commissioned officer or warrant officer. enlisted Adjective grade, but also the top enlisted position in the Transportation Corps." Cool, calm and organized, the 25-year Army veteran is ready for the assignment. "My vision is to be on the same mind set as the commanding general," said Hawkins, "as to where SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction needs to go. "In seeing what we need to take it there, I will always keep in mind how it will affect SDDC personnel and how it will affect the command. "I can have the greatest ideas in the world but the people who will make the money are our people." Hawkins graduated from the Army's Sergeants Major Academy, at Fort Bliss Fort Bliss, U.S. army post, 1,122,500 acres (454,300 hectares), W Tex., E of El Paso; est. 1849 and named for Col. William Bliss, Gen. Zachary Taylor's adjutant in the Mexican War. Originally strategically located near the only ice-free pass through the Rocky Mts. , Texas, in 1998. In his first assignment, he served as the sergeant major of the 526th Forward Support Battalion A Forward Support Battalion was an Army of Excellence unit designed to support a Brigade. It was composed of:
The fort is named in honor of BG William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee. , Ky. Subsequently; he served as the sergeant major of the 25th Transportation Battalion, Yongsan, Korea. Most recently, Hawkins served as command sergeant major of the 3rd Brigade, 91st Division (Training Support), at Travis Air Force Base Travis Air Force Base (IATA: SUU, ICAO: KSUU) is a United States Air Force air base in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Travis Air Force Base is located within Fairfield, Calif, in the northeast part of town. , Calif. His principal job there was to "evaluate and train National Guard and Reserve units preparing to go overseas." Hawkins has a college degree from St. Edwards University, Austin, Texas--a product of both the GI Bill and a basketball scholarship. In an initial Army enlistment ENLISTMENT. The act of making a contract to serve the government in a subordinate capacity, either in the army or navy. The contract so made, is also called an enlistment. See, as to the power of infants to enlist, 4 Binn. 487; 5 Binn. 423; Binn. 255; 1 S. & R. 87; 11 S. & R. 93. , Hawkins served as a military policeman for three years. Finishing college, he looked for a civilian job in the field of corrections. "The jobs I was interested in did not pay as much as equivalent jobs in the Army," said Hawkins, who reenlisted in 1981 in the grade of specialist. In the years that followed, Hawkins served two separate tours in Germany, Korea and Fort Campbell. Hawkins ponders the coming months and challenges in SDDC. "I think I'm a pretty good motivator," said Hawkins. "I have never forgotten where I came from. It is good to be an example to others of what you want to achieve. "I am humbled when Soldiers tell me they want to be like me. My reply to them is, 'No. Be better than me.'" John Randt, Director, Command Affairs SDDC HQ Alexandria |
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