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The Distribution Magazine
of the U.S. Army
Winter 2007
Military Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command
Maj. Gen. Kathleen M. GaineyCommander
Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Tomas HawkinsCommand Sergeant Major
Dennis C. DrakeDirector, Command Affairs
Michelle D. CainEditor
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team. I have really enjoyedgetting out to see our folks in
action. I have visited our
Transportation Groups – the 599th
in Hawaii, the 598th in the
Netherlands, the 597th at Ft.
Eustis, and the 595th’s units in
Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain – the
Ammunition Terminal Group at
Sunny Point, N.C., the JTF-PO at
Fort Dix, N.J., and our forward
element at Scott Air Force Base.
You all are doing amazing things!
We are in turbulent timesright now with changes in the
Military Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command,
Department of Defense, and the
world. While we are all concerned
with the direct impact on each of
us, we must remain cognizant of
our higher mission – support to the
Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen,
DoD civilians, contractors and
families around the world who are
depending on us to do the right
thing.It is times like this that we
must remember that each of us
plays a critical role in making the
Defense Transportation System
work. One person not doing their
job can have a significant impact
and cause a ripple of disastrous
results that affects our ability to
get goods to where they need to
be, when they need to be there.
Don’t be the link that breaks.
However, this is also the
time to look to your left and your right to see how your teammates
are doing – stress affects all of us
in different ways. We know our
fellow workers best and need to
be aware of changes in behavior
or work habits so that we can help
one another through these difficult
times. Sometimes just talkingabout the problem alleviates the
issue, but not always. Sometimes
it may require others’ involvement
to address the root causes. So
don’t hesitate to address your
concerns with your supervisor.
We are at a crossroads to
do things differently given the
changes in personnel and location.
For the next six months I want to
focus the command on four areas:
Business Processes, Metrics,
BRAC and our Strategic Plan.
Business Processes
I want us to stop – take a
step back and critically look at our
processes for executing our day to
day business. Sometimes the actions
we take have become so routine
that we don’t question them. Now
is the time to sit together and look
at each step that the customer/
ourselves/the executer (normally
carrier)/receiver of our product or
service must take to get the actioncompleted.
Lean Six Sigma is a tool that
can help do this but you do not need
to wait for this program to ask
yourself – what does the receiver
of my information/product do with
it? How could I pass it in a more
usable manner or at a better time of
day to speed the process? Is this
information available elsewhere?
With the reductions in
personnel, the move to Scott Air
Force Base and influx of new personnel, now is the time to
challenge ourselves on how we
do business and work diligently
to streamline it so we teach the
new personnel our improved
processes.
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Family, friends and colleagues from across the globe
turned out in full force to welcome a new commander
to the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution
Command Oct. 6 at Fort Belvoir, Va. Maj. Gen.
Kathleen Gainey accepted command from Brig. Gen. James
Hodge.
Hodge, who was acting commander of SDDC since
Aug. 28, told those gathered that he was honored to haveserved as the organization’s commander as they awaited the
arrival of Gainey. He joked that it was amazing how much
one could accomplish in just two months.
“I can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed the
responsibility and the opportunity,” Hodge said. “Serving at
the headquarters in Alexandria, rather than the operations center
at Fort Eustis, gave me the chance to be exposed to directorates,
issues and employees that I don’t normally deal with. What a
tremendous learning and growing experience. All told, it
couldn’t have been better.”
The outgoing commander said he was blessed to
have worked with both the USTRANSCOM and AMC four-
star generals.
by Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer SandersSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort Eustis
Group, 22nd Support Command and Operation Desert Storm
(Residual Force), Saudi Arabia; Division Transportation
Officer, 24th Infantry Division (Mech), Fort Stewart, Ga.;
Commander, 6th Transportation Battalion, 7th
Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, Va.; Special Assistant
to the Chief of Staff, Army, Washington, D.C.; Commander
7th Corps Support Group, V Corps, U.S. Army Europe and
Seventh Army, Germany; and Chief, Joint Mobility Operations
Center J3, U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force
Base, Ill.; Commander, Defense Distribution Center, Defense
Logistics Agency, New Cumberland, Pa.; Director, Force
Projection and Distribution, Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff, G-4, Washington, D.C.; and Deputy Chief of Staff,
Resources and Sustainment, Multi-National Force-Iraq,
Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Her awards and decorations include the Defense
Superior Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster; Legion of Merit with
Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Meritorious Service Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters; Joint
Service Commendation Medal; and Army Commendation
Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters among other awards and
decorations.
