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Chapter Updates

Greetings from the INTA Okinawa Chapter, just a short note to say hello, and to invite you to our bi-monthly INTA meeting. We'd like to welcome Kenneth Russell, who has recently become our A-35 Chairman. The Okinawa Chapter has been very busy lately. We had over 70 golfers at our INTA Golf tournament at the Kadena Golf course.

A-35 Forum Events

numbers, then dropped from a balloon to a bullseye painted on the street below. Whosever nugget is closest wins the grand prize, supplied by TWA. So make sure you get your ducks and your nuggets. Not only will you be improving your odds of winning, but you'll be helping out the scholarship fund too.

Our annual A-35 meeting at the Forum is scheduled for 10:00 am to noon on Saturday, October 2. Be sure to be there. As stated in last issue's A-35 column, the opening breakfast, hosted by Bank of America will focus on the NDTA scholarship program. Eventually, we'd like to transform the breakfast into NDTA's premier scholarship and educational event. Our hope is to eventually be able to bring some of our scholarship winners to the Forum to be personally recognized.

Another featured fundraising event is, of course, our A-35 Duck Race. This year, however, the race will have a truly Alaskan flair. The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau has plans to lay a blanket of snow down the middle of the street, and race the ducks there with a little help from some well placed leaf blowers!

In addition to our traditional Duck Race, we'll be adding to the fun with an Alaskan original. The "Moose Nugget Drop," promises to be an interesting and unique event. These dried gems are painted with

NDTAers Get Ready for the A-35 Scholarship Duck Race and "M oose Nugget Drop!"

Theresa Giordanengo Vice President A-35

EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD AND EDITORIAL MISSION

Ms. Lana R. Batts, Exec. Dir., Interstate Truckload Carriers Con{

Dr. James M. Daley

Associate Dean and Professor of Marketing, Boler School of Business John Carroll University

Dr. Jerry R. Foster, Associate Professor, College of Business, University of Colorado

COL Norbert D. Grabowski, USA (Ret.), Exec. Ass't., NDTA

Maj Gen John E. Griffith, USAF (Ret.), Transportation Logistics Consultant

Richard H. Hinchcliff, Consultant

Brig Gen Malcolm P. Hooker, USAF (Ret.), Member,. Board of Directors, NDTA

Dr. Joseph G. Mattingly Jr., College of Business & Management, Univ. of Maryland

Whitefield W. Mayes, Chief Engineer, Transportation Engineering Agency, MIMC

Prof. Gary S. Misch, U.S. Naval War College (Ret.)

Dr. Richard F. Poist Jr., Professor, Transportation and Logistics, Iowa State University

MG Harold I. Small, USA (Ret.), Consultant

COL Joseph Torsani, USA (Ret.), Consolidated Safety Services Inc.

Dr. David Vellenga, Dean, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University

Dr. L. Leslie Waters, Professor of Transportation, Emeritus, Indiana University School of Business

Dr. Clinton H. Whitehurst Jr., Senior Fellow,. Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs,. Clemson University

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SurfaceTransportation Infrastructure

Tie economy and the national ecurity interest of our country equires a surface transportation infrastructure capable of supporting travel by the growing population and the increased freight movements which will be required to support the growth in population. Sources predict that our population could grow by 60 or more million by the year 2020. Estimates indicate that over 60 million more automobiles will be traveling the roads, plus the increased freight movements to support the people. If we consider the truckers slogan "if you got it a truck brought it", the enormous improvements to existing highways and streets and building of additional surface infrastructure becomes apparent.

Use of intermodal transportation can aid in meeting these new demands. This requires improvements in facilities needed to allow freight to move easily between rail, water, air and motor carriers. However, the public and environmental pressures are preventing or delaying the construction of more highways and intermodal support facilities. The reluctance to spend user taxes on maintaining current facilities and the construction of new facilities adds to the problem. If congestion continues to increase, drastic methods may be required. Some of these include increases in highway capacity, increases in parking facilities, more mass transit use, delivery trucks banned from the streets during the day, reducing the freedom of choice in daily travel, increases in air and water port capacities etc.

Daily, one reads or hears about the pressing needs to repair highways, to replace bridges, to improve mass transit systems, to relieve congestion at airports, and to improve water port facilities. Deterioration of the infrastructure and increased demands upon the transportation system are blamed for causing congestion for motorist and delays which decrease the productivity of the transportation industry.

Some of the required decisions concerning the surface transportation infrastructure can be self defeating, e.g., the

building of more economical inner-city parking facilities encourages people to use their automobile, staggered working hours cuts down on the ability to car pool, failure to build adequate reasonable rate parking adjoining the mass transit stations also encourages driving the automobile, moving freight yards and truck terminals out of heavy traffic areas (cities and urban) increases the delivery traffic to users.

A recent GAO study on the Surface Transportation Moving Into the 21st Century urges the adoption of a new paradigm, "one that focuses on the people who use the transportation system, including their needs and expectations." I guess this is a change from present policy. But, I believe the present system developed in this manner. The problem has been and will continue to be-which person's interest do you consider to base your decisions. The automobile users have a different interest than the transportation providers (truckers, mass transit, rail, air and maritime) . Local, state and federal governments have different interest. Many other groups have opposing views concerning the provision of the infrastructure and the location of facilities, "Not in my Backyard." Therefore compromises will develop that prevent everyone from being happy. Hence, the total system approach will fail again producing inefficiencies in the total transportation system. Economics and politics dictated the present transportation infrastructure system. I expect this will be the case in the future infrastructure decisions. It would be great if freight transportation and passenger transportation systems could be coordinated to provide the optimum transportation system. However, I fear, in our free society, we will always have inefficiencies in our surface transportation infrastructure. Since we have prospered under the present decision system, if all goes well we will agree to disagree and continue to prosper in the future.

