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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service goes where our Nation’s military goes. Since 1895, the Exchange has strengthened the readiness and resiliency of Soldiers, Airmen, Guardians and their families.

The Department of Defense’s largest retailer, the Exchange provides needed tastes of home in all 50 states and more than 30 countries.

100% of Exchange earnings are reinvested in the military community, including support for Qualityof-Life programs. In 2021, $205 million in dividends were generated for these critical programs.

The Exchange benefit goes beyond tax-free shopping and military-exclusive pricing. Each year, the Exchange provides 700,000 combat uniforms to troops and supports the military in contingency locations with stores, mobile field Exchanges and imprest funds. Last year, the Exchange served 4.2 million school lunches to military children at DoDEA schools. Overseas bakeries produce millions of products with American flour each year. Water-bottling plants produce more than 4 million gallons of water a year, ensuring overseas troops have potable water.

Behind this support is a comprehensive logistics operation with 10 worldwide distribution centers,

the Exchange’s own import program and the 10th largest private retail fleet in the U.S. Today, the Exchange is the defense transportation system’s third-largest customer.

The Exchange is investing in technology to transform operations and increase productivity in the wake of the pandemic. The Exchange has implemented a state-of-the-art warehouse management system at five of its distribution centers, with plans for all distribution centers to be operating on the new software by the end of 2023. The new system provides a 10% to 17% boost in productivity.

The Exchange also invested in a powerful fleet management system, working with USTRANSCOM, which is adding real-time analytics and informing better transportation decision making. Planned innovation efforts include the implementation of augmented reality at the Exchange’s new distribution center in Korea and leveraging robotics to reduce ecommerce costs by 30% at its largest distribution center in Virginia.

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FEATURES

TOGETHER, WE CULTIVATE DOUBT

IN OUR ADVERSARIES

By Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, USAF

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION TO CARRY

THE WORLD FORWARD

By Scott M. Hopper

PRESERVING US ARMY

TRANSPORTATION HISTORY

By BG Gil Harper, USA (Ret.)

Defense Transportation Journal (ISSN 0011-7625) is published bimonthly by the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA), a non-profit research and educational organization; 50 South Pickett Street, Suite 220, Alexandria, VA 22304-7296, 703-751-5011. Copyright by NDTA. Periodicals postage paid at Alexandria, Virginia, and at additional mailing offices.

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The editorial objectives of the Defense Transportation Journal are to advance knowledge and science in defense logistics and transportation and the partnership between the commercial transportation industry and the government transporter. DTJ stimulates thought and effort in the areas of defense transportation, logistics, and distribution by providing readers with:

• News and information about defense logistics and transportation issues

• New theories or techniques

• Information on research programs

• Creative views and syntheses of new concepts

• Articles in subject areas that have significant current impact on thought and practice in defense logistics and transportation

• Reports on NDTA Chapters

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Upward and Onward— Our Community Continues to Grow

VADM William A. Brown, USN (Ret.) NDTA President & CEO

Greetings NDTA Team/Family,

It is a humbling honor and privilege to be at the helm (along with the NDTA Board of Directors) of such a great organization of professionals and patriots. It has been an eventful year as we head into the 2022 NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting, considering the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, US response to support allies, efforts to over come supply chain challenges, and the con tinued shift to the Indo-Pacific. We have also seen a tremendous increase in collaboration

we have a challenging national and global economic situation. All the while, we keep a watchful eye on the health and well-being of our citizens vis-à-vis COVID.

If you are not following key government and military leader rotations, I wanted to highlight a few you should know. All of these folks have been meeting with NDTA lead ership. They have embraced the Transporta tion and Logistics military and commercial enterprise that represents the largest logis tics network of capability this nation or any other has ever seen. We welcome Hon. Alan

of Commerce; Hon. Ann Phillips as Ad ministrator of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), US Department of Transporta tion; LTG John Sullivan, USA, as Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM; Lt Gen Randall Reed, USAF, as Deputy Com mander, Air Mobility Command (AMC); Lt Gen Leonard Kosinski, USAF, as Director, Joint Staff J-4; MG Heidi Hoyle, USA, in her new role as the Deputy, Army G4; MG Gavin Lawrence, USA, as the new Com

CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE

Together, We Cultivate Doubt in Our Adversaries

By Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, USAF Commander, US Transportation Command

The situation in Ukraine has once again highlighted the im portance of global logistics and the complexity of projecting and sustaining combat forces. For the past few months, we’ve witnessed Russia struggle to effectively supply their troops just 75 miles from its border, while we moved significant amounts of weapons and supplies halfway across the world.

While the US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) team makes the impos sible look easy, we’ve worked hard on build ing and strengthening a robust network of allies and partners, including commercial in dustry, that we can leverage in times of crisis. The last few years has seen a dramatic rise in the criticality of logistics in competition and crisis. In each occurrence, USTRANSCOM has demonstrated our logistics prowess that has enabled our Nation to achieve our stated objectives. But we can’t allow past success to impede future growth. The future of logis tics will look very different.

Ongoing changes in the security environ ment are profound. The growing ability of adversaries to interdict our logistics capabili ties across all domains presents considerable challenges as we face great power competition on a global scale. This has significant implica tions for our ability to sustain our strategic comparative advantage of projecting a deci sive force anywhere in the world. We have en joyed this advantage for many decades, dem onstrating our ability to build up and unleash combat power with relative impunity against a less complex set of challenges.

Throughout the Cold War, our strategy relied upon a persistent forward presence, reflected in a robust network of forward bases, airfields, ports and railheads. Today, however, over 85 percent of the Joint Force resides in the United States. As a result, we rely upon our ability to swiftly transport and set conditions for military action from a more challenging starting point to re spond to global threats.

CHANGING WITH THE CHARACTER OF WAR

Favorable global posture is critical to our ability to project power, and it starts at home. The genesis of our logistics lines of communication is our national highways, rails, and seaports, providing the founda tional platforms to project forces globally.

For decades, military planners assumed force projection would occur in an un contested environment. Now we must be prepared to face direct challenges across all

This has significant implications for our ability to sustain our strategic comparative advantage of projecting a decisive force anywhere in the world.

domains, threatening our ability to deliver the necessary force to the point of need. Our adversaries have means—kinetic and non-kinetic—to target and impact our stateside deployment and logistics enter prise, and their capabilities increase each day. Even as our forces depart the United States, the risk persists across their transit. Military leaders and planners must now assume a contested deployment and sus tainment of the Joint Force from stateside garrisons and bases, to ships or aircraft, to deployment locations.

US Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Plew/Released.

The National Defense Strategy (NDS) makes clear that we are in the “decisive decade.” The People’s Republic of China seeks to diminish US influence and dis place the current rules-based international order. This places them as our Nation’s pac ing threat. The NDS also states Russia pos es an acute threat, as demonstrated by its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. As adver saries look to degrade our power projection capabilities, we must continually assess and refine to meet the evolving geopolitical landscape and focus on strengthening and diversifying our infrastructure and agree ments to maintain this advantage.

As the world changes, the advantage USTRANSCOM brings to our Nation must evolve at the same pace and scale. While we have had great success over our 35-year history as a functional combatant command, we must continue to innovate and accelerate the changes necessary to remain ready now and in the future. We have sharpened our focus on air and mari time fleet recapitalization and moderniza tion, along with new concepts of operation to ensure we can deploy rapidly in the con tested environment.

The talents of the USTRANSCOM team will lead the transportation enterprise to victory against any adversary and maintain our strategic advantage. We are America’s se cret weapon, we underwrite the lethality of the Joint Force, advance American interests around the globe, and provide our Nation’s leaders with strategic flexibility while creat ing multiple dilemmas for our adversaries.

SEED, FEED, GROW

Integrated deterrence, campaigning, and building enduring advantages are the ac tions the NDS calls for from the Depart ment of Defense (DOD). As USTRANS COM and the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise (JDDE) imple ment the strategy, we seed, feed, and grow doubt in our adversaries.

Through integrated deterrence, we seed doubt with the adversary that they can achieve their objectives. This key concept relies on our global logistics posture to fa cilitate the projection and sustainment of combat-credible forces where needed. To remain responsive and resilient abroad, we utilize the diversity of nodes and routes through commercial and military capabili ties at key strategic locations.

Strong relationships with allies and part ners are paramount as they facilitate our

access, basing, and overflight options, cre ating a robust distribution network and affording us a positional advantage. This requires a whole-of-government approach, oriented towards strengthening our enroute infrastructure and international agreements to combine with our scalable capacity to generate expanded senior leader decision space—this combination of posture and capacity represents a strategic advantage unique to our Nation. The speed and reli ability at which we can employ forces and deny opposing objectives seeds doubt— and our competitors know it.

We feed doubt in our adversaries by cam paigning to strengthen deterrence. This be gins with geographic combatant command ers’ clearly defined, threat informed objectives against which the command is able to posture and plan. Paramount to our decision process are consideration for vital supply preposition ing and deliberate actions to establish resil ient lines of communication. In response to supported Combatant Commander objec

tives, we mass our military and commercial capacity to generate tempo in concert with other instruments of national power.