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Coordination for reserve Soldiers is a never-ending cycle
of call-ups and deployments of which service men and
women must be equipped and trained when it comes to
the latest in transportation processes and programs.
Pursuing possibilities that will both support the
organization’s mission to support the Warfighter and
ensure success for reservists on the job, SDDCleadership is on the edge of establishing the Deployment
Support Command. According to SDDC Training,
Readiness and Mobilization Director Col. Bob Askey,
the operationally capable DSC will exercise command
and control of SDDC-aligned Army Reserve units. In
addition, the DSC will fulfill a much-needed requirement
to provide necessary technical training, as well as
maintain readiness oversight for all non-aligned Army
Ensuring Reservists’
Success
Spec. Daniel Dyer and Staff Sgt.
Luis Colon, Traffic Management
Coordinators for the 195th TST,
scan a helicoptor following its dis-
charge from the USNS Brittin at the
Port of Jacksonville, Fla. - Photo
by Michelle Cain
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Reserve terminal, watercraft, rail, movement control
and deployment and distribution units.
“The concept to create some sort of reserve
transportation functional readiness command is one that
the force structure staff of SDDC has been working
on since shortly after 9-11,” Askey said. He explained
“All units will train to the same standard,
regardless of their location or separate chains of
command,” Askey said, explaining that properly training
and equipping reservists for the mission will ensure that
all service members work side-by-side, armed with the
same knowledge and opportunities to reach mission
success.
Understanding and recognizing the need for
change in the way it was doing business, the U.S.
Army Reserve Command did some initial
reorganization across the board. But it quickly
became apparent that there was a need for a
transportation command to provide Army mobility
units the technical tools and associated training to
support the Warfighter in end-to-end deployment and
distribution support.
Placing the DSC under the operational control
of SDDC, and ultimately U.S. Transportation Command,
would complete the linkage to the distribution process
owner to better support the organizations and service
members serving.
“The DSC will have the added benefit of an
administrative control relationship with the 377th
Theater Sustainment Command, which is responsible
for training and readiness of all expeditionary sustainment
commands in the Army Reserve,” Askey said, explaining
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that a succession of commanders has continued to
champion the idea and the implementation of the new
modular Army structure has amplified the need for such
a command. Askey said now there is buy-in from all
the right people.
The Chief of the Army Reserve approved the
concept plan for the DSC in principle in October and
SDDC Commander Maj. Gen. Kathleen Gainey signed
off on the plan in November. According to SDDC
officials, their anticipated approval of the plan will allowthe DSC to go into carrier status by April 2007. This
means SDDC can begin standing the unit up by October
2007, to include full mission capability established within
one year.
Providing transportation/deployment and
distribution training and operational opportunities to all
Army units engaged in missions that support the
distribution process around the globe, the new command
will impact all SDDC units – both active and reserve.
Historically, SDDC has conducted multi-component
training.
However, all other Army surface mobility units
that will benefit from the training opportunities provided by the DSC – most importantly the Warfighter – will
be supported by an Army transportation community that
is properly equipped and trained to the same technical
standard. When all is said and done, the DSC could
impact almost 200 units comprised of more than 10,000
Soldiers, active and reserve, according to Askey.
that this will tie functional transportation capability to the
Army’s new modular sustainment structure.
Maj. Gen. Skip Philips, commander of the 377th,
enthusiastically supports this concept.
“The DSC is the vehicle by which the Army
Reserve will leverage SDDC’s considerable expertise
in deployment and distribution operations,” Philips said.
“It provides a complimentary capability to the Army’s
sustainment commands.”
The Army’s modular force transformationstructure is said to be the most extensive
restructuring of the Army since World War II.
Designed to create standardized modular combat
brigades, these units would be self-sufficient, more
rapidly deployable and better able to conduct joint
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When faced with the
ultimate
transportation and
logistics challenges
within a Joint and Combined
Theater of Operation, DM4-S is
the answer!
