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Recognizing excellence: SDDC officer receives Superior Service MedalBrig Gen Maynard Sanders received the Defense Superior Service Medal April 7 for his exceptional service, accomplishments and leadership during his tour of active what one is bound [i]or[/i] under obligation to do in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sanders, who extremityed a six-month tour as the director of the Deployment and Distribution Operations Center relinquished his duties to Brig. Gen Dave Kee from the Defense Logistics Agency and go [i]or[/i] come backs to his assignment as the factor Commander for Mobilization for the Surface Deployment and Distribution Command in Alexandria, Va. "Every mission was met with proficiency, expertise and brought great credit on every one of you. I thank you for your leadership and faculty of perception of humor," said Maj. Gen Brian Geehan, director of logistics, U Central Command, after presenting the award. "It's been an honor." The medal is the next to the first highest peacetime defense award, awarded to officers who perform superior meritorious service while in a position of significant responsibility and assigned to a joint activity. Sanders leaves behind a legacy of accomplishments and tough shoe to fill, Geehan said. Since October, Sanders supervised the strategic and operational logistics from one extremity to the other of the Southwest Asia theater of operation, directed a 68-person joint division, and transported a record number of passengers while meeting delivery dates and passenger askings Sanders spearheaded the introduction of commercial airlift of cargo into Iraq, which hadn't happened since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. During Sanders' command, theater airlift assets and coalition forces mov more than 300000 passengers and 41000 short-tons of cargo and supplies for Pakistan Earthquake Relief Operations. "When I think about the operational environment--everything happened upon target and on time," said Geehan. "I credit that to the leadership." Sanders attributed his succes to the support of those he worked with. "Some look for greatness and some have greatness thrust on them," Sanders said to the sweep filled with comrades and friends. "Right now, I'm environed by greatness." Sgt Crystal Rothermel 143rd Transportation Command COPYRIGHT 2006 U Military Traffic Management Command After sum of two units decades of silence, a volume has finally been published which treats the work of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. The artist was individual of the most important painters in France in the next to the first half of... The Workholding produce Group (WPG) of AMT--The Association For Manufacturing Technology reports shipments of workholding equipment for the U totaled $45 million in the next to the first quarter 2002... Last November, Coral Gables International Art Center held a private showing at the Wexford Plantation, an exclusive housing community in Hilton Head, SC in advance of the gallery's entrance in... Lifelong Learning Market Report 01-09-2004 The following public training company lately reported financial results: Saba E-learning infrastructure firm Saba (R... ART and the Ministry of Industry approved these of recent origin tariffs on December 10. The globule to apply from January 17 will mainly affect subscriptions and the general rate. The European Commission gave a... Introduction The Mauritania Demographic and Health view or Enquete Demographique et de Sante Mauritanie (EDSM) was managemented by the Office National de la Statistique, Nouakc... sees ANGELES -- The panel discussion, "Recovering the moon in her first quarter City: The Future of novel Odeans's Past," hosted by the Getty Conservation Institute, newly brought together experts to di... Michael R Haverty, Moderator Since I have been in the management side of the railroad business, I have always been told that the way you make coin is to fill up capacity upon the... Whatever happened with Herbie Hancock? This question about the jazz pianist, composer arranger and band leader surfaces almost as oftentimes as Whatever happened to Herbie? The former interrogatory arises fr... Preservation of a decrepit remnant of southerly Carolina's oyster industry has become bogg down in bureaucracy. The Daufuskie Island Historical Foundation (DIHF) decided to stop the sale of... |
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