USTRANSCOM is also focused on enhancing transportation capabilities through fleet recapitalization, moderniza tion, and new operational concepts. Largescale exercises enhance our interoperability with allies, partners, and commercial in dustry by incorporating evolving opera tional maneuvers where we must aggregate to fight and then disaggregate to survive. From commercial consolidated replenish ment at sea with tactical advisors onboard supporting command and control, ex panding international port agreements or contracts, air-refueling credible strike plat forms that integrate with allied aircraft, and even inserting Marine High Mobility Artillery Rocket System via airlift to shoot and move—USTRANSCOM is commit ted to leveraging our resilient and secure lines of communication wherever needed, feeding the doubts of the competitor.

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US Navy photo by Bill Mesta/Released.

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By building enduring advantages we grow doubt by reducing our vulnerabili ties while accelerating development of our capabilities. Our risk in the cyber domain is great and one of my highest areas of concern is how to conduct globally inte grated command and control in dynamic contested environments. We must be able to apply limited resources to the highest priorities and recover from disruption.

USTRANSCOM cyber mission assurance and modernization initiatives currently un derway are working to enhance our network safeguards, protecting our diverse portfolio of information technology systems, which are contingent on secure networks and ac

on our laurels—the risks are too great. Our competitors are watching our every move and quickly digesting lessons learned to improve their positions. Our support to recent events in Europe has demonstrated all facets of the seed, feed, grow approach.

commercial partners, continues to deliver critical lethal aid for Ukraine’s defense.

This is how the US projects rapid and reliable power through military and com mercial means—fort to port, port to fox hole, airfield to airfield.

Any advantage of technology is irrelevant if our warfighting forces are

for the rigors of competition.

Support to allies and partners in Europe underscores the importance of having an ag ile mobility force, with both a strategic air lift fleet that can deliver immediately, within hours of notification, and the available sea lift that can deliver a much greater volume of materiel that is essential to delivering and sustaining large combat forces. Work ing across the enterprise to draw equipment from different locations across the globe, transport it into Europe, and transfer it to our partners that will take it directly to the battlefield has been a remarkable feat and demonstrates the value of our partnerships.

CALL TO ACTION

cess to trusted data. Rapidly transforming this data into knowledge is how we create decision advantage and outpace our compet itors. Achieving this involves the use of large volumes of data and sophisticated analytics where every platform is a warfighting sen sor, connected to the grid or battle network. All these efforts reflect the department’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, which aims to enable the Joint Force to “sense, make sense, and act.”

Any advantage of technology is irrelevant if our warfighting forces are unprepared for the rigors of competition. From the tactical to the strategic level, few resources matter more than the diversity, skill, and leadership of our officer, enlisted, and civilian members. The development, training, and empower ment of those committed to serve must re main a priority. Retention of their talents and experience can make all the difference— a lesson worth learning from Russia, where conscripts fill their ranks without the benefit gained from the leadership and experience of a non-commissioned officer corps. Without our people, we can’t grow that doubt.

ENTERPRISE SUPPORT TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN EUROPE

Recent successes in Operation Allies Ref uge and delivery of aid bound for Ukraine have validated our reputation and gener ated momentum; however, we cannot rest

Before the invasion, commercial partners rushed to airlift supplies and munitions into Ukraine. When called, Air Mobility Command (AMC) airlifted members of the 82nd Airborne Division, refueled fighter aircraft, and deployed tankers into theater to expand the North Atlantic Treaty Orga nization’s (NATO) organic capabilities and strengthen NATO’s Eastern Flank. Simul taneously, the Joint Enabling Capabilities Command deployed joint planners, tacti cians, and communication capabilities on short notice to all echelons, from the Joint Staff and down into US European Com mand (USEUCOM) and subordinate com mands, to create crucial linkages at all levels.

Then, to reinforce our allies with addi tional combat power, our Surface Warriors from Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) acceler ated deployment of the 3rd Armored Bri gade Combat Team from the United States, leveraged our line haul truck-and-train rail networks, transported vehicles to the port of Charleston, loaded them onto commercial ships, and downloaded them at four different ports in Europe. Our Military Sealift Com mand (MSC) activated cargo, oil tanker, and crane vessels, then command and controlled them via onboard tactical advisors and secure communications to participate in underway replenishment operations supporting the carrier strike group in the Mediterranean and Defense Logistics Agency Europe fuel resupply. Together, SDDC and MSC delivered Bradleys, Abrams, ammunition, fuel and other vital supplies where needed. Finally, AMC deployed significant volumes of troops and, along with significant support from our

USTRANSCOM’s strategic flexibility is not merely a function of our modal capaci ty, it is a result of our vast constellation of al lies, partners, and commercial partners that enable our global posture. All indicators of future operations point to an increased demand to deploy, maneuver, sustain, and redeploy. As we look to the future, we must prepare for operations with a higher tempo, over greater distances. Any concept of op eration must include time-synchronized, multinational operations where logistics is fully integrated with all other joint warf ighting functions to achieve desired effects.

Our forces must be postured to take ad vantage of localized domain superiority in both time and space through the employ ment of tailorable and integrated packages. Leveraging data and analytics will force an evolution from pull to push logistics, where we can forecast supply needs based on ex penditure rates and deliver them without prompting. This will require the enterprise to broaden our understanding and employ ment of maneuver far past service-centric concepts and holistically understand their cumulative draw on our finite capacity.

Within a changing strategic and opera tional landscape, our logistics and mobility enterprise will continue to play an integral role in assuring our Nation’s defense. Our ad versaries continue to grow all-domain threat capabilities, on par with our own in some ar eas and with the momentum to surpass us in others. Make no mistake, the actions we take now will have a profound effect on our abil ity to project and sustain a combat credible Joint Force in contested environments.

As we meet in St. Louis for the US TRANSCOM and National Defense Trans portation Association Fall Meeting, I ask each of you to bring your questions, raise concerns, and provide any recommenda tions and solutions you may have. This fo rum is the place to have difficult discussions and bring about new ideas, as well as con tinue to build on our relationships. We can’t surge trust during a crisis, and the Nation depends on our allies, partners, and the en tire JDDE to deliver in a time of need. See you at the Union Station Hotel! DTJ

Digital Transformation to Carry the World Forward

By Scott M. Hopper, Director, Technology & Consulting, Crowley Solutions

Over the past few decades, Department of Defense (DOD) logistics planners have increased operational focus on frictionless move ment and efficiency, prioritizing low inven tory and delivery at minimum cost as an approach to address tight budgets and the highly dispersed deployment of troops. But the lack of data standards and inability to integrate and connect with data from ship ping lines, ports, terminal operators, truck ers, railroads, warehouses, and cargo owners increases costs and delays the movement of cargo. To dependably achieve distribution goals, effective DOD logistics operations require technical transformation to enhance transparency, business insights, and endto-end visibility across the extended supply chain, including In-Transit Visibility (ITV).

CHALLENGES FACING MODERN

DEFENSE LOGISTICS

The global transportation industry has been affected by ongoing supply chain dis ruption, port and warehousing congestion, and labor crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. Daily transportation operations face numerous challenges including crew shortages, cost and availability of bunker fuel, growing threat posed by cyber risk, and the drive to improve sustainability.

To manage costs and sustain capabilities critical to national security, the DOD re quires diverse, predictable, secure, resilient, and sustainable supply chains. This resil iency requires visibility, agility, and redun dancy, but the lack of digital infrastructure and transparency makes our Nation’s sup ply chain brittle.

DOD’s logistics lifecycle from procure ment tends to be reactive and does not directly associate actions and information from the various steps and variety of sourc es from initiation through completion. DOD works with thousands of vendors and suppliers, each of which provides its own range of capabilities. Innovations in Machine Learning (ML), low-energy sen sors, big data, and real-time data feeds have developed to supply real-time data on as sets in-transit from any point on the globe and deliver that data to any device in the world. With such disparate data, DOD experiences persistent problems tracking shipments and maintaining ITV, leading to delays in delivery and additional labor costs to research status and complete delivery.

In addition, climate change and energy considerations are already affecting military operations and readiness. As one of the world’s largest owners of vehicle and ship fleets,

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To better manage shipments, DOD systems need to incorporate the broad range of data from all of these sources to facilitate an evergrowing spectrum of business processes.

DOD’s activities to address its Environmen tal, Social, and Governance (ESG) challenges will have a significant impact as the US tran sitions to a more efficient, climate-friendly, and resilient infrastructure. Dependence on unstable, unreliable, non-renewable energy supplies are a threat to operational readiness.

In a March 2021 Message to the Force, Secre tary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated, “We face a growing climate crisis that is impacting our missions, plans, and capabilities and must be met by ambitious, immediate action.”

To better manage shipments, DOD sys tems need to incorporate the broad range of data from all of these sources to facilitate an ever-growing spectrum of business processes.

Crowley is leading a movement towards more integrated supply chains through an ad vanced digital platform, enabling actionable business insights and intelligence by leverag ing data, ML, and emerging technologies. The company is investing to enhance supply chain planning, augment ITV, improve Arti ficial Intelligence (AI)-driven predictive ana lytics, increase enroute flexibility, enhance security, and progress toward its own ESG goals. Experience dictates that connected op erations driven by a digital business acumen is the core to create Supply Chain 4.0 and strengthen the national supply chain.