The Director of MobilityForces Surface (DM4-S)/Surface
Mobility Division (SMD) provides
a seamless transition of cargo
from the ports through the theater
and ensures a well supported
transition into the tactical
environment.
Armed with a talented
crew of transportation planners,
terminal and operations specialists,
and road and rail logisticians, a
synergized group of transporters
from various SDDC organizationsassembled in Korea to meet the
ultimate test of transportation,
support and sustainment to our
troops during the annual Command
Post Exercise, Ulchi Focus Lens
(UFL).
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by Karlene Bader SDDC, HQ, G5, Fort Eustis
Ulchi Focus Lens is a
Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined
Forces Command and Joint
exercise designed to evaluate and
improve procedures for war plans
in defense of the Republic of
Korea. UFL is a dynamic
command and control exercisewhich provides an opportunity for
commanders and staffs to focus
on strategic and operational issues
associated with military operations
on the Korean peninsula.
Under the direction of
Army Brig. Gen. Roger Shields,
commander of the 184th
Transportation Control Element,
and Army Col. Kathi Kreklow,
599th Transportation Group
commander, the DM4-S
conducted mobility planning andoperational activities to coordinate
and synchronize the movement of
U.S. surface transportation
capabilities ensuring the
uninterrupted throughput of forces
and materiel from theater Aerial
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relinquished possession of historic Fort Johnston at the
mouth of the Cape Fear River to the
City of Southport on September 8,
2006 after the federal government
formally conveyed the property to its
new owner.
Fort Johnston, formerly the
oldest and smallest active duty fort in
the United States, was originally built
in 1748 by the British to protect the
Cape Fear region from Spanish
marauders. Since the late 1950’s, it
had served as Army Family Housingfor Soldiers and their families assigned
to MOTSU. The MOTSU
Commander’s quarters had been the
Garrison House overlooking the Cape
Fear River and one of the oldest
buildings in historic Southport. It was
Col. Michael Babul,
Ammunition Terminal Group
commander, accepts the Army
Flag that flew over Fort
Johnston from the city of
Southport. - Photo by Jim Pleasants
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Highlighting SDDC’s transportation battalions around the world
Spotlight onthe 832nd
Transportation
Battalion
Translog: How many employees do
you have and what types of jobs do
they do?
Lt. Col. Meno: We have 37
civilians and eight Soldiers within
the 832nd, which includes
Jacksonville, Fla., the Cape
Canaveral Detachment and the
Puerto Rico Detachment. The
facet of jobs will primarily fall into
two main categories: terminal
operations and traffic
management.
Terminal operations is
simply the management, execution
and supervision of receiving a vessel
for a discharge or upload. The other
category, traffic management, is the
documentation and management of
cargo, and using the Worldwide Port
System (WPS) in the conduct of
that function.
Translog: Describe your Areas of
Responsibility
Meno: The 832nd is positioned
here in Jacksonville, Fla. The AOR
that we’ve been assigned from
SDDC is to conduct surface
deployment and distribution
operations for any unit that is port
called to Jacksonville. In addition,
we have a geographic
responsibility at Cape Canaveral
and Puerto Rico.
The Cape Canaveral
Detachment provides the same
sustainment support to the Navy’s
Atlantic Underwater Test and
Evaluation Command (AUTEC).
We support the Air Force at Andros
Island with sustainment cargo as
well.
Extending into Latin
America and the Caribbean, we
Spotlight onthe 832nd
Transportation
BattalionInterview and photos by Michelle Cain Interview and photos by Michelle Cain Interview and photos by Michelle Cain Interview and photos by Michelle Cain Interview and photos by Michelle Cain SDDC Headquarters, AlexandriaSDDC Headquarters, AlexandriaSDDC Headquarters, AlexandriaSDDC Headquarters, AlexandriaSDDC Headquarters, Alexandria
Point Fire Department’s DiveRescue & Recovery Team
responded to a Mutual Aid request
from the Incident Commander (IC)
in Rieglewood.
The IC requested a boat and
divers for possible victim recovery
operations at around 8:30 a.m.
following the 6:45 a.m. touch down.