All ideas to the contrary will be welcomed and published. Ideas expressed on this page are solely the ideas of the editor and do not necessarily reflect the position of the NDTA or any other officer or member of NDTA.

LTG Edward Honor, USA (Ret.)

President

By the time you receive this issue of the DTJ, we will be in double digits in days before our 54th Annual Forum and Exposition starts in Anchorage from 2-6 October.

The theme for this year's Forum and Exposition is "Global Challenges and Changes." I believe that we can all agree we have lived in a century marked by change that has become more globalized, spurred by technological advances. We have invited The Honorable John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense to keynote our Opening Ceremony. There will be three panels to support the theme: "The Changing Environment;" "Meeting Future Manpower Needs;" and "Challenges of Implementing New Business Practices." As of this writing we are in the process of getting all moderators and panelists confirmed.

General Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USCINCTRANS, has agreed to keynote and present awards at the Military Unit Awards Ceremony. It is during this ceremony that NDTA will recognize the military services' best transportation or related units.

Our professional program will be complemented by a number of activities planned for your entertainment and to support our NDTA Scholarship Foundation. For the early birds on Saturday evening, we will "Explore Downtown Anchorage " On Sunday morning our Annual Golf Tournament hosted by Northwest Airlines will be held at the Anchorage Golf Course. For the non-golfers, you will be treated to a continental breakfast hosted by American Airlines and NDTA which will be followed by our Scholarship Duck Race sponsored by TWA and a unique to Alaska event - "The Moose Nugget Drop." On Sunday evening come with us to enjoy the splendor of the Anchorage Museum of History and Arts, sponsored by Dollar Rent A Car, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, United Airlines and United Parcel Service. Monday night after the President's Reception, come and crack-a-rib laughing at the "Best of Alaska." This event is sponsored by Delta Air

Lines; Bass Hotels & Resorts; FedEx and TRISM and as usual there will be a BIG GRAND PRIZE at this event. I ask that you participate in these events because they support the education of our future transporters.

From the foregoing, I think you get the picture We have a spectacular program shaping up and yes, we have spouse tours planned for Monday and Tuesday, so bring your spouses to this beautiful city and state.

Congratulations to our 1999 award recipients. At the Chairman's Awards Dinner on 5 October, Mr. Michael Sacco, President of the Seamen's International Union of North America, will be presented with the National Transportation Award and the Department of Defense Distinguished Service Award will be presented to VADM James B. Perkins, III, USN (Ret.), former Commander, Military Sealift Command.

I invite all members to arrive in time to participate in our workshops on Saturday afternoon, 2 October. A complimentary buffet luncheon will be available for participants. I can assure you that you will take away a number of good ideas to assist in improving our chapters.

This year we have contracted with three hotels: the Hilton Anchorage Hotel, Hotel Captain Cook and Westmark Anchorage and although all of these hotels are within walking distance to all of the venues where programs will be held, we are providing shuttle buses to and from these hotels for your convenience. I strongly encourage you to make your hotel reservations now . Hope to see all of you there.

In closing, I am pleased to advise that the United States Transportation Command has been selected to receive the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea" award. This most prestigious award is presented annually by the United Seamen's Service, a non-profit organization, to an individual or organization for efforts in forging partnerships between governm en t, the shipping industry and the U.S. Merchant Marine. The award will be presented at a dinner in New York City on 5 November 1999. Congratulations from all of us on this superb effort.

GTN Is a computer-based system that communicates over the World Wide web to provide realtime information on movement or personnel, equipment, spare parts and suppllas throughout the world. As such, users with proper passwords and "accounts" and access to the world Wide web can ronow the now or shipments or particular Interest to them and have advance notice or their arrival at desttnations around the world.

Global Transpor-tation

I USGinGJRANS Update

The Global Transportation Network (GTN) is the "heart and soul" of the Defense Transportation System's (DTS) information network, destined to provide USTRANSCOM's customers with the gamut of in-transit visibility (ITV), command and control (C2) applications, and business decision support tools. The concept of the GTN first surfaced shortly after the stand-up of the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). In 1989, USTRANSCOM's first commander in chief, General Duane Cassidy, said, "Bringing the Global Transportation Network to fruition must remain one of USTRANSCOM's highest priorities in the years to come." We've kept that focus, and we're now beginning to see the payoff as the GTN is providing users at all levels-from command center to foxhole-with an increasingly powerful tool. But, even with our recent successes, we still have much to do.

GTN HISTORY

After several years of prototype development, the GTN reached initial operational capability in April 1997. While pleased with finally getting GTN's capabilities out to our customers, we have continued to work aggressively since to achieve its full potential. Today, the GTN's most robust capability is ITV, giving our customers the ability to monitor the movement of their cargo and passengers through the DTS. For example, the GTN can provide the status of a critical part, the location of a passenger en route anywhere on the globe, or even to track a household goods shipment being sent overseas. Further, by leveraging ITV information with other applications, the GTN is also capable of providing limited C2 over mobility operations, providing the status and location of strategic lift assets and the capability to monitor activity at ports worldwide. With this capability, customers can

track the number of passengers arriving at an aerial port or determine the amount of cargo to be loaded at a seaport. And there's much more C2 capability to come in the future including a "planned versus actual" movements capability, a "scheduling and movement" capability, and a robust on-line analytical capability Building new capabilities into the GTN is a dynamic process, and one of the most exciting taking place today is the continuing addition of new commercial data feeds into the system.

