Translog articles from September 2008

Translog archives from September 2008

Surface warriors.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command headquarter move from Alexandria, to Fort Eustis, Virginia)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Change: one of the few things in life that remains constant. With it comes frustration, resistance and growth. More times than not, change makes us better in many ways. If you don't change with the times, life will find a way to pass you by....

SDDC officially accepts former U.S. Navy real estate.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)
September 22, 2008... SDDC officially accepted more than 6,400 acres of former U.S. Navy real estate property during a ceremony Oct. 30 at the Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), Concord, Calif. The property transferred to SDDC is the former Naval Weapons...

President honors SDDC deputy to the commander.(Patricia M. Young, US Air Force Surface Deployment and Distribution Command officer, recieves Meritorious Executive in the Presidential Rank Awards for 2008)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... Patricia M. Young, an Air Force Senior Executive serving as deputy to the SDDC commander, has been named a Meritorious Executive in the Presidential Rank Awards for 2008. President George W. Bush announced recipients of the prestigious awards...

Household goods program renamed.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command housing policy name changed from Families First Program to Families First to the Defense Personal Property Program)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... SDDC has been providing an improved household goods shipping process for Department of Defense personnel called the Families First Program since 2002. The name of this program has changed from Families First to the Defense Personal Property...

Defense Personal Property System begins Phase II.(ITV: in transit visibility: transportation and logistics news in brief)
September 22, 2008... Officials from U.S. Transportation Command and SDDC began live operations of Phase II of the Defense Personal Property System (DPS) Nov. 19. DPS is the automated, end-to-end management system for movement of household goods for members of...

598th takes major step forward in relocation.(ITV: in transit visibility: transportation and logistics news in brief)
September 22, 2008... After many years and innumerable meetings, the cornerstone to the relocation of SDDC's 598th Transportation Group to the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Barracks, the Van Ghent Kaserne in Rotterdam, became a reality Dec. 17. At the 598th...

ICODES chosen to support single load planning capability.(Integrated Computerized Deployment System and defense policy)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... The Distribution Steering Group approved the expansion of the Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) as the platform for a DoD Single Load Planning Capability (SLPC) October 2007 and directed implementation to begin Sept. 3. ...

Lt. Gen. Edward Honor: icon of military transportation.(ITV: in transit visibility: transportation and logistics news in brief)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lt. Gen. Edward Honor, former Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) commanding general and icon of military transportation and logistics, passed away Sept. 3, 2008 at the age of 75....

Coast Guardsmen presented Army awards.(ITV: in transit visibility: transportation and logistics news in brief)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Honoring a long-standing tradition of joint cooperation, the Army's 832nd Transportation Battalion recently presented awards to members of the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Jacksonville Military Outload Detachment (MOL),...

Cannons and colors: how artifacts represent the heritage of SDDC.
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What do two Civil War cannons have to do with Surface Deployment and Distribution Command in the early 21st century? That question came to mind on Sept. 8, when two 1857 Napolean guns were installed in a place of...

Gen. Ann Dunwoody takes command of Army Materiel Command in historic ceremony.(transitions)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In this world, it is hard enough to make history once, but Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody has done it twice in one day. At 10 a.m., Nov. 14, Dunwoody became the first woman promoted to the rank of four-star general in U.S....

SDDC commanding general pins on second star.(transitions)
September 22, 2008... Brig. Gen. James L. Hodge, commanding general of SDDC, was advanced to the rank of major general Nov. 13, in a ceremony hosted by the AMC at Ft. Belvoir, Va. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gen. Benjamin S. Griffin, commanding general of AMC,...

JLOTS 2008: soldiers, sailors train 'over the shore'.(Joint Logistics Over the Shore )
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hundreds of Army trucks, Humvees and other vehicles continually rolled through the Pacific surf and onto the beach at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in late July, just as they did more than 60 years ago during the D-Day...

956th Transportation Company makes last load-out.(Cover story)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Long rows of 10th Combat Aviation Brigade helicopters faced the Delaware River from the Port of Philadelphia Sept. 20, flanked by dozens of cargo containers bearing the Falcons' distinctive stencil. The 10th CAB gear...

Interview with Gen. Duncan McNabb: USTRANSCOM commander discusses 'jewel in the crown' of U.S. military.
September 22, 2008... The United States military is the best-manned, best-equipped and best-trained force in the world, but that doesn't mean a thing if it can't get to the fight. The 138,000 military and civilian men and women of the U.S. Transportation...

Unified View: how U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Joint Forces Command and the Defense Logistics Agency are collaborating to deliver faster solutions to warfighters.(white papers)
September 22, 2008... U.S. Transportation Command, U.S. Joint Forces Command and the Defense Logistics Agency have developed a way to provide faster support to warfighters for deployment and distribution related issues. The process centers on a...

Commanding general presents first SDDC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt to Fusion Center's Cheryl Freeman.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command)(Brief article)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During the SDDC Commander's Conference at Scott Air Force Base, Nov. 15, Maj. Gen. James L. Hodge, SDDC commanding general presented Cheryl Freeman her U.S. Army Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt Certification. She is...

Lean Six Sigma training at SDDC.(professional development: Lean Six Sigma)
September 22, 2008... SDDC will host Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Green Belt Training at the Education Center, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., February 23-27 and March 23-27, 2009. The training is divided into two one-week classes, allowing students to work their LSS project...

Alaska Detachment: moving the military in the Land of the Midnight Sun.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command moves to the Port of Valdez )
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The latest cargo move Nov. 4-7 at the Port of Valdez presented no trouble for the Alaska Detachment of the 599th Transportation Group. Although the barge carrying the cargo arrived late Nov. 4, once it came in, the...

Container detention cost at all-time low.
September 22, 2008... Delivering needed supplies via container to the warfighter is a critical mission of SDDC. Tracking the containers in which these supplies are shipped to the front line is a challenge for both the warfighter and those who manage them at SDDC....

Pacific Personal Property workshop closes gaps for military, industry.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Pacific Personal Property Office)
September 22, 2008... SDDC's Personal Property Office--Pacific hosted a Personal Property Training Workshop in Honolulu Oct. 8-9. Mae Ohori, director for the SDDC Pacific Personal Property Office, said that though her office hosts a workshop every other year, this...

Ingenuity and initiative help move damaged track vehicles.(military logistics and damaged tracked military vehicles)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Transporting battle damaged Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles is no simple affair. Special ground transportation is required and is a costly proposition. Ralph Cote, a marine cargo specialist with the 842nd...

Korean, U.S. militaries collaborate through changes.(599th Transportation Group and Korean military at the Combined Seaport Coordination Center )
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For members of the 599th Transportation Group, more than the name of the exercise had changed as they went to work at the Combined Seaport Coordination Center (CSCC) in Busan, Korea. For the first time, the...

SDDC closes Alexandria offices.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Alexandria, Virginia headquarters closes down)
September 22, 2008... A significant event in the history of SDDC quietly occurred Sept. 30, 2008. On this date, the last of personnel departed and offices officially closed at the once-vibrant command headquarters in Alexandria, Va., culminating the headquarters...