Sunny Point Fire Department
responded to the scene with four
members of its Dive Rescue/
Recovery Team, a 19-foot rigid
inflatable boat, side scan sonar andother required dive equipment.
“The team arrived on scene at
9:50 a.m. and reported to the IC that
they were operational and the type
of equipment and resources
available,” said Fire Chief Scott
MOTSU Responds
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Brown, Military Ocean Terminal,
Sunny Point.
“The team was put on
standby while a land search was being
conducted. Our team was told that if
any victims were unaccounted for, the
team would be utilized for dive
operations to perform a water searchfor remaining victims.”
Brown said that thankfully
they did not require the team’s
services and they were released
from the incident after all victims
had been accounted for. Although
the Sunny Point Dive Team was not
utilized during this large incident,
MOTSU’s aggressive Mutual Aid
program has provided the
surrounding communities with
excellent fire and rescue services for
many years. Such services includefire protection and prevention,
ambulance service, dive rescue and
recovery and hazardous materials
response, just to name a few.
On average, the MOTSU fire
department answers approximately
1,000 calls a year. In fact, Brown
noted that the fire department is the
only professionally trained, full-time
fire department in Brunswick
County.
The Department of Defense
encourages installations to engage
surrounding communities in Mutual AidAgreements. These agreements are
beneficial to both the communities and
DoD installations, and can go both
ways. Since most installations have
limited manpower during the initial
moments of an incident, they can call
on the local community first
responders to assist. In addition, local
communities may have specialized fire
and rescue equipment and apparatus
which installations like MOTSU can
utilize during emergencies on
g o v e r n m e n t p r o p e r t y .“These agreements can save
taxpayer money, and local
communities benefit as well. In fact,
during the tornado emergency Sunny
Point was the only dive team
available,” added Brown.
MOTSU Responds During Tornado
by Lt. Col. Karen S. Conley by Lt. Col. Karen S. Conley by Lt. Col. Karen S. Conley by Lt. Col. Karen S. Conley by Lt. Col. Karen S. Conley Public Affairs Officer, Ammunition Terminal Group (Provisional)
by Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer Sandersby Jennifer SandersSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort EustisSDDC Headquarters, Fort Eustis
expenses of shipping on commercialcarriers. This type of operation
added to the importance of using a
military port such as MOTCO to
give units the opportunity to ship the
unit’s general cargo and ABL
simultaneously.
Now the combatant
commanders can be fully combat
ready once the ship arrives in
theatre. This gives the commanders
tremendous capability in deploying
their forces. This was the first such
mission for MOTCO. It could not be accomplished at a commercial
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port due to the risk of having general
cargo and ammunition loaded at the
same port.
During the ADA mission,
MOTCO prepared to receive the
MV Global Patriot, which wasdelivering more than 600 retrograde
ammunition containers. The
ammunition containers needed to be
delivered to various depots
throughout the United States by the
end of September 2006.
Due to the vessel having
engine problems, the MV Global
Patriot shifted its arrival date to the
right. This posed a significant
challenge to the 834th as it had a
deadline to meet and the planning
of onward movement of thecontainers. The 834th planned and
had on hand rail assets and pre-
staged commercial flatbeds for the
onward movement of the cargo.
This prior planning assisted the 834th
in moving more than 600 containers
off the port in a timely fashion.
Reserve Soldiers assisted in
the operations of the upload of the
ADA cargo and the download of the
MV Global Patriot. The 11th MP
Brigade provided 25 MPs for force
protection. The MPs gave the DoD police force support to move one
Program Manager for DHL. “We are even more excited
about the potential of the CPA-NATO system considering
the capabilities of the current platform.”
Now, with this success story in Germany for
commercial air shipments, USTRANSCOM is keeping
an eye toward implementing the integrated CPA system
in other countries and for other modes of transportation.
A contract for acquisition of the program is expected to be
awarded soon. Further, the success will help DoD to push
towards full E-Customs in Germany. Rather than using a
semi-automated system where delivery and closeout hasto be done essentially manually under current agreements
with the German Ministry of Finance, full E-Customs will
make use of remote system access and electronic closeout,
including providing German customs officials with access
to the system. If all goes well, E-Customs in Germany will
commence in early 2007.