In June 1998, GTN began receiving commercial data through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions. This enhancement is significant because commercial carriers provide the majority of the Department of Defense (DoD) transportation capability. Literally thousands of shipments move through commercial means under government contracts Using sophisticated data management techniques, the GTN takes a consolidated feed and combines it with individual carrier information to form a single EDI feed and then matches this information to military shipping data provided by the originating customer. The result: unprecedented ITV of military cargo moving through the commercial shipping system. Today, the GTN is receiving near realtime feeds from over 25 of the top commercial-carriers moving DoD cargo and packages, including the most notable names in the transportation industry. It is estimated these carriers provide over 60 percent of the visibility of DoD cargo and packages moving commercially in the DTS. By the end of 1999, we'll have another 25-30 carriers on line, providing DTS customers visibility of up to 90 percent of commercially shipped cargo. Are we excited about these new capabilities? ... you bet! But, today we need to hear from our customers more than ever. For just as GTN is continually evolving, so are our customers' needs.

U S Ai r Force photo by SrA Je ffrey Wolfe , USAF

CTN tracks and reports on the movement of military shipments through all modes of transportation, military or commercial, and makes the status of individual shipments available around the world, around the clock. Here USNS Pollux offloads equipment during a combined U.S.-Republic of Korea exercise in Pusan, Korea

U.S. Army photo by SPC Christina Ann Horne, USA

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK

With GTN operational for over a year and a half, customer feedback is more important than ever. When we first started visiting our customers, we'd see a single logistician on a Cine's staff and they wouldn't even be using GTN but they are today! In fact, an exciting discovery by our customer outreach staff is that those at the lower echelons in the military are discovering the capability GTN provides-supply clerks, supply officers, maintenance technicians, and company commanders. It seems we can't give them too much information. They want more and they want it faster-and we're working just that for them. Just this one indication is our assurance that GTN has become one of the weapons of choice in the warfighter's arsenal. From "the command center to the foxhole" ... as envisioned!

RECENT OPERATIONS

We learned in our most recent operations, DESERT THUNDER I through III and DESERT FOX (deployments and redeployments to Southwest Asia), that GTN could provide vital information to the command centers of those headquarters providing critical information to our nation's decision makers. The warfighting CinCs and their components desperately needed the capabilities and power GTN could bring to the decision-making process. GTN enabled them to track entire strategic movements, as well as to home in on single missions and track individual legs. Our customers wanted the actual movement information to compare against their operation plansand GTN provided the vital information they needed. We also learned several lessons from these real-world experiences. One example: we learned that GTN needs to provide query results output that our customers can use to quickly make decisions and our customers need to be able to tailor that information for senior DoD leadership. Based on this feedback, in less than 60 days we developed the simple-to-use C2 Reports query to meet their needs. The C2 Reports query has been a success in command centers around the world and is going to get even better when customization capabilities are added this year.

EXERCISE SUPPORT

While support of real-world operations has always been at the forefront of GTN development, we have also focused on major Joint Chiefs of Staff exercises as a source for valuable development feedback. This past year, we focused on exercises such as BRIGHT STAR, ULCHI FOCUS LENS, and COBRA GOLD, and this year we will be involved in the TURBO CADS, TURBO INTERMODAL SURGE, and TURBO Y2K exercises, among others. Through these exercises we gain valuable "lessons learned" to improve GTN and gather new requirements for data that needs to be captured to make GTN the system we want it to be.

TRAINING

We are not only focusing on our customers' feedback, we're also focused on ensuring our customers are trained. We often find in an operation that, in the beginning, by their lack of familiarity with the system and its growing menu of capabilities, people are frustrated-they try to make a query and can't find what they're looking for. As part of a crisis action team (CAT), an individual may be called upon to use GTN, yet they may have no training or experience with the system. As GTN develops, this challenge of getting and keeping people trained continues to grow. In the past, you could sign up for GTN training at USTRA SCOM and these formal classes trained you how to "navigate through the system" and create queries. Today, GTN is evolving so rapidly, like many modem computer applications, that formal classroom training has become obsolete for staying abreast of its latest capabilities. In October 1998, formal GTN classroom training was replaced with a new training concept: development of web-based distance learning tools, augmented by an aggressive customer outreach program. These distance learning tools, projected to be available this spring (spring 1999) and modeled after the latest web-based training programs will consist of a new training web page with tutorial lessons accessible directly from GTN. The tutorials will be updated as the GTN system evolves so users can train on the most current capabilities GTN has to offer.

Until such time that our distance learning tools are fully operational, the GTN customer outreach team will continue to provide customer assistance visits and Continued on page 8

Every container and its contents are tracked as they move within the Defense Transportation System and rep01ted on through GTN. At the same time this pallet of parts and equipment is being loaded aboard a giant C-17 Globemaster III airlifl:er, this information is being provided to the receiving unit so they may anticipate the an-ival of their specific order and schedule maintenance around that event.

U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Efrain Gonzalez, USAF

Austere and remote locations present no challenge to the GTN as it tracks the flow of shipments through the worldwide Defense Transportation System. Here an Air Force NCO patches a laptop computer to a satellite uplink. Such connectivity enables users to hook into real-time information about movement of supplies, personnel, spare parts or equipment, regardless of where they are in the world.

U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Paul R. Caron, USAF

Continued from page 7 over-the-shoulder mentoring sessions. Our main focus will be on customers participating in major exercises or contingencies and train-the-trainer sessions. These visits allow the team to acquaint users with the current capabilities of the GTN system and tailor assistance to specific user needs.

