SDDC honors traffic managers for exceptional service.Seven outstanding traffic managers representing the four military services of the Department of Defense, Defense Logistics Agency Noun 1. Defense Logistics Agency - a logistics combat support agency in the Department of Defense; provides worldwide support for military missions Defense Department, Department of Defense, DoD, United States Department of Defense, Defense - the federal department , U.S. Coast Guard and the Army/Air Force Exchange Service were recognized Sept. 27 by the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC SDDC Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (formerly Military Traffic Management Command) SDDC Single Data Device Correction ) with the Excellence in Traffic Management Award. The awards were presented by Brigadier General James L. Hodge, then acting commanding general of SDDC, during a special banquet honoring the traffic managers at the National Defense Transportation Association's 60th Annual Forum and Exposition in Memphis, Tenn. Gail Hutcherson, supervisory traffic management specialist at Fort Hood Fort Hood, U.S. army post, 209,000 acres (84,580 hectares), central Tex., near Killeen; est. 1942 on the site of old Fort Gates and named for Confederate Gen. John Hood. It is one of the army's largest installations and a major employer of the area. , Texas represented the Department of the Army. The other six traffic managers honored at the ceremony include John Leese, Navy; Staff Sgt. Gabriel Martinez, Marine Corps; Senior Master Sgt. Alana Stillwell, Air Force; Judy Spruill, Coast Guard, Kathy Boresma, Defense Logistics Agency and Rose Cobb, Army/Air Force Exchange Service. Awardees represented a wide-range of transportation responsibilities including support for humanitarian missions and military exercises, passenger transportation services, distribution pipeline management, commercial travel, aviation inventory movement, truckload deliveries and shipment documentation. The award is presented each year by SDDC to exceptional traffic managers, both civilians and enlisted military personnel.--Jeanie Bell Winslow, SDDC Command Affairs Raymond P. Ebeling, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the National Defense Transportation Association and president of American Roll-On Roll-Off Noun 1. roll-on roll-off - a method of transport (as a ferry or train or plane) that vehicles roll onto at the beginning and roll off of at the destination Carrier, presents the International Junior Executive Leadership Award to Capt. Donna J. Johnson, Operations Officer, 838th Transportation Battalion. The award, given annually to one military and one civilian junior executive who has demonstrated outstanding leadership ability and made significant contributions to the transportation distribution industry, was presented during the 2006 NDTA NDTA National Defense Transportation Association NDTA National Dance Teachers Association NDTA Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association (Laguna Beach, CA) NDTA North Dakota Telephone Association Forum and Expo in Memphis, Tenn. in September.--U.S Army photo [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gen. Norton A. Schwartz General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, is Commander, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. General Schwartz attended the United States Air Force Academy and graduated in 1973. , commander of U.S. Transportation Command, and Brig. Gen. James L. Hodge, then-acting commander of SDDC, cut the ribbon Sept. 12 at the opening of the SDDC Advance Team facility at Scott Air Force Base Scott Air Force Base (IATA: BLV, ICAO: KBLV, FAA LID: BLV) is a base of the United States Air Force in St. Clair County, Illinois near Belleville which are in the St. Louis metropolitan area. , Ill. Brig. Gen. Sandy Sanders, deputy commander for mobilization and Advance Team leader for SDDC, and SDDC's Command Sgt. Maj. Tomas Hawkins look on as the ribbon is cut and the facility is declared officially open.--Photo by Bob Fehringer [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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