Seagoing MTMC employee receives top army reserve instructor award.There are not many 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 employees who can expertly handle a landing craft mechanized The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) was a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles. They came to prominence during the Second World War when they were used to land troops or tanks during Allied amphibious assaults. , but Roberta Hermann is one of them. The 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) Headquarters command 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. action officer handles the vessel as part of her Army Reserve duties. The expertise in that work has led to her selection by the National Defense Transportation Association as one of the top Army Reserve instructors for 2000. "We have presented awards to service members for almost 20 years now," said Norbert Grabowski, an association spokesman. "This is a way of recognizing our best teachers." Hermann proudly received the National Defense Transportation Association Reserve Instructor Award on March 7 from her commander, Lt. Col. Lucas Polakowsky. The commendation took Hermann, a sergeant first class, by surprise. "I was honored," said Hermann. "It's nice to know people recognize it when you're trying to do your best to make a successful training program for the students." Hermann was nominated by her battalion commander In the United States Army and United States Marine Corps, the commanding officer of a battalion is a Battalion Commander. The position is usually held by a lieutenant colonel, although a major can be selected for battalion command in lieu of an available lieutenant colonel. to receive the prestigious honor. Every year, reserve battalion commanders are asked to nominate their best instructors based upon their performance throughout the academic year. In addition to Hermann, the Army and Marines nominated four candidates, the Air Force selected three, and followed by the Navy who selected a single candidate. Hermann maintained excellent records for her students based on strict U.S. Army Training & Doctrine Command guidelines. This work led to nomination and also helped the school earns its accreditation. Hermann is task oriented and takes her work seriously. She has worked in MTMC's Command Operations Center for over a year. Hermann currently works with the command post exercise An exercise in which the forces are simulated, involving the commander, the staff, and communications within and between headquarters. Also called CPX. See also exercise; maneuver. team and is in charge of the Reserve 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. training program. As a Reservist re·serv·ist n. A member of a military reserve. reservist Noun a member of a nation's military reserve Noun 1. , Hermann teaches the Watercraft Operator Course to students. The class features basic navigation, which includes: international code signaling, beach markers, fire fighting fire fighting, the use of strategy, personnel, and apparatus to extinguish, to confine, or to escape from fire. Fire-Fighting Strategy Fire fighting strategy involves the following basic procedures: arriving at the scene of the fire as rapidly as , navigational math, predicting tides, tidal currents, magnetic compass, compass error, marlinespike seamanship, piloting, navigation rules and watercraft operations. Hermann is qualified to teach in student knowledge bases from specialist through sergeants first class. Her classes at Fort Eustis include 10-hour school days and 48-hour water exercise training missions on board the specialized military watercraft. "Graduates from the course go on to serve as a vessel master," said Hermann. Hermann began her military career in 1987 as an Army Reserve medical supply specialist. Two years later she became an active duty soldier and began serving as a watercraft operator. In July of 1998, Roberta returned to civilian life and to the Army Reserves as instructor with the 7th Transportation Battalion, 4th Brigade, 80th Division, at Fort Eustis, Va. The certificate awarded to Hermann includes the signatures of retired Lt. Gen. Edward Honor, association president, Maj. Gen. William Mortensen, Chief of Transportation, and Joseph Mattingly, Jr., chairman, of the association's Career Education Committee. |
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