SECURITY

Security of GTN is an issue with which USTRANSCOM and our customers are especially concerned. GTN security is a top priority at USTRANSCOM, and we have proven security measures in place with the servers and databases of GTN protected by a robust security architecture. Hackers, foreign nation states, terrorists, and potential malicious insiders are constant threats to the GTN system. Our security concept and strategy for defending the GTN web servers and databases involve the integration of industry-standard security processes of auditing, configuration management, access control, and encryption. Strong security policy enforcement and state-of-the-art hardware and software security tools implement these processes. Security measures include round-the-dock e-mail, paging, and audible alarm notification of attacks against GTN. This vigilance is combined with daily scrutiny of protective devices and logs for indications of attacks against the GTN system. GTN security assessments consistently recognize the current security architecture as good or better than the best commercial industry or government standard security architectures in use today. In fact, the GTN security program was recognized as the best in DoD recently when our security office received the National Security Agency's Rowlette Award for information security excellence. GTN customers can be confident in this security architecture's ability to protect their data in GTN and to provide accurate and timely ITV information.

THE RJTURE-CHAWNGES

Looking to the future, we see GTN as the premier C2 and business system for the DTS. One feature that will help give us the preeminence we seek is customization. Right now customers are learning how to use GTN, but they have to adapt to the system ... they must learn how to make a query. What we envision is empowering our customers to take

GTN functionality and adapt it to their specific needs. Once they have customized screens, they won't have to spend time navigating through the system; yet, it'll still be adaptable to meet their changing needs.

Another improvement coming soon will be a more robust C2 and business analysis capability. For instance, GTN will soon provide our customers the means to go in and see the various transportation modes, determine the time it will take to ship via one mode versus another, and what the differences will be in cost and time-thereby providing the customer with the analytical tools to make his or her own decisions.

There are several challenges to overcome and issues to work through to ensure GTN is DoD's premier system for the DTS. One of these is capturing ITV of direct vendor shipments. This is essential because while we've been successful in capturing commercial feeds with the large transportation companies, much of what is moved in the DTS is through thousands of direct vendor contracts. The Air Force Materiel Command, Navy Supply Command, Army Materiel Command, and Defense Logistics Agency write these contracts, and the vendor provides the product directly to the customer. Capturing these transa.i=tions is a step beyond commercial EDI feeds and requires business rules that obligate these vendors to provide data direct to GTN. We are developing a prototype and anticipate testing direct vendor feeds to GTN by June 1999.

Additionally, we learned we still have a long way to go on ensuring the GTN data is complete and accurate. This is mainly a business practices issue-we must have complete and accurate data inputted at the ports for GTN to truly reflect what's actually moving. Here we need the support of all the military Services to ensure accurate data capture is continually emphasized and implemented.

We are working hard to continuously improve and expand functionality of the GTN. USTRANSCOM has a number of challenges to overcome to make GTN the premier system for ITV, C2, and business operations of the DTS, but we are working every one of them head-on. And if our past record and customer feedback are any indicators, we're confident that you're going to like us even better "tomorrow" than you do today.

Knowing exactly when a replacement part will arrive enables more efficient scheduling of maintenance operations-and GTN can provide precisely that data. Here, Army technicians removed a just-arrived T700 Blackhawk helicopter from its shipping container in preparation for installing it in a waiting unit.

U.S. Air Force photo by TSgt Cesar Rodriquez, USAF

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If you want to know how well the Global Transportation etwork{G1N)isdoing,justask.

Ask the people who use GTN daily for tracking musthave replacement parts for ships and aircraft, who need to know exactly when a special shipment will arrive-just ask them what they think about GTN. It's likely they'll say it's changing the way they do their jobs. And for them and the military, change is working out very, very well.

The system's key features-its easy access through a Netscape web browser, its encompassing worldwide view of transportation movement within the Defense Transportation System (DTS), and most importantly, its reliability-were widely acknowledged by a group of users interviewed for this article.

The confidence of knowing where shipments are at critical junctures in the delivery process and exactly when they will reach their destination is making a big difference in Department of Defense logistics management, and as these users observe, a notable change in how they carry out their business. Doubt about shipment deliveries among DoD customers has been replaced by reassurance, and that can be attributed to the sophistication of the Global Transportation Network, but also to the user community who have embraced the GTN system as a command and control tool and who, at 4,000 today, are growing in numbers at a steady pace.

"Keeping Pace With the Rush" When the DC-8s and 747s arrive at Rota Naval Air Station in Spain, Navy Petty Officer Michael Ensign revs into high gear. A transportation specialist at the air terminal operations center there, he coordinates daily arrivals of cargo and passengers, then later arranges their departures on other flights. A two-day advance schedule is as much warning as he gets, but it is the GTN system, and its round-the-clock tracking capability, that lets Ensign keep pace with the rush, and be able to plan the ground resources-forklifts and "K-loaders" among them-needed to unload cargo and process passengers for immigration. He checks flight schedules through GTN four times daily, marveling at the fresh updates of information. "GIN has so much stuff. It gives you a heads-up on all the flights anywhere in the world."

"Tracking Priority Shipments" It's seems a bit of whimsy, but sometimes when he uses the GTN system, Air Force Staff Sgt. Jeff Comer thinks he has X-ray eyes. To Comer and the others who work in the Air Mobility Operations Control Center/Logistics, the GTN system lets them literally "peer inside" the busy DTS pipeline to locate shipments that have urgent priority. "We can track cargo and move those items to faster delivery if we need to," says the 14-year veteran. The job he and his crewmates perform is deployment planning at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany, and the system's comprehensive In-Transit Visibility capability gives them an extra hand in tracking U.S. Armed Forces in Europe. "You can see mission schedules and arrival times, and plan departures" more easily, he says.

"Immediate Access to Information" Robin Hodges doesn't have much time to dawdle when the phone rings at her office at Ramstein AFB, because when it does there's usually an emergency on the other end. A Senior Airman in the Air Force's Logistics Group Supply C ombat Operations/Mission Capability group, she must arrange repairs to aircraft and replacement parts for engin es and other vital components a t a moment's notice. Without

wait. "I use the GTN system to find the parts, have them shipped from a depot, and then track them until they are delivered," she says. She's been doing this for nearly five years, but before GTN she and others in her group did their business by phone-daily, frequent long-distance phone calls to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, limited in what they could accomplish as they worked against the time zones. "I use the GTN system just about every day. It's pretty fast, pretty quick.''