Crowley is committed to a more dynamic, efficient future. As a trusted partner to the United States Government for more than 130 years, the company has supported the movement of materiel across land, air, and sea. Now, it looks to support the movement of strategic data across new platforms, en abling greater connectivity than ever before.

Supply chains operate within an in creasingly complex environment, often

disjointed, with dynamic sets of variables. To maintain the dexterity necessary to ef ficiently operate in this dynamic environ ment Crowley executes as an “asset light” third-party logistics (3PL) provider that relies heavily on data and technology solu tions to optimize supply chains for federal clients. This strategy supports Crowley’s ex tensive partnering within the small business community to spread the business equity and support DOD operations in a socially responsible manner.

Crowley has invested in processes and technologies that have expanded its resources and expertise, and helped create stronger so lutions and a better world. These investments in new processes and data-driven innovation

is focused on creating a sustainable business for the company’s customers and people.

PANORAMA OF INTEL FOR EFFICIENT LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

With the advent of newer technologies, vast amounts of data are being created everyday encompassing structured, unstructured, streaming, spatiotemporal, and real-time data. Crowley has been investing to develop domain specific tools, data connectors, ML algorithms, and automated Quality Assur ance/Quality Control (QA/QC) solutions to integrate data from disparate data sourc es to solve critical logistics problems.

Crowley has built a cognitive data engi neering platform that provides improved visibility, rapid response, load optimization, better control, coordination of customs doc umentation, structured user-centric customer experience, ITV, and predictive insights into the origins of logistics challenges, offering prescriptive suggestions for improvements.

The platform consumes data from dispa rate data sources and runs automatic data quality checks and enriches data governed and managed by AI-driven automation. The processed data acts as a single source of truth (SSOT) and can be easily consumed by any downstream applications like report ing services, ML algorithms, and users for service analytics. Each step of data process ing is well orchestrated to ensure freshness and quality of data for users to discover in sights with a few simple clicks.

CASE STUDIES

Crowley operates the DOD Defense Freight Transportation System (DFTS), moving goods and an enormous volume of cargo between suppliers and DOD sites world wide. Crowley has been processing more than 60 million transactions a year using the platform. Aggregating over 30 million data points from multiple shippers, carriers, TMS systems, and applications. The platform in terfaces with 77 government systems, 2,200 carriers, and 10 internal systems.

The data engineering platform’s intelli gent automation capability has been success fully implemented to solve critical business problems at DOD and create value with low investments across the entire supply chain.

Crowley has been processing more than 60 million transactions a year using the platform. Aggregating over 30 million data points from multiple shippers, carriers, TMS systems, and applications. The platform interfaces with 77 government systems, 2,200 carriers, and 10 internal systems.

when multi-page PODs were split into in dividual pages causing duplication issues. Roughly 4,000 of the rejected PODs had to be manually resolved. This manual-intensive process was automated end-to-end via the platform’s robotic process automation (RPA) capability. Automation reduced the rejection rate by 80%, equivalent to a savings of 1,500 labor hours a year as well as improving the customer-to-carrier payment time by 75%.

tiple source systems, making it extremely difficult and time-consuming to track and report shipment information. To bring vis ibility to the supply chain, Crowley lever aged the platform’s capability to ingest data from multiple sources with ease and then transform it into a data mart that would provide 360-degree information about the shipment. This single source of truth helped improve the load visibility by 80%.

As an example, Crowley has automated and

Data visibility has always been a chal lenge in the industry with data being spread in multiple systems like TMS, Billing Sys tems, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Electronic Logging Device (ELD), SharePoint, etc. These data silos create barri ers to information sharing and collaboration across departments. Even simple questions like ‘Where is my shipment?’ cannot be an swered. Crowley’s platform goes beyond just

Crowley’s cognitive platform can scale up as needed for processing-intensive AI/ML applications like price prediction, backhaul identification, and load optimization. This solution serves as a singular federated entity to produce business insights at scale focusing on supply chain workflows that include connected logistics, UAV, marine and aviation, global predictive mainte nance, and tank monitoring applications.

Preserving US Army Transportation History

By BG Gil Harper, USA (Ret.)

One of the almost 7,000 arti facts displayed at the Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis, Virginia, is a passenger car from the Ber lin Duty Train. The train was established in 1945 and approximately 80,000 soldiers, family members, and civilian employees

traveled between the Allied sectors annually. Each train consisted of three sleeping cars, an escort car, and a mail and freight car.

COL Norbert Grabowski, USA (Ret.), commanded one of the trains as a lieuten ant in 1959. Many may remember Norb for his long service as an NDTA staff member following his military retirement.

During a passage through East Germany, a refugee broke a window to board the train to seek asylum. Upon discovering the es cape attempt, East German and Soviet au thorities would not allow the train to leave East Germany. Lieutenant Grabowski ar gued for nineteen hours before reluctantly relinquishing the man over to Soviet au thorities. The individual served two years in prison, but survived and was reunited with COL Grabowski in 1998.

The US Army Transportation Mu seum is the only museum dedicated to preserving the rich history of US Army Transportation. From horse-drawn wag ons used during the Revolutionary War to the armored vehicles of today, the story of the Army’s Transportation Corps is told through exhibits, models and dioramas. The museum is frequented by over 90,000 visitors, students, and historians each year. It also hosts reunions and military ceremo nies to maintain the history and culture of Army Transportation.

If you would like to know more about the historical artifacts and how you can help preserve them, please visit www.atm foundation.org. DTJ

NDTA has a number of awards that recognize individual and corporate members, as well as chapters and military units that have excelled in fostering the goals and aims of the association.

We congratulate this year’s award winners and thank them for their contributions to the association, and to the greater logistics and transportation community.

JOSEPH A. TORSANI MEMORIAL AWARD FOR LIFETIME SERVICE & ACHIEVEMENT

Over the course of decades, COL Joseph A. Torsani, Jr., USA (Ret.), dedicated his time, leadership and logistics expertise to the National Defense Transportation Association. COL Torsani served tirelessly in key positions at the state and national levels, and truly embodied NDTA’s values and commitment to education, knowledge sharing and fostering the next generation of professionals. In his memory and in the spirit of his many contributions to the Association, NDTA proudly presents the Torsani Award, the highest honor the Association can bestow, on a special basis to recognize many years of service to and advocacy for NDTA.

Ms. Kirstin Knott is awarded the 2022 Joseph A. Torsani Award for Lifetime Service and Achievement by the National Defense Transportation Association. Over the past thirty plus years, Ms. Knott has devoted herself to serving and supporting the United States of America initially with the US Air Force and then most significantly with the FedEx Corporation. Her work at NDTA and particularly as part of US Transportation Command’s “Fourth Component” has been critical to NDTA’s ability to accomplish its mission of ensuring a strong national defense.

Ms. Kirstin Knott VP Global Commercial FedEx

Ms. Knott’s leadership is exemplified through action. Over the course of her career at FedEx, she is a five-time recipient of the 5 Star Award for outstanding leadership and contributions. While serving as an NDTA member, she led for many years as the NDTA Washington DC Chapter President and then on the NDTA Executive Board of Directors as the Chair for the Education and Professional Development Committee. Ms. Knott’s focus on education and professional development at NDTA were significant and her individual efforts resulted in FedEx scholarship donations to the NDTA Foundation totaling over $125,000 over a 17-year period.

On many different occasions Ms. Knott served as speaker, moderator, or panel member at numer ous NDTA and Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) conferences and meetings. She ensured FedEx’s exhibits at NDTA Forums and Fall meetings were significant and impactful. Ms. Knott was a great ambassador for NDTA and encouraged her employees to sup port and participate in NDTA local activities. She was always looking for opportunities to connect with NDTA Chapter and members across the country. A difference maker, she always rolled up her sleeves and got to work. Ms. Knott brought in influential keynote speakers such as Mr. Fred Smith, FedEx Chairman and CEO, to speak at NDTA events, shared innovative ideas and participated in professional development events.

Ms. Knott’s leadership was further exemplified in 2020, through her work with the US Govern ment’s Operation Warp Speed as she provided valuable insights regarding industry’s ability to provide the logistics and transportation support needed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Knott’s exemplary service and advocacy for NDTA’s goals and objectives and are in keeping with the highest honor NDTA can bestow and provide an example for all members to emulate.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION AWARD

Mr. Jeff Crippen, former President and Chief Executive Officer of Omni Air International Incorporated, is awarded the National Transportation Award for his truly profound contri butions to the logistics and transportation industry and their application to the Department of Defense (DOD), enabling a strong national security. He is a proven professional and leader who understood the important role industry played in support of the US Government.

Mr. Crippen’s philosophy when working with the DOD was to “always do what is best for the country and our Nation, never put company over country.” When the DOD wanted to modernize the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program, Jeff responded by moving Omni’s fleet from high fuel burn DC10-30’s to a fleet of modern B777 and B767 aircraft. This move saved the government mil lions of dollars in fuel, and increased service and reliability.