New German Customs Clearance
Hits the Ground Running
by Mark LaRue,by Mark LaRue,by Mark LaRue,by Mark LaRue,by Mark LaRue, 598th Transportation Group
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(SDDC) officials broke ground with contractors Oct.
17 for a 75,000-square-foot modular facility. The
structure will house approximately 500 SDDC
workers as the unit transitions, over the next few
years, from locations in Alexandria and Newport
News, Va., to Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
“SDDC’s move to Scott Air Force Base willallow the USTRANSCOM team to better leverage
our capabilities,” said USTRANSCOM Commander
Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, “resulting in a much more
effective and efficient distribution enterprise.”
Ground work for this facility, which will be
located behind the Scott AFB commissary, is scheduled
to begin in the first quarter of fiscal year 07. It is slated
to be ready for occupancy in July 2007.
“We’re really looking forward to this move
because it is going to enable us to bring in three
different entities of SDDC all to one location and
allow us to have even closer collaboration with our
partners and USTRANSCOM,” said SDDC
Commanding General Maj. Gen. Kathleen M.Gainey, shortly after the first shovels full of earth
were turned.
The temporary facility will provide work
space for the command as a larger, permanent
building, currently in the design phase and due to be
complete by 2010, is constructed. This new
USTRANSCOM structure will be approximately
180,000 square feet and will house the SDDC
headquarters, the Joint Distribution Program Analysis
Center and the Joint Fused Operations Center.
SDDC expects approximately 1,100 military,
federal civilian and contractor positions to relocate to
the base.The move is a result of the most recent Base
Realignment and Closure Commission’s
recommendations that became law in November
2005. - Bob Fehringer, USTRANSCOM Public
Affairs
Ground broken for temporary building
Artist’s rendering of SDDC’s temporary modular facility
at Scott Air Force Base, Ill.
USTRANSCOM and SDDC officials broke ground Oct. 17 for a 75,000-square-foot modular facility that will house
SDDC workers as they transition from SDDC Headquarters in Alexandria and Ft. Eustis, Va., to Scott AFB, Ill.
Pictured are, left to right: Ike Hong, President, Pacific Construction Services; Col. Brad Spacy, commander, 375th
Mission Support Group; Gen. Norton Schwartz, Commander, USTRANSCOM; Maj. Gen. Kathleen Gainey,
Commander, SDDC; Lt. Col. Jeffrey Ogden, Deputy Commander, Louisville District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;and Bob Caleo, vice president, Old Veterans Construction. - Photo by Bob Fehringer, USTRANSCOM Public Affairs
Warrior’s CornerCommand Sgt. Maj. Tomas H. Hawkins
Command Sergeant Major, HQ, SDDC
Surface Warriors,
As we come to the end of
the first quarter of Fiscal
Year 07, we’ve conducted
and participated in a few
successful and informative
conferences both stateside and
abroad. Our new commander, Maj.
Gen. Gainey, has spent the
Thanksgiving holiday with our
Soldiers in Kuwait and Qatar as well
as made her initial journey to see our
CONUS units. Simply put, we’ve
and will soon depart SDDC. We
were fantastic with you and know
that you will accent your new
organization, be it military or civilian.
I wish to thank you for your
professionalism and continued
success. I welcome all our new
leaders and members to the
command also. I look forward to
meeting you and anticipate the best
in what you bring with you to
continue to make SDDC the cutting
edge command and service provider
we’ve come to be.
On a bitter sweet note, the
song goes, “My bags are packed and
I’m ready to go.” This is the attitude
of many who will join me in the
move to Scott Air Force Base, Ill.,
starting around the June/July 2007
time frame. The red carpet is
beginning to be rolled out, the band
is warming up and the only thing left
is for us to show up. I will be at the
front gate waving folks in,
welcoming them to Scott and
pointing to where our building is
located. With that said, look out Scott
AFB – the Army is on it’s way!
Lastly, be safe – not just as
you travel over the Christmas and
New Year’s holidays but in all you
do during them also. Safety is an
important part of what we do to
ensure we maintain readiness.
Safety is important because you are
important to us – in fact, you’re
family. So from my family to my
extended SDDC family, enjoy the
holiday season and I look forward
to serving with you as we bring in
2007!
“Let’s Roll!”
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