"A Tested and Proven System" "You can track just about anything around the world-surface or air-with GTN, 11 says Jim Cole, one of the Navy's logistics support operators who make their job to get emergency repair parts to ships by the quickest means possible. Speed is a critical factor in these operations because the ships could be at sea or at a distant port when calls for Casualty Repair Parts-"CASREPS" in Navy parlance-come in to the Atlantic Fleet's Logistics Supply Center in Norfolk, Va. "The ship cannot perform its mission without these parts," says Cole, explaining the criticality of his role in the repair operation. "If you don't know where the part is coming from and if it's in the Defense Transportation System you can use the GTN system to identify it," he explains. "You can get an itinerary of the aircraft, know where it's going, and when the part is going to arrive." GTN is a proven system, he says. "lt keeps round-the-clock staffs informed and the work flow moving. It's one way of keeping in touch with one another."

''MANAGING MOVEI\/INT IN BOSI\IA11

As commander of the 27th Transportation Battalion, which recently operated in the Balkans, Lieutenant Colonel Brian Waters knows the value of GTN. The battalion had more visibility of passengers and cargo than they ever had before. With GTN, they maintained visibility over critical movements flowing into, out of, and within Bosnia Redeploying units sought information on their flights through the battalion's operations section and GTN provided the answers. At the battalion's highway traffic division, Waters' troops tracked movement via Defense Transportation Tracking System (OTTS) transponder s, which fed data directly into GTN. "We gained near real time position reporting on our convoys by checking the latitudes/longitudes of the DTTS transponder through a GTN cargo query," he said. The battalion's air termina l teams ran air schedule queries in GTN to project onward movement requirements , enabling them to plan their workload by scheduling buses and baggage trucks . They also used GTN to determine if additional contract labor, such as material handling equipment operators, were need ed. The bat t alion's movement control teams trac ked containe rs using GTN. "We used GTN to try to find miss ing contain e rs via a normal cargo query or to determine the status of fru st ra ted cargo through radio frequenc y queries," stated Waters. DTJ

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US Force Growing in l{osovo

hird shipload of Army equipment bound for Kosovo left Beaumont, TX recently on its way to he port of Thessaloniki, Greece. Military vehicles nd other pieces of equipment from three installations were loaded aboard the Osprey by the Military Traffic Management Command's 596th Transportation Terminal Group. The equipment, from Army posts at Fort Lewis, WA, Fort Riley, KS, and Fort Drum, NY, will augment the 1st Infantry Division task force already on the ground in Kosovo.

Thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles have already moved into Kosovo as part of "Operation Joint Guardian." The first heavy equipment for task force units arrived in Thessaloniki on the USNS Bob Hope and the USNS Soderman following voyages from Bremerhaven, Germany. The equipment will support 7,000 Army troops to serve in Kosovo as part of Operation Joint Guardian. The U.S. Army contingent known as Task Force Falcon will occupy a southeastern section in Kosovo. "This is one of the most definitive transportation moves of the entire Kosovo conflict," said Col. Tom E. Thompson, commander 598th Transportation Group. Thousands of pieces of equipment have or will be moved, said Thompson. The equipment includes Ml Abrams tanks, MZ Bradley fighting vehicles, howitzers, engineer equipment and assorted other vehicles.

Approximately 170 soldiers, civilians, and contractors have teamed up to conduct port operations. In Thessaloniki, MTMC elements at the port are working side by side with soldiers of the 29th Support Group, 21st Theater Support Command (Provisional) out of Kaiserslautern, Germany.

After the first two ships were unloaded, drivers joined the vehicles at dockside and moved them to Camp Able Sentry in Skopje, Macedonia. The equipment linked up with the main body of 1st Infantry Division soldiers and moved forward into Kosovo.

Among the army units who have moved out are the soldiers with 1st Platoon, Company B, 701st Main Support Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, from Kitzingen, Germany. The 47 members of 1st Platoon are all volunteers. The platoon members, who include eight women, have been training for the peacekeeping mission since February.

The platoon mission includes operating 25 trucks-both five-ton vehicles and tractor-trailers. Gregory's platoon sergeant, SGT 1st Class George Quinones, an 18-year Army veteran, is on his first deployment to a hot spot. "I feel good," said Quinones. "I couldn't have asked for a better crew. They're all volunteers." Quinones is on his third tour to Germany. Previously, he served a tour with Army Recruiting and worked as a drill sergeant at Fort Dix, NJ. "We're like family," he said. "We started training as part of a peacekeeping package in February."

CPL David Tompsett, 27, sounded a cautious note. "I fell it is a place to be careful," he said. "The training we received, we can fall back on." Tompsett had previously served in deployments to Croatia and Kuwait.

In the dark, early morning hours of July 1, Tompsett and members of the 1st Platoon moved out to their new deployment station: Kosovo. DTJ

Pfc. Timothy Westervelt, of the 119th J'ransportation Co., Fort Story, VA, directs vehicle unloading.

USNS Bob Hope arrives for unloading at Thessaloniki, Greece.

Spc. Omar White, of the 119th Transportation Co., Fort Story, VA, directs vehicles off the USNS Bob Hope.

