Special award is compliment to MTMC commitment and work.Recently, it was my good fortune to receive on behalf of the men and women of 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) the USS Admiral Several ships of United States Navy were named USS Admiral:
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. of the Ocean Sea award from United Seamen's Service. We received the special presentation award for our work in supporting military operations This is a list of missions, operations, and projects. Missions in support of other missions are not listed independently. World War I ''See also List of military engagements of World War I
Probably no award in recent memory better reflects the devotion to duty, grit and hard work of MTMC employees supporting the War on Terrorism--work that is continuing without respite. While the United Seamen's Service gives annual awards, this is only the third time in the organization's history that it has made this special presentation. Of interest, the two previous award recipients are the U.S. Transportation Command 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. . The presentation is separate from the organization's annual award presentation for maritime achievement. The annual event benefits the United Seamen's Service, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that provides community support to the U.S. Merchant Marine, the U.S. Armed Forces and seafarers
United Seamen's Service honored MTMC for "the extraordinary role it played in the nation's ability to project and sustain combat power that led to a swift and successful victory and freedom for the people of Iraq." "Much of the success, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, stems from the bonds that (MTMC) has forged with the U.S. Flag shipping industry," said our award presentation. These are some of my thoughts upon receiving the award. Many outsiders do not appreciate how much of our National Military Strategy is dependent on the patriotism and capability of the maritime industry. They truly are the workhorse that gets us to the war and back. I am blessed "I Am Blessed" was the second single released from Power of a Woman. The single was released just after the girl group just had scored their third #1 hit in Japan with "Who Are You". to be part of an organization that is also filled with hard-working dedicated men and women who answered the call. We are about half the size we were in 1990-1991 in Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm. With only 214 active duty military folks in the organization, we relied on 2,000-plus Reservists and civilians to step up to the plate to operate at 26 different seaports and 13 power projection The ability of a nation to apply all or some of its elements of national power - political, economic, informational, or military - to rapidly and effectively deploy and sustain forces in and from multiple dispersed locations to respond to crises, to contribute to deterrence, and to platforms. In the early deployment stages, it looked like you could have walked on a steel bridge over the Atlantic with 157 ships under way. The speed at which these vessels were loaded would not have been possible without the tremendous support of the many port authorities port authorities npl → autoridades fpl portuarias , stevedoring companies and the longshoremen doing the heavy lifting. That heavy lifting actually began at military installations and depots where our commercial truck and rail partners and other contractors provided tremendous and timely support for us to accomplish our many missions. The hundreds of civilian mariners directly supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom also answered the call--willing to sail into harm's way. Merchant Mariners have long been the unsung heroes of our nation's wars. Every time we call, the Merchant Marine answers with a resounding re·sound v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds v.intr. 1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children. 2. , "When and where?" How could we not be impressed? We will never take their patriotism, loyalty, dedication and sacrifice for granted. We are in for the long haul--and the one thing we do know is people's lives depend on what we do. While we continue to fight the war on global terrorism, we are in the midst Adv. 1. in the midst - the middle or central part or point; "in the midst of the forest"; "could he walk out in the midst of his piece?" midmost of our own transformation. We will continue to look to all of you for your support and your ideas as we build a better tomorrow. In support of U.S. Transportation Command's new mission as the Department of Defense's Distribution Process owner, we in MTMC step forward to support that mission with our approved name change to the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command--a title that more accurately reflects our core competencies in today's environment. This role will require even greater partnership with our friends in the commercial industry. But that is easy, as we all have the same goal: To improve our support to the warfighters, our deployed men and women. Let us keep remembering those men and women deployed in harm's way. With the United Seamen's Award, and our many work efforts worldwide, MTMC stands a little bit taller and a little bit prouder. Thanks to all of you for making this award a reality! |
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