Regardless of the crisis, Mr. Crippen responded with action including shifting Omni’s air fleet from Europe to Asia to support tsunami relief operations in Japan; flying humanitarian relief supplies to Haiti and in support of many other natural disaster relief operations; and providing innovative solutions to support numerous missions such as the Afghanistan evacuation operation. He dem onstrated that rare ability to identify the problem and in parallel provide solutions that helped US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and DOD provide the Combatant Commander with the support where and when it was needed. For his truly distinctive service to industry and our Na tion, Mr. Jeff Crippen is awarded the NDTA National Transportation Award.

VADM Dee Mewbourne, USN (Ret.) (Former) Deputy Commander US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)

VADM Dee L. Mewbourne, USN (Ret.), is awarded the NDTA National Defense Leadership Award for his contributions to strategic, operational, and tactical logistics and transportation op erations during his four decades of service to our Nation while serving in the United States Navy and the Joint Warfighting Force. His service includes key leadership positions as a Flag Officer, includ ing Commander, Military Sealift Command (MSC), and Deputy Commander, USTRANSCOM.

Through his personal leadership efforts, USTRANSCOM forged strong relationships with the commercial industry in the Defense Industrial Base. This was particularly important during the CO VID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021 as USTRANSCOM pivoted to support the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in logistical efforts to keep required goods and equipment flowing through critical distribution nodes. VADM Mewbourne also sustained these communications through Operation Allies Refuge and subsequent operations to support Ukraine.

He is a strong supporter of the NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting, and has taught at the Trans portation Academy on many occasions. For his service, with great distinction, to the Nation and the goals of NDTA, VADM Dee L. Mewbourne is presented the National Defense Leadership Award.

DOD DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Mr. Guy Beougher, SES (Ret.), is hereby presented the NDTA DOD Distinguished Service Award for his over forty years of service to the Department of Defense (DOD) and federal service in the technical fields of logistics, energy and transportation in support of the Joint Warfighting Force.

As a member of the Senior Executive Service, serving at the General Officer/Flag Officer level, his leadership serving as Deputy Director for Logistics Operations at the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Executive Director at DLA Energy has led to the DOD’s ability to support every opera tion the Department has undertaken during his tenure to protect the homeland and support forces deployed forward. For his truly distinctive service to our Nation and DOD, Mr. Guy Beougher is awarded the NDTA DOD Distinguished Service Award.

DISTINGUISHED GOVERNMENT SERVICE AWARD

The Honorable Mark H. Buzby, Rear Admiral, USN (Retired) is hereby presented the NDTA Distinguished Government Service Award for his truly inspirational leadership serving as the Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration from August 2017 to January 2021. His strong leadership at MARAD advocating to Congress for support for the Jones Act, the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), and the Maritime Security Program (MSP) were of particular importance to the Nation.

Likewise, during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021, he focused on removing barriers for continued maritime operations and communicating a strong relationship with the maritime indus try. Under his leadership, he and his team were able to keep the relationship with industry open through fostering the use of the NDTA. Prior to becoming the Administrator at MARAD, Admiral Buzby served with distinction as the President and CEO of NDTA. For his exceptional inspiration and leadership, the Honorable Mark H. Buzby is presented the NDTA Distinguished Government Service Award.

Mr. Guy Beougher (Former) Deputy Director for Logistics Operations Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

RADM Mark Buzby, USN (Ret.) (Former) Administrator US Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Jeff Olenick Chief, Movement Support Division Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)

The NDTA Board of Directors has selected Mr. Jeffrey Olenick for the National Defense Trans portation Association President’s Award for his incredible contributions to the Department of Defense transportation and supply chain communities, as well as the transportation service pro viders across the full spectrum of sealift, rail, and motor freight and line haul carriers.

As the Chief, Movement Support Division, Headquarters SDDC, Jeff’s extensive knowledge of Department of Defense (DOD) organic and commercial sector transportation capabilities, capaci ties, rules, and regulatory requirements have proven invaluable to the Joint Deployment and Distri bution Enterprise (JDDE). Under his superb leadership, his team’s daily contact with customers and our much heralded “Fourth Component” industry partners have been key to the successful move ment of myriad large unit deployments, as well as hundreds of thousands of sustainment cargoes (containers) across the globe.

A dynamic forward thinker, Mr. Olenick’s ability to quickly analyze and provide supportable solutions across the JDDE have been instrumental in forecasting and moving DOD materiel from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic through the most recent Executive Order 14042 directing testing and vaccine re quirements for rail and truck operators entering military installations. Likewise, his uncanny knowledge of transportation contracts (including the Universal Services, Guantanamo Bay, and Multi-Modal con tracts, over 50 worldwide Stevedoring and Related Terminal Services contracts, and thousands of tenders of service) ensure customers have the right tools in place to execute efficient and effective transportation across the globe. With an undisputed reputation for delivering factual and actionable solutions, he is clearly the “go to” person for all things surface transportation within SDDC. Mr. Jeff Olenick’s many achievements and contributions to NDTA and the DOD community are exceptional and richly deserv ing of this prestigious recognition.

The NDTA Board of Directors has selected Mr. Philip Benjamin, former Director of DTMO, as a recipient of the 2022 NDTA President’s Award for his dedicated support to NDTA. Mr. Ben jamin is a Life Member of NDTA and, since 2015, has been vital to the success of the NDTADTMO GovTravels Symposium. During his time at DTMO, Mr. Benjamin played key roles in both the establishment and evolution of DTMO as the single focal point for commercial travel, managing the Department’s $10B travel enterprise. He recognized the importance of building trust and close working relationships between government and industry commercial travel experts and the need to bring the community together to achieve the best results. With that in mind, he worked closely with NDTA to develop the annual GovTravels Symposium.

Mr. Philip Benjamin (Former) Director Defense Travel Management Office (DTMO)

Along with the GovTravels Symposium, Mr. Benjamin represented DTMO in Government Pas senger Travel Advisory Council and NDTA Board meetings. He moderated GovTravels panel discus sions and was a strong advocate for education and professional development of the government and industry passenger travel community. Mr. Philip Benjamin is a credit to himself, the US Govern ment and NDTA, and deserves our thanks and recognition for his efforts to maintain a strong US national defense.

The NDTA Board of Directors has selected Mr. George Topic, COL, US Army (retired) as a recipient of the 2022 NDTA President’s Award. While working at the Joint Staff’s Center for Joint Strategic Logistics, COL Topic has been an ardent supporter for Joint Warfighting con cepts, which include Contested Logistics.

Possessing valuable insights and working behind the scenes, COL Topic advocated for the further ance of a strong relationship between industry and government to inform the discussion regarding Contested Logistics. To that end, he encouraged NDTA’s President to become involved in a Joint Staff exercise regarding Contested Logistics, which included industry participation at higher classifi cation levels. COL Topic has displayed this type of leadership and initiative for many years. For his insights, advice and persistence—along with his love for logistics—COL George Topic is presented the NDTA President’s Award for 2022.

COL George Topic, USA (Ret.) Vice Director Center for Joint & Strategic Logistics

The NDTA Board of Directors has selected Mr. Adam Yearwood, Director of Transportation, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics, as a recipient of the 2022 NDTA President’s Award. During his government career, Mr. Yearwood has distinguished himself by repeatedly identifying and solving difficult logistics and transportation problems for our government and industry. To do this, he brought together government and industry leaders to observe, orient, decide and act.

Mr. Yearwood co-established and collaborated with the US Air Force on a managed spend request for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program, which resulted in the realignment of roughly $700 million in obligations to managed spend. Considering the Department of Defense’s (DOD) response to COVID, Mr. Yearwood actively campaigned for inclusion of NDTA in the weekly Office of the Under secretary of Defense for Acquisition & Sustainment (OSD A&S) industry calls expanding and improving the interaction between the logistics and transportation industry and the government on important issues.

Mr. Yearwood provided DOD decision makers with information regarding commercial transporta tion capabilities and advocated for the Maritime Security Program (MSP) and Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) as critical components of the DOD’s ability to deploy around the globe. He served as the DOD’s Jones Act expert, ensuring that policies were appropriately applied in response to COVID-19, energy, and other crises. For over 27 years, Mr. Yearwood has distinguished himself as an NDTA member, speaking, engaging and participating. Mr. Adam Yearwood is a credit to himself, the US Government, and the National Defense Transportation Association and deserves our thanks and recognition for his efforts to maintain a strong US national defense.

The NDTA Board of Directors has selected Mr. Larry Larkin, Chairman of the NDTA Foundation, as a recipient of the 2022 NDTA President’s Award for his dedicated support to NDTA and the NDTA Foundation. Mr. Larkin has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the National Defense Transportation Association for over 13 years and, during that time, also served as the NDTA Foundation Chair. In this role, he has been responsible for raising and providing funds for the scholarships that NDTA provides each year for college students pursuing an education in logistics and transportation.