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am i,i.,,,d., hwlte '°"., ....,! °"' 54th Ann,.,i T and L,,gi,""' F°""" and Exf>Osition in Anchorage, Ala.ska., from 2-6 October 1999. m,.,.., n-,~•,;,.Jl,ngin<and""""""woM....,. i,, ,.;..,1,,gkal -• """"'- and- and ,n ~- in global-·W, pia,,., look at the implicationS fO'I' Defense Transportation• This,..,,, i,rog,am willf"""" ......-,, ,.,a,w, and..,.,,.,...., !,ad,,-, ,J,o are 1h< tr...i-"'""' and-- in tr~ and ,daw! ....... w, wiJl l,w< ""'' -•; "The Ch<mP'I E,w!-•• •M,_ F_" _...,., Nwi,,• and•~ o/ N"" Bu,ine" pyacticd•• W, .- ,,. ., b< • part of mh "'"" I>''""· W, """'"""'1 Th< ~John!- Ham"• 1h< o,pu,, _,,.., o/O<f<m< w-""' ap,.mg c.,,,non:,. a-,,1 Cl,a,I,, T. -• J,-., cJNCfl!ANS, will- 1h< Mlliw>'> Unk A.,.J, c.,,,non:,, ul,,,< NOTA will""'""' th<-• 1,e,t mW odiW and"""" comt,onent fO'l'ces. There will be more to come on the program. W<""" °"' po,t1<m"" """' .;,,,J,,W, 4 "'' on d, A),'"'4 Railrood f,mn A,uJ,m-ag< W P-· Pion on ,..,...f<, mh jun and-~ triP on 7 (kwl,,,- 1999AD o/""' .,.;al pro- are in,_. o/ d, NDTA Sd,olanhiP p,..,.i,,,;,m- ..k ma< '°" ,..,-m "'""'""""I>''"""" h<l!> pro,!,<c< th<,,.,. ,,.,.-o1 - · porters and logisticianS. Register early and win uatuable prizes. See ,ou and all of our friends in Anchorage.

Edward HonO'I' LTG, USA (Ret.)

President Nanonal Defense TranspO'l'tation Associ£1tion

Panel 1-"The Ch • the current and fu angmg Environment"-This • spots around th ture nature of military m1· • panel will review d e world· ac ss1ons and p t • eregulation and t , qms1t10ns; mergers and • o ential hot and peacetime par;::sportfation system; developi alhances; maritime rmg or assured availability ng strategic trust Panel 11 ,, . of assets.

- Meetmg Future M experts from the mil't anpower Needs"-Th. recruiting rete t· 1 ary, government and • d IS panel of , n 10n and · 1n us try •11 workforce in the n mcentives necessa _wi •examine needed in a cha edxt m1(lennium. They wiJfutomhamtam a viable t nge environ rt er revie th empo on retention f ·1 ment. Military will di • w e skills , am1 y related issues and _scuss impact of op Panel Ill ,, possible solutions.

- Challenges of I

This panel will r mplementing Ne • business practic:sv;:: the cultural changes nee:e!usn~ess Practices" panel will explore b mt government and private to implement new best value procure ene its to be derived from el sect?r view. The Travel System ment processes and imple edromc business and menta1ton of the Defense

54th ANNUAL FORUM AND EXPOSITION

Anchorage, Alaska • 2 to 6 October 1999

Hilton Anchorage Hotel

Sgl/Dbl-$115 (convention rate)

500 West 3rd Avenue

PO Box 100520

Anchorage, AK 99501-9953

www.hilton.com

Telephone: 1-800-Hiltons

Fax: (907) 265-7140

Toll Free:

Germany- 0130-818146

Netherlands - 06022-3346

United Kingdom - 0990 466677

Hotel Captain Cook

Sgl/Dbl-$120 (convention rate)

4th @ K Street

Anchorage, AK 99501

www.captaincook.com

Telephone: (907) 276-5000

Fax: (907) 278-5366

Westmark Hotel

Sgl/Dbl-$99 (convention rate)

720 W. 5th Street

Anchorage, AK 99501-2198

www.westmarkhotels.com

Telephone: (907) 276-7676

Fax: (907) 258-4958

basis at convention rate. Rates are per night, per room and do not include state and local occupancy taxes of 17%. Due to the limited number of room types, requests are honored on a first-come, first-served basis.

Arrival Date __/_/_/ Time: __ Departure Date:

_____

Daytime Phone Number with Area Code: ___

E-mail Address:, _______

Advance deposit: Please guarantee your reservation with one night's deposit by: major credit card, or enclosed check. Deposits are refundable if cancelled within 7 days of arrival.

Credit Card Holder's Name: ____________________________

Type of Card: _ _ Card#: _ _ Expiration Date: _____

Sharing room with: _____________ N/A

Special Request: _______________

Forum Airline Reservations

• 10% off lowest applicable published fare (minimum discount).

• Ticket through Northwest/KLM Direct or use your own travel agent.

• Please contact Northwest Airlines World Meeting and Incentive Reservations at 1-800-328-1111 between the hours of 7:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. (CT) Monday-Friday to make your reservations. Have your NW WORLDFILE code NY514 available.

• WorldPerks mileage credit will be awarded for travel via this certificate.

Forum Car Rental Reservations

• Dollar Rent A Car" has been designated as the official car rental company for the 1999 Forum.

• When you rent from Dollar and use the NDTA CD#ND000l, a portion of your rental fee goes to the NDTA Scholarship Fund.

• Dollar offers 10% off our already low rates. Rates include unlimited mileage (geographic restrictions may apply), additional driver fees, and are available at the Anchorage International Airport from Saturday, September 25 to Monday, October 11, 1999.

• Local taxes, CDW/LDW, UMP, SU, PAI, PEP, other optional items, refueling , airport access fees or other applicable fees are not included. Some additional charges and age restrictions may apply. Free LDW is available for renters on official travel status.

• Call your professional travel agent or Dollar at 1-800-800-4000, or reserve through the Internet at www.dollar.com.

• Mention NDTA CD# ND0OOl when making your Forum reservation, and see why Dollar Makes Sense"'

Saturday, October 2

9:00am - 11 :30 a m

10:00am - Noon

I 0 :00 a m •· 6: 00pm

Noon - 1 :LS pm

1 :30prn •· 3 :30pm

Regional Presid e nts M ee tin g A-35 Meeting

Registration Desk Op e n

Pre-Workshop Lun c heon Chapter Presidents, State Vice Presidents and M ember Workshop

3:30pm - 5:00pm " Do It Yourself Activities "

6:00pm - 10 :00pm Exploring Downtown Anchorage

Departure from hotels starts at 5 :30pm, Bus Shuttl e back to hotels be g ins at 8 :30pm , with last bu s departing from Glacier Brewhouse at 10pm

Don't forget to adopt your ducks for the race... and sign up for the "Moose Nugget Drop!"

Sunday, October 3

7:00am - 5 :OOpm 8:00am - 4:00pm

Registration Desk Open Golf Tournament at the Anchorage Golf Course.

Hosted by Northwest Airlin es. Buses begin loading at the Hilton at 7:00am, depart at 7:15am and stop at the Captain Cook and Westmark hotels. Buses depart from second stop at 7:30am and return to hotels by 4:00pm.

8:45am - 10:45am Continental Breakfast

- Hosted by American Airlines and NDTA

10:45am - 11 :1Sam

11 :30am - 4:30pm Noon - 5:00pm 7:00pm -10:00pm

A-35 Scholarship Duck Race sponsored by TWA and Moose Nugget Drop "Do It Yourself Activities"

Exhibitor Set-up Time NDTA Scholarship EventAnchorage Museum of History and Art

Sponsored by Dollar Rent A Car, United Airlines, UPS and TOTE. Buses depart from hotels at 6:45pm.

Two Big Scholarship Events

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 • 7PM -10PM

"Anchorage Museum of History and Art"

Come join us for a wa lk through Alaska's exciting p a st and present in Al as ka 's largest mu seum, the Anch o ra ge Museum As you lei surel y wa lk through the mu se um and a rt gallery, you will find mo re than one thousand objects that di splay the hi st o ry a nd ethno logy of Alask a and its n a tive peoples. You will see di splays relating to archae o log y, explorations and settl e m e nt by the Russians, purch a se by the U.S., commercial wh a lin g, the gold rush era, W o rld W ar II and statehood. Full sc a le and miniature dioram a s provide a look at the lifesty !e s o f Alaska's Aleuts, E skim os, a nd Indians. Also on di spl ay ar e the works of art by a diverse group of artists wh o h ave drawn and painted th e la nd sc ape and people of the Far N o rth, s ince the time o f th e ea rly European and Am e rican explo rers to the pre sent Enj o y th e Hors d ' oeuvres at the spe ci a l "Alaskan Recepti o n " and th e live background mu sic. Bu ses depart from hotel s at 6:45pm. Staggered departur es fr o m museum start at 9 :30pm, with last bus leaving at 10:30pm.

"The Best of Alaska"

T8:00am - 4:00p

8:45am - 11 :00 Noon - 2 :00pm 2:45pm - 5:00p 5 :30pm - 6:30p

MONDAY, OCTOBER 4 • 9PM -11PM

ake a walk back in time to the days during the G old Rush era . You'll see Alas kan Totem Poles and dec oration s representing the "Last Fro ntier. l) The "End of the Idita rod Trail" will be there t o gre e t yo u Get your pictur e t a ken with "Sourdoughs" dressed in go ld rush attire and can-can girls in all their frills. Or h ow about your photo in an authenti c dog sled with a famous lditarod musher and their lead dog? Observe Native Alaskans dressed in traditional native attire demo nstrating the Ulu (ool oo ) knife and its many uses . N ext enter an Alaskan gold mine as prospectors show hands on t echniques on how to pan for go ld! You n ever know, you might ge t lucky and strike it rich! Round o ut your evening enjoying a H onky Tonk piano player, sto ryteller and lots of comedy. In the first sh ow, a woman will be rando mly selected from the audience for a "real Alaskan Makeover" Look Out ! It could be yo u! During the second show, seven audience members will be ch ose n as the cast of an interactive melodrama. How're your acting skills?! These follies will keep you laughing for the rest of the evening. Bus shuttle back to hotels will begin at 10:30pm, with las t bus leaving at 11:30pm.

Staggered departures from museum start at 9:30pm, with last bus leaving at 10 :30pm 7 :00am - 5 :00p 7 :00am - 8:1 Sa

,er 4

tration Desk Open

arsh ip Breakfast,

d by Bank of America

,itor Set-up Time

Iry Units Awards

nony

al Forum

nencement Luncheon

al Board Meetin g l\embership Assembly itors ' Appreciation )tion (Exhibitors only )

lent's Reception/ :l Openin g of Ex hibits

\ Scholarship EventBest of Alaska ''

:tober

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rum Private Charter

o "Alaska RR to t'

Tuesday, October 5

6:45am - 8:00am

7 :00am -5 :00pm 8:30am - 11 :30am

10:00am - 10:15am 11 :45am -1 :45pm

NDTA Recognition

Breakfast - Hosted by:

United Airlines and NDTA

Registration Desk Open

PANEL I - "The Changing Environment"

Refreshment Break

Exhibits Revisited: Cocktail

Reception and Buffet

Lunch (Exhibit Hall)

2 :0Opm - 5 :00pm PANEL II - "Meeting Future Manpower Needs"

2 :00pm - 5:00pm

Site Selection Committee

Meet ing (2003 Forum)

3 :1 Spm -3 :30pm Refreshment Break

6:00pm - 6:45pm Annual Forum Reception

7:00pm - 10:30pm Chairman's Awards Dinner

- Presentation of NDTA Awards: National Transportation, and DoD Distinguished Service; and Entertainment. (Black Tie Preferred)