Mr. Larkin’s passion and desire to help students solve the challenges associated with paying for the increasing costs of college tuition led him to producing and implementing the “NDTA Founda tion Fundraising Campaign Plan” and the development of the NDTA Foundation Strategic Plan, “A Bridge to the Future.” Through these programs and Mr. Larkin’s individual efforts, the NDTA Foundation has grown and is positioned to achieve higher scholarship giving levels, helping NDTA achieve its goal of developing future logistics and transportation leaders.

Mr. Larry Larkin’s accomplishments as the NDTA Foundation Chair are in keeping with the finest tra ditions of the National Defense Transportation Association and he deserves to be recognized and honored for all that he has personally done to advance education and to develop our future leaders.

The National Defense Transportation Association Board of Directors has selected Mr. John Becker for his dedication and devotion to the United States during more than 30 years of combined service in the Department of Defense (DOD), government, and private sector transportation industry. Mr. Becker started his transportation career as a US Air Force active-duty traffic manager with overseas assignments in the United States Pacific Command and was deployed to Afghanistan.

After a distinguished active-duty military career, John began a civil service career as the Personal Property Rates Team Lead in the Business Management Office, Headquarters Military Surface Deploy ment and Distribution Command (SDDC), US Army. Mr. Becker’s knowledge and expertise in the Defense Personal Property Program (DP3) helped improve the moves for all military members with advances in a rate-filings, data analysis, special solicitations, and other DP3 enhancements. His exten sive experience in the DP3 led to his selection as the Vice President of Military Policy for the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA) developing policy and procedures to support both DOD and General Services Administration personal property programs.

Mr. Becker’s career culminated as the Interim President for AMSA overseeing legislative affairs, regulatory initiatives, membership benefits, education, training, and military policies. He made great strides in educat ing consumers on the moving industry. Throughout his career and his long-standing NDTA membership, Mr. Becker directly contributed to the NDTA mission by fostering productive, solution-oriented efforts to build bridges across the diverse transportation requirements of the US Military, Government, and industry.

Mr. Adam T. Yearwood Director, Transportation Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics)

Mr. Larry Larkin Principal, Stratvantis LLC and Chair, NDTA Foundation

Mr. John Becker (Former) Interim President American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA)

Ms. Tara Feilmeier-Novak Chief, Movement Support Division Logistics Management Specialist US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)

Ms. Tara Feilmeier-Novak is awarded the Distinguished Ser vice Award for her dedication in furthering the aims and objectives of the National Defense Transportation Associa tion. She distinguished herself as the Programs Director with the Scott-St. Louis Chapter of the NDTA and was instrumental in maintaining the continuing successful operations of the Chapter. During her twenty plus years with the Chapter, primarily as the Programs Director, Ms. Feilmeier-Novak actively coordinated 150 lunches, social events, speaking engagements, and mentoring op portunities, while also supporting golf tournaments, conventions, and National Transportation Week.

As the longest standing member serving a position, Ms. Feil meier-Novak has been the bedrock of the organization. Her dedi cation and enthusiasm spanned numerous tenures of Presidents, Vice Presidents, Treasurers, Secretaries and even positions that have been integrated and disestablished. She advised them all with the same care and unwavering support that has ensured the sur vival of this organization. Her genuine concern for the partnership between military and commercial transporters and logisticians has had untold positive results around the globe and continues today in the spirit of people in which she has fostered the same dedica tion and understanding.

Such volunteerism is critical to the successful operation of an all-volunteer organization. Ms. Feilmeier-Novak dedication to the Scott St. Louis NDTA Chapter and her willingness to serve oth ers is in keeping with the highest of standards and reflect most favorably on the NDTA. In recognition of these accomplishments, Ms. Tara Feilmeier-Novak is hereby awarded the National Defense Transportation Association’s Distinguished Service Award.

NDTA SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS –NATIONAL LEVEL

PROGRAM A

Andrew Artaserse, CSU Maritime Academy

Taylor Cross, The Pennsylvania State University

Benjamin Davis, Berkeley University of California

Abigail Freeman, The University of Tennessee

Lucca Martin, West Virginia University

Lilly Svenningsen, The University of Tennessee Teleri Wilt, Massachusetts Maritime Academy

PROGRAM B

Jasper Byrne, University of California, Santa Barbara

Eleanor Eungard, Christopher Newport University

Carson Freeman, The University of Tennessee

Blanca Inosencia Negrete, California State University, Long Beach Mattelyn Meeks, University of Arkansas

Daniel O’Leary, Maine Maritime Academy

Geneice Thompson, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay William Russell Woodhour, University of Delaware

PROGRAM C

Esther Erby, The University of Arizona Global Campus

PROGRAM D

Kyla Elzinga, George Mason University Nina Roche, University of Maryland

CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARSHIPS

Hope Hunter • Daniel Shelton • Corrine Ruocco

NDTA ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS

NDTA offers four scholarship/tuition assistance programs to NDTA members and their financial dependents, as well as one scholarship for students at Christopher Newport University.

• ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM A: To encourage good college students to study the fields of logistics, transportation, supply chain, physical distribution, and passenger travel services.

• ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM B: To assist high school graduates achieve their academic goals in the fields of business/ management, logistics, transportation, supply chain, physical distribution, and passenger travel services.

• ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM C: To encourage good distance learning college students to study the fields of logistics, transportation, supply chain, physical distribution, and passenger travel services.

• ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM D - The Denny Edwards

Graduate Scholarship: For graduate degree students majoring in the fields of logistics, transportation, supply chain, physical distribution, and passenger travel services; to provide college scholarship opportunities for NDTA members.

• CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY NATIONAL SECURITY

SCHOLARSHIPS: This scholarship will provide financial assistance to students studying in a field that supports the US national defense. Up to three scholarships will be awarded annually to students studying in US national security studies and are junior fellow in the Center for American Studies at Christopher Newport University.

NDTA scholarship/tuition assistance funds can only be disbursed to an academic institution on behalf of the successful applicant. If the institution is not known at the time an application is submitted, the successful applicant must submit documentation showing that he/ she has in fact been accepted by an institution as a full-time student before disbursements can be made.

NDTA CORPORATE

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

This award is presented annually to corporate members that have provided outstanding service in support of NDTA’s goals and programs at the local and national levels.

Accenture Federal Services

Agility Defense & Government Services

AIT Worldwide Logistics, Inc.

American Maritime Congress American President Lines, LLC American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier ArcBest

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Bennett

BNSF Railway Co.

CakeBoxx Technologies LLC Cervello Global Corporation

CGI Federal Choice Hotels International Crowley CWTSatoTravel Deloitte DHL Enterprise Holdings Ernst & Young FedEx Freeman Holdings Group Global Logistics Providers Hapag-Lloyd USA, LLC

IHG Army Hotels International Auto Logistics

Kalitta Air Landstar

Liberty Global Logistics Maersk Line, Limited Matson McCollister’s Global Services, Inc.

Microsoft Federal National Air Cargo Norfolk Southern Corporation Omega World Travel Omni Air International One Network Enterprises, Inc. Plateau GRP Port of Beaumont Port of Port Arthur PTS Worldwide Radiant Global Logistics SAP SAP Concur Schuyler Line Navigation Company Southwest Airlines

The Pasha Group

The Port of Virginia The Suddath Companies

TOTE

Transportation Institute

Tri-State

U.S. Bank Freight Payment

United Airlines US Ocean Waterman Logistics

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Yellow

NDTA FOUNDATION AWARDS

The NDTA Foundation fosters the growth and development of our next generation of logistics and transportation professionals by providing annual academic scholarships. The NDTA Foundation Awards recognize corporate and individual donors who have made a significant and lasting investment in the NDTA Foundation, as well as for contributions on an annual basis. The 2021/2022 award winners are:

PATRON

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings

American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier Group Inc. Matson, Inc

ADVOCATE

Suddath • Mr. Steven Kraabel Kalitta Air LLC • Crane Worldwide Logistics

NDTA INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD

In conjunction with the senior logistics chiefs from each of the Services, the NDTA Instructor of the Year Awards honor instructors from the service transportation schools. Criteria for award selection are established by the military services and include such measures as the individual’s technical knowledge, teaching skills, selfdevelopment, and general leadership abilities.

ARMY CW3 Sarah Stone

United States Army Transportation School’s Marine Warrant Officer Advanced Course, Marine Intermodal Training Department (MITD) Fort Eustis, Virginia

NAVY Mr. Tyler Ward

Navy Supply Corps School Newport, Rhode Island

NDTA MILITARY UNIT OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Since 1966, NDTA has honored units of the military services that have performed outstanding service in transportation or a related field. These units are selected for this recognition by each of the services.

Army

USA ACTIVE COMPONENT

Charlie Company (C. Co)

524th Division Sustainment Support Battalion

25th Division Sustainment Brigade Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Charlie Company (C. Co), 524th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 25th Divi sion Sustainment Brigade, provides personnel, convoy security, containerized and break-bulk cargo transportation of multiple classes of supply support to United States Army Pacific (USARPAC), and regional partners to enable operational freedom of action throughout the United States Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility. Over the past year, C. Co, stationed at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, has been the driving force enabling the entire 25ID to train, fight, and win, accruing un surmountable statistics during the globally affecting pandemic of COVID-19. Despite the pandemic C. Co completed over 300 mis sions with a rotation at JRTC. At JRTC alone they completed 67 missions transporting over 4,026 PAX with zero incidents, 55,000 gal lons of Class I (B), 264 Pallets of Class IV, and 16,896 cases of Class I (Rations). The compa ny also assisted with the upload, offload and transportation of 100 pieces of rolling stock.

At home, C. Co supports a reoccurring USARPAC ammunition mission moving various amounts of ammunition containers from Waipio Point on the island of Oahu. This supports every division field level ex ercise leading up to the culminating JRTC or JPMRC rotation. C. Co is also the pri mary transportation resource that is utilized to move equipment and containers from Schofield Barracks to the port located at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam. In the last year alone, they have moved over 400 containers to aid in training exercises taking place in the Philippines, Thailand, and In donesia. Their most recent assignment was supporting Operation Ohana with the main mission of responding to the Red Hill Fuel Leakage Crisis. Their response was picking up water and transporting HIPPOs and wa ter buffalos to various water points. Work ing as a 24-hour operation, C. Co was able to deliver over 550,000 gallons of bulk wa

ter and 200,000 gallons in palletized bottled water to the Aliamanu Military Reservation. C. Co’s impact has also been felt through the Brigade as they make up 65% of the to tal amount of gun crews in the brigade with 24 qualified crews. C. Co leads the Battal ion and Brigade in all transportation mis sions with excellence, they plan, train, and execute all efforts with attention to detail, discipline, passion, and flexibility according to US Army Doctrine.

Marine Corps

USMC ACTIVE COMPONENT Headquarters & Headquarters Squadron Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Okinawa, Japan

Through exceptional mission accomplish ment and commitment to Marine Corps Installations Pacific (MCIPAC), III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), and United States and allied partner forces through out 2021, the Marines and Civilians of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma distin guished themselves not only as the premier Operational Support Airlift (OSA) squadron in the Marine Corps, but also as one of our Nation’s foremost operational aviation trans portation providers. Operating two UC-35D (Cessna Citation Encore) and a single UC12W+ (Beechcraft King Air 350) based out of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futen ma, Okinawa, Japan, “MAGIC” flew an es timated 440,000 nautical miles, transporting 1,484 passengers, and 34,569 pounds of cargo to more than eight countries.

In the midst of high-uncertainty and the global volatility of the COVID-19 pandemic, a large number of military and commercial logistical connectors were severely limited or completely halted, preventing normal move ment of personnel, cargo, and supplies. From 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2021, “MAGIC” aircraft and aircrew rose to the occasion filling the void. During this period, “MAGIC” relieved burdens on US Trans portation Command (USTRANSCOM) with bottlenecked Department of Defense (DOD) travel and provided time-sensitive rescue mission support to multiple squadrons

as the primary logistical connector of choice for III MEF and MCIPAC operational units throughout Japan, Korea and the Philippines.

The year 2021 was a dynamic, challenging, and rewarding one for “MAGIC.” The unit excelled in its primary mission, provided a ser vice to the warfighter, and lived up to its mot to ‘’Servire Existamus – We Exist to Serve”.

For the many accomplishments listed above and due to the individual contributions of its personnel, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, has set itself apart as a unit worthy of selection as the 2021 National Defense Transportation Association Military Unit of the Year.

Navy

USN ACTIVE COMPONENT

Naval Supply Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella, Italy

Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Naval Air Station Sigonella, Sicily, Italy

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Sigonella (FLCSI) is the designated lead for Naval Forc es Europe and Africa global logistics and hus banding services, traffic management, ocean terminal operations, postal/fleet mail centers, household goods, and other services related to transportation, such as accountability for ma terial handling equipment and border clear ance and customs, covering 29 million square miles of land and sea operating spaces. With this designation, FLCSI aligns operational lo gistics and transportation strategy through ro bust communications and deliberate planning with area logistics stakeholders and deployed units. By these links, it delivers combat ca pability to the warfighters and their families, while sustaining efficiency and effectiveness through continued process improvements.

FLCSI’s logistics and transportation mis sions enable warfighter and warfighting capabilities and fulfill full-range maritime support operations and theater security co operation throughout our area of responsi bility. From the High North, encompassing the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap, and the Baltics; from Redzikowo, Po land, and Deveselu, Romania, to the Black Sea, and across the whole expanse of Medi terranean Sea; and from the Horn of Africa

stretching throughout the littoral countries of the Africa continent to the Iberian Pen insula, FLCSI’s highly diverse and inclusive teams magnificently delivered NAVSUP products and services to the warfighters 24/7.

Operating with a workforce comprised of over 600 military, host nation partners, US civil service personnel and contractors, FLCSI has collaborated with NAVSUP Weapons Sys tems Support Transportation, US Transporta tion Command (USTRANSCOM), US Post al Service, Joint Military Postal Agency, US Sixth Fleet area logisticians, and Third-Party Logistics transportation providers in executing operational logistics and transportation mis sions, resulting to increased warfighter readi ness during Phase 0 to Phase 1 operations and, when required, to Phases 2 and 3. In summa ry, the tactical execution of FLCSI’s logistics missions has led to operational and strategic accolades for NAVSUP and noteworthy suc cesses for FLCSI in Calendar Year 2021.

US NAVY RESERVE COMPONENT

Navy Cargo Handling Battalion FIVE (NCHB-5)

Fifth Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington

For Navy Cargo Handling Battalion FIVE (NCHB-5) Calendar Year 2021 started with much hope and optimism as a vaccine for COVID became available. Inability to train together had posed a significant challenge to maintaining operational proficiency. With inperson events becoming a reality, key surface and air events were executed that provided refresher training. Building on a solid founda tion that had been laid over years of effort, the Battalion executed a readiness assessment in June with an overall score of 98.41%, while certifying ten surface cargo hatch teams, a first for any reserve Cargo Handling Battalion.

Immediately following the readiness as sessment, 70 NCHB-5 Sailors deployed to five locations spanning two global Areas of Responsibility. These Sailors provided criti cal support to 2,534 Combatant Command er missions, proudly representing NCHB-5 and FIRST Navy Expeditionary Logistics Regiment. In total the members moved 3,146 military personnel, 7,079 evacuees, 3,021,021 pounds of cargo, 240,799 pounds of mail, and issued and received 4,501,316 gallons of fuel. In addition to the efforts of NCHB-5’s mobilized Sailors, non-mobilized Sailors provided subject matter expertise to exercises and operations. Highlights includ ed participation in a Naval Integrated Exer cise (NIEX), resulting in the supported com mand’s certification to deploy and the back

load of improved Navy lighterage onto a USNS ship, enabling the ship to sail on time.

In total, NCHB-5 Sailors provided 12,670 personnel days supporting operations and exercises worldwide. The Battalion is poised to continue momentum for years to come. For Calendar Year 2021, the levels of readi ness achieved and support provided were ex ceptional. These accomplishments prove the Battalion’s merit and are worthy of being rec ognized as the 2021 National Defense Trans portation Association Military Unit Award.

tasking order sorties. Moreover, as the only squadron in Air Forces Central with an aerial bulk fuel delivery system, it engaged in mul tiple events with three other expeditionary wings to advance agile combat employment.

Air Force

USAF ACTIVE COMPONENT

379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron

Air Forces Central Command (AFCENT)

Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, enables combat airpower for the United States Air Force’s largest expeditionary wing. Comprised of 420 Total Force Airmen and 20 contractors, the Squadron serves as United States Central Command’s busiest logistics hub for joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration. In 2021, the Squadron guided 144 missions supporting over 22,000 person nel while serving as a linchpin for the Afghan retrograde, earning the United States Air Force Air Combat Command’s Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Readiness Daedalian Award.

The 379th “One-Eyed Jacks” are home to the Air Force’s largest ground transporta tion section and the service’s only munitions movement cell. This team generated over 56,000 missions moving 621,000 passengers and 99 million pounds of cargo while also delivering 1,700 munitions to eliminate 488 enemy targets. In addition, the Vehicle Man agement Flight oversees the Air Force’s largest vehicle lease contract valued at $95 million. In 2021, this team completed 347 audits, cutting a five-year invoice backlog and sav ing $2 million. These mechanics completed over 2,500 repairs servicing the Air Force’s second-largest vehicle fleet and they achieved a 94% mission capable rate, a three-year high! Furthermore, the Fuels Management Flight innovated specialized fuel operations. During the theater-wide Operation AGILE SPARTAN, this team achieved the Air Force’s first ever operational use of the fluid powered additive injector cart, powering eighty air

Lastly, the Squadron served as a critical node in marking the end of the United States’ 20-year presence in Afghanistan. During Op eration ALLIES REFUGE, the Squadron enabled the inbound and outbound move ment of over 124,000 evacuees escaping tyr anny, distributed over 16 million gallons of fuel (1.23 million gallons in one day—a base record!), and repaired 2,800 mission criti cal vehicles. They facilitated the drawdown of three forward operating bases, receiving 13,000 assets worth $263 million. The 379th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron powered the largest humanitarian airlift in Air Force history and is well deserving of rec ognition as NDTA’s Military Unit of the Year.

Coast Guard

USCG ACTIVE COMPONENT

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater

US Coast Guard District Seven

USCG Air Station Clearwater, Florida

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater had an exceptional 2021 supporting defense trans portation. Utilizing four highly capable and meticulously maintained HC-130H aircraft, the air station provided on-time and impact ful logistics support over a vast area of respon sibility that included the southeastern United States, Caribbean, and Central America.

Over the course of 2021 the air station flew over 1,200 hours and transported over 2.3 million pounds of cargo to support lo gistics requests for missions which included resupply of five aviation forward operating locations, regular transport of port security unit equipment and personnel, long range logistics for the Coast Guard cutter fleet, and assistance with earthquake and hurricane re lief at home and abroad. All of this was in ad dition to supporting the air stations primary missions of search and rescue and law en forcement, while balancing the requirements of an aging airframe and its associated chal lenges of limited parts and qualified crew. In order to accomplish all of these tasks the aircraft were frequently launched on multimission flights, combining logistics with law

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CYBERSECURITY LESSONS FROM THE FIELD

Reversing a Streak of Unforced Errors in Mobilizing Cyber Readiness

By Ted Rybeck Chair, Benchmarking Partners, & Chair, NDTA Cybersecurity Best Practices Committee

TAKEAWAYS

1. Russia’s ongoing war on Ukraine fore shadows cyber threats worldwide.

2. Effective DOD cyber offensive and de fensive strategies depend on public-pri vate sector mobilization for improved cyber readiness that has yet to be for mulated, let alone implemented.

3. America and its allies failing to unite behind sensible cyber readiness mo bilization in a world of ongoing cyber conflict invites penetration by interna tional adversaries and bad actors.

4. As pacesetters for Critical Infrastruc tures Protection, United States Trans portation Command (USTRANS COM) & the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) logistics and transportation pro viders can proactively take four steps aligned with Cybersecurity and Infra structure Security (CISA) Agency Di rector Jen Easterly’s recommendations1.

Long before the February 24, 2022, in vasion of Ukraine provoked interna tional outcries and commercial boy cotts, Russia attacked the foundations of Ukrainian society without stirring much attention. On December 23, 2015, the world allowed Russia to go unpunished for a first-of-its-kind cyber blitzkrieg. With out warning, 230,000 Ukrainians sudden ly lost all power when three of Ukraine’s energy grid operators were shut down by the cyber warfare unit (aka Sandworm2) of the Russian Military Central Com mand’s Chief Intelligence Agency or GRU (Glavnoye Razvedyvatelnoye Upravlenie).3

Two years later, rogue hackers in Iran were able to follow in Russia’s path shut ting down services for millions in Atlanta, Georgia, with a ransomware attack noticed by authorities first on March 22, 2017. By June, a third of Atlanta’s software was still non-operational, not to even get into the

city’s permanent loss of legal documents and police dashcam videos.

The mounting frequency and severity of attacks worldwide have increased awareness that US critical infrastructure and “smart cit ies” face Ukraine/Atlanta-like vulnerabilities nationwide. Despite the increasing threat, the US still lacks a coherent cyber-readiness strategy. Former National Security Adminis tration (NSA) General Counsel Glenn Ger stell was still echoing the same alarms in a March 5, 2022, New York Times op-ed titled I’ve Dealt With Foreign Cyberattacks. America Isn’t Ready for What’s Coming.4 Gerstell high lights the problem with the simple factoid that “there are approximately 80 commit tees and subcommittees that claim jurisdic tion over various aspects of cyberregulation [sic]. These scattered efforts are unlikely to reduce, let alone stop, cybercrime.”

Despite a disunited US Congressional strategy, the US Government maintains extraordinary talent in its military/civilian offensive and defensive ranks from the US Cyber Command, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), CISA, and across the DOD and other departments/ agencies. The level of US Government talent is a testament to the mission and commit ment of these public servants who could earn multiples of their current sala ries by entering America’s pri vate sector cybersecurity firms. Without the cyber capabilities of the US and NATO partners, Russian cyber forces might have more successfully5 driven the uncontested lightning invasion that President Vladimir Putin had planned.

However, at the highest ech elon of mobilizing American cyber readiness, the US has been on a streak of unforced errors de fined as errors we make without any op

ponent playing well enough to force the mistake; we simply come up with the er ror on our own. That phrase describes the stalled implementation of the country’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certifica tion – CMMC 2.0.6 The CMMC’s basic upskilling program has yet to be solidified despite a fundamental agreement with NIST on baseline controls that go back nine years7. Instead of getting to a mini mum viable rollout of sensible cyber-read iness standard operating procedures, the Federal Government remains mired in a multi-year dispute over organizing prin ciples and an economic model for publicprivate mobilization. The result, including internal government lawsuits, has been a techno-political soap opera so far-fetched that it could only have been written by a Hollywood screenwriter on assignment from the Chinese Government.

Bureaucratic reorganizations and mixed signals on America’s whole-of-nation cyber readiness strategy stunt the momentum of a joint mobilization. A recent blog post by an Aerospace & Defense Industry ex ecutive accurately reflects the private sec tor’s reaction to the chaos. The February 2022 post was titled CMMC 2.0: Pump ing the Brakes, or Hitting the Gas. It be gan: “Whew! The Department of Defense (DoD) just handed you a reprieve. Accom panying its release of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) version 2.0 in November 2021, the DoD announced it would not include a CMMC compliance requirement in any new con tract solicitations or renewals until the completion of a formal rulemaking pro cess. That process likely will take between 9 and 24 months.”8

Anyone who read the full post would see that the author rightly went on to encour age suppliers to ignore the governmental mixed signals and move fast forward based on protecting their businesses. However, the national message of in action came through loud and clear: the DOD has yet to lock in any CMMC stan dards for cyber protection of the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) despite continual calls to action.

Winston Churchill’s 1938 book, While England Slept9, summarized Britain’s pre-World War II failure to ready itself for new

threats from fast moving adversaries dur ing the 1930s. His book went on to in spire the title of John F. Kennedy’s 1940 best seller, Why England Slept. Today, we could easily update Churchill’s point to describe America’s failure so far at wholeof-nation cyber readiness.

DIB-Co’s CEO spoke to this issue directly: “As one small company, we’re making a big investment to protect ourselves and our cus tomers. When we were briefed on what government and higher ed leaders are planning for our digital future including cybersecu rity, I was struck by how out of touch they are with the help we need.”

WHAT DOES ALL THIS MEAN TO US DEFENSE LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION?

The DIB Transportation Sector offers a particularly focused opportunity to be a pacesetter for a unified cyberstrategy going forward. The USTRANSCOM’s relatively small number of suppliers can rally together as pacesetters for adopting the NIST con trols based on the leadership of key sup

pliers for land, air, sea, and space. Larger suppliers have been consistently willing to share their expertise with smaller carriers.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics Leigh Method underlined that point in a recent cyber strategy discussion with the NDTA Cybersecurity Best Prac tices Committee: “The defense logistics and transportation sector includes a digitallybased logistics service as part of the full solution for any product delivered to the warfighter. The sector recognized early that digital sys tems are a critical enabler, informing and connecting the five modes of transportation [trucking, rail, marine, air, and space]. The network lessons learned by pacesetting lo gistics and transportation providers should be increasingly useful to producers of physi cal products across the DIB.”

Regardless of any national cyber-read iness mobilization, the DIB logistics and transportation sector can already strength en its role as a pacesetter. Specifically, each

DIB logistics/transportation provider can run exercises (Red Team & Blue Team10) on their incident response protocols to en sure that no one needs to exchange business cards during an emergency. That starts with even the smallest DIB logistics/transporta tion providers and sub-suppliers answering four key questions emphasized by CISA Director Easterly. DIB progress nation wide, like answering ‘yes’ to each of these questions, will help reverse the streak of unforced errors in America’s cyber strategy.

FOUR KEY QUESTIONS FOR EVERY MEMBER ORGANIZATION OF THE DIB TRANSPORTATION SECTOR

1. Do you participate in the US DOD-De fense Industrial Base Collaborative Infor mation Sharing Environment (DCISE) DISE/DOD Cyber Crime Center (DC3)?

2. Do you have a designated Chief Infor mation Security Officer who has con nected with their counterpart person ally at USTRANSCOM & DLA?

3. Does your incident response plan cur rently include outside technical and

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HONOR ROLL OF SUSTAINING MEMBERS AND REGIONAL PATRONS

ALL OF THESE FIRMS SUPPORT THE PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES OF NDTA

SUSTAINING MEMBERS

3Sixty

Able Freight

Accenture Federal Services

Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc.

Akua Inc.

Alacran

American Bureau of Shipping

American Maritime Officers

American Trucking Associations

Ameriflight, LLC

Apex Logistics International Inc.

ArcBest

Army & Air Force Exchange Service

Arven Services, LLC

At Ease Rentals Corporations

ATS Specialized, Inc.

Avis Budget Group

Baggett Transportation Company

Beltway Transportation Service

Benchmarking Partners, Inc.

Bolloré Logistics

BWH Hotel Group

Cornerstone Systems, Inc.

Council for Logistics Research

Cypress International, Inc.

Dash Point Distributing, LLC

Delta Air Lines

Drury Hotels LLC

Duluth Travel, Inc. (DTI)

EMO Trans, Inc.

Estes Forwarding Worldwide

Eurpac

Excl Hospitality - Suburban Suites/ MainStay Suites

Eyre Bus Service, Inc.

FSI Defense, A FlightSafety International Company

GeoDecisions

Global Secure Shipping Green Valley Transportation Corp.

Guidehouse

Hilton Worldwide

REGIONAL PATRONS

ACME Truck Line, Inc.

Amyx

Atlas World Group International

C5T Corporation

CakeBoxx Technologies, LLC

CarrierDrive LLC

Cartwright International Columbia Helicopters, Inc.

Dalko Resources, Inc.

Hyatt Hotels

IHG Army Hotels

Intermodal Logistics Consulting Inc.

International Association of Movers

International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), AFL-CIO

Interstate Moving | Relocation | Logistics

Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT)

Kansas City Southern Railway Company

K&L Trailer Sales and Leasing

Keystone Shipping Co.

Langham Logistics, Inc.

LMI

Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association

Martin Logistics Incorporated

Mayflower Transit

McCollister’s Global Services, Inc.

Mercer Transportation Company mLINQS

National Charter Bus

National Corporate Housing, Inc.

National Industries for the Blind (NIB)

National Motor Freight Traffic Association, Inc.

National Van Lines, Inc.

Nika Corporate Housing

Northern Air Cargo, LLC

Omega World Travel One Network Enterprises, Inc.

ORBCOMM

PD Systems, Inc.

Perfect Logistics, LLC

Perimeter Global Logistics (PGL)

Pilot Freight Services

Placemakr

Plateau GRP

PODS Enterprises LLC

Port of Beaumont

Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Port of San Diego Ports America

Prestera Trucking, Inc.

Procharter

Prosponsive Logistics

Enterprise Management Systems

HLI Government Services

JAS Forwarding

John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

Kalitta Charters, LLC Lineage Logistics

LMJ International Logistics, LLC Lynden, Inc.

Move One Logistics

North Carolina State Ports Authority

PTS Worldwide

Radiant Global Logistics

Radisson Hotel Group

Ramar Transportation, Inc.

Rampart Aviation

Red Roof Inn

RedStone Logistics

Ryzhka International LLC

Sabre

SAIC

Savi

SeaCube Containers

Seafarers International Union of NA, AGLIW

SEKO Logistics

Selsi International Inc.

SSA Marine

St. Louis Union Station Hotel a Curio Hotel Collection by Hilton

StarForce National Corporation

Stevens Global Logistics, Inc.

Swan Transportation Services

The DeWitt Companies

The Flight Lab Aviation Consulting LLC

The Hertz Corporation

The Roosevelt Group

The Suddath Companies

TMM, Inc.

Toll Group

TLR – Total Logistics Resource, Inc.

Trailer Bridge

Transport Investments, Inc.

Transportation Intermediaries Assn. (TIA) Travelport

Trinity Shipping Company

TTX Company

Tucker Company Worldwide, Inc.

U.S. Premier Locations

Uber Technologies, Inc.

United Van Lines, Inc.

UPS

US1 Logistics

World Fuel Services – Defense Solutions

Yellow

NovaVision Inc.

Overdrive Logistics, Inc.

PITT OHIO

Port Canaveral

Port of Port Arthur Priority Worldwide

Seatac Marine Services

TechGuard Security

Trans Global Logistics Europe GmbH

UNIVERSITIES

Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign McKendree University

manding General, Military Surface Deploy ment and Distribution Command (SDDC); Maj Gen Laura Lenderman, USAF, as Director of Operations, USTRANSCOM; RDML Philip Sobeck, USN, as Director of Strategic Plans, Policy and Logistics, US TRANSCOM; and Maj Gen Corey Martin, USAF, as Commander, 18th Air Force.

ing needed funds for scholarships—more than any previous year—but there is still opportunity for industry or individual donations. One hundred percent of every dollar donated to the NDTA Scholarship Foundation goes to the intended target— scholarships for deserving young leaders. When you see Mr. Larry Larkin at the Fall Meeting, please thank him for his leader ship as the Chair of the Foundation Com mittee. Let’s keep the ball rolling!

One hundred percent of every dollar donated to the NDTA Scholarship Foundation goes to the intended target— scholarships for deserving young leaders.

Congratulations to our 2022 Corporate and Individual NDTA awardees! This year’s award recipients are profoundly worthy of recognition. The NDTA Board of Direc tors takes these awards very seriously. When you greet the awardees at the Fall Meeting, please tell them BRAVO ZULU—well done—for their proactive leadership!

Regarding the NDTA Board of Direc tors, we welcome Mr. Eric Ebeling as the Finance Committee Chairman, replacing Hon. Estevez (Thank you Mr. Estevez for your service to NDTA.) Again, this is an excellent lineup of senior influencers. There is no doubt they can rely on the membership at NDTA for our support! We look forward to working together and helping them in every way possible.

The NDTA Scholarship Foundation Campaign has been successful in generat

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legal resources with other DIB trans portation partners who can join forces when an incident outstrips any single organization’s internal capabilities?

Do you exercise the steps above on a regular schedule and as needed given emerging threats? DTJ

1. https://www.cisa.gov/news/2022/03/22/ readout-cisa-call-critical-infrastructure-partnerspotential-russian-cyberattacks

2. Greenberg, Andy (2019). Sandworm: a new era of cyberwar and the hunt for the Kremlin’s most dangerous hackers. Knopf Doubleday

https://www.wired.com/2016/03/inside-cunningunprecedented-hack-ukraines-power-grid/

4. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/opinion/ ive-dealt-with-foreign-cyberattacks-americaisnt-ready-for-whats-coming.html

5. https://www.thedailybeast.com/fsb-officercaught-lamenting-death-of-vitaly-gerasimov-inintercepted-call

6. https://www.governmentcontractslaw.com/

enforcement patrols, resulting in multiple stop-over flights with changing configura tions and cargo, requiring precise planning and teamwork for seamless execution.

From everyone at NDTA, including our sponsors and exhibitors, I want to thank USTRANSCOM for an outstanding part nership to extend the global reach of the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enter prise (JDDE), as well as the logistics enter prise writ large. The NDTA-USTRANS COM Fall Meeting has become the premier event for all aspects of global logistics and supply chain education and networking.

By Land, by Sea, by Air—by Space. Stay ready!

Best regards always, Andy Brown

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7. https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework/onlinelearning/history-and-creation-framework

8. https://www.exostar.com/blog/cmmc-2-0pumping-the-brakes-or-hitting-the-gas/

9. Photo Source: https://www. churchillbookcollector.com/pages/winstonchurchill/229/arms-and-the-covenant-whileengland-slept

10. https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/red_team_ blue_team_approach

11. https://www.dc3.mil/Missions/DIBCybersecurity/DIB-Cybersecurity-DCISE/

12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endpoint_security

This series of articles will draw on real cases of companies as an amalgam under the name DIB-Co. Each edition will include micro-case installments of how the company transformed itself. On this journey, DIB-Co will go from being unaware that they were part of the Defense Industrial Base to recognizing that dozens of their customers were suppliers to the iconic giants of US defense logistics.

The most substantial impacts made by Air Station Clearwater this year occurred in late 2021. When a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in August 2021, Air Station Clearwater responded immediately and was first on scene to the devastated country. At short notice and with no standardized action plan in place, the air station’s HC-130Hs took to the skies to deliver over 34,500 pounds of critically needed medical aid, transported 466 first responders and patients, and brought re placement crews and equipment for the air station’s MEDEVAC helicopters in country. By the time the situation stabilized the air station saved or assisted over 381 people. In December 2021, Air Station Clearwater was once again relied upon in Haiti, responding to 15 American missionaries taken hostage by gangs. When the call came to evacuate the freed hostages, the air station maintained a crew and aircraft on standby for 52 days, then launched an HC-130H on a moment’s notice to discreetly and professionally con duct a medical evacuation of all hostages, safely returning them to their families on US soil. These responses are a testament to Air Station Clearwater’s dedication to its logistics responsibilities. Its repeated successes in ac complishing short notice and complex trans portation missions that had a high impact on US strategic objectives and force effectiveness are in keeping with the highest traditions of our armed forces, and deserving of the 2022 National Defense Transportation Association Military Unit of the Year Award. DTJ

DTJ INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

American President Lines, LLC

Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC)

Motor Express, LLC

21 Crowley Logistics, Inc.

Carlile

FedEx Government Services

Kalitta Air LLC

Landstar Transportation Logistics, Inc. 5 Liberty Global Logistics, LLC.

Maersk Line, Limited

Matson Navigation Company Inc. 17 National Air Cargo

PODS

Port of San Diego

PTS Worldwide, Inc.

SAP

The Exchange – AAFES 9 Trailer Bridge

15 Transportation Institute

United Airlines

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