11 :00pm - 1 :00am Sato Tr avel - Doi lar Rent A Car Hospitality Time

Wednesday, October 6

7:00am -8 :15am

7 :00am - 10 :00am

8:30am - 5:00pm 8:30am - 11 :30am

10:10am - 10:30am 11 :3 0am - Noon 12:15pm - 2:00pm

2 :00pm - 2:15pm 2:15pm - 3:15pm 3:15pm

Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)

Registration Desk Open

Exhibit Dismantle Time

PANEL Ill - "Challenges of Implementing New Business Practices"

Refreshment Break

Cocktail Reception

International Awards Luncheon

Break-in-place

Grand Prize Drawing Official Close of Forum

Tuesday, October 5th • 7:00pm - 10:30pm

1999 NDTA Awards

National Transportation Award

Mr. Michael Sacco

President, Seafarers International Union of North America

DoD Distinguished Service Award

VADM James B. Perkins, III, USN (Ret.) Former Commander, Military Sealift Command

International Junior Executive Leadership Award

MAJ Christopher D. Croft, USA-Scott/St. Louis Chapter

Ms. Nancy Gast Romps-Washington, DC Chapter

NDTA President's Special Achievement Award

Mr. Ame Michaelsen-North Pole Chapter

NDTA Distinguished Service Awards

Mr. George Brodie-Houston Chapter

lLT Jonathan C. Cox, USA-Atlanta Chapter

Ms. Maureen A. Crooks-Scott/St. Louis Chapter

COL Edward T. Fortunato, USA (Ret)-Washington, DC Chapter

1LT Kenneth C. Grace, USAF-Del-Mar-Va Chapter

MAJ Robert]. Lehman, USA-Washington, DC Chapter

Maj Marshall Mantiply, USAF-Charleston Chapter

Mr. Jeffrey J. McMahon-Washington, DC Chapter

SMSgt Amanda S. Moore, USAF-Rheinland-Pfalz Chapter

Mr. Adam Pincus-San Antonio Chapter

Mr. Glenn R. Rodin-Puget Sound Chapter

Ms. Marcia Scofield-At-Large

Col James Sledge, USAF (Ret)-Scott/St. Louis Chapter

Mr. Keith G. Troutman-Atlanta Chapter

Ms. Marie I. Wilson-Atlanta Chapter

International Chapter of the Year Awards

Category I-Charleston Chapter

Category II-San Antonio Chapter

Category III-Washington, DC Chapter

International A-35

Chapter of the Year Awards

Category II-San Antonio Chapter

Category III-Washington, DC Chapter

1998-99 Membership Drive Winners

Category I-Norfolk Chapter

Category II-Atlanta Chapter

Category III-Washington, DC Chapter

Individual (A-35 and Overall)Ron Conardy, Washington, DC Chapter

Military Unit Awards

Army: (Act)

(Res)

Navy: (Act)

(Res)

USMC:

28 th Transportation Battalion (MTB), 21 st Theater Support Command (Prov), Mannheim, Germany 425'h Transportation Company (POL), 326th Area Support Group, Salina, Kansas

Navy Cargo Handling and Port Group (NAVCHAPG RU), Combat Logistics Squadron Two, Williamsburg, Virginia

Navy Cargo Handling Battalion Fourteen, Naval Reserve Center, Port Hueneme, California

(Act) Truck Company Headquarters Battalion, 3ct Marine Division, Okinawa, Japan

(Res) Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452, (VMGR-452), 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Newburgh, New York

Air Force:

(Act)

31 st Transportation Squadron, Sixteenth Air Force, Aviano Air Base, Italy

(Res) 27 th Aerial Port Squadron, Twenty Second Air Force, Minneapolis, Minnesota

USCG:

US Coast Guard Element, Joint Transportation Reserve Unit, US Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, IL

NDTA Corporate Distinguished Service Awards

American Airlines

Bass Hotels & Resorts

Delta Airlines

Emery Worldwide, a Cf Co.

Landstar System, Inc.

Northwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines

Trans World Airlines

United Parcel Service

Bank of America (Nationsbank)

Carlson Wagonlit Travel

Dollar Rent a Car Systems, Inc.

FedEx

Lockheed Martin Mission System

SatoTravel

TRISM, Inc.

United Airlines

US Airways

NDTA Scholarship Award Winners

Brian]. Palmer-University of Maryland

Melanie Calabria-University of Maryland

Robert A. Boozer-Clemson University

Elizabeth A. Wieck-University of Maryland

Michael Leichtman-University of Maryland

Scott L. Markham-University of Maryland

David Grondzki-Bryant College

Jenny Bazzetta-Cor Jesus Academy, St. Louis MO

Anastasia Hughes-Prattville High School, Prattville , AL

Christine Poist-Ames High School, Ames, IA

John E. Riley III-Fort Dorchester High School, North Charleston, SC

Tamika V. Taylor-Mannheim High School, Mannheim, Germany

FORUM REGISTRATION FORM AND INVOICE

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Please type or print. Complete all information as it will appear on badge and in listing. 0 Mr.

A. BASIC REGISTRATION PACKAGE - Choose caicgory and pay advance price if postmarked by 16 Sept.1999; afteru•ards pa-yon-site price.

Registration Category - Member O Non-Member O A-35** Spouse

• Start-Up Breakfast

AU Registration Categories include:

• Military Units Awards Ceremony

• Chairman's Awards Reception/Dinner

• International Awards Reception/Luncheon

• President's Reception/Opening of Exhibits• Continental Breakfast (Exhibit Hall)

• NDTA Recognition Breakfast

* Member/Non-Member/A-35 Package *

• Exhibitor's Grand Prize Drawing

* Spouse Package *

In addition to above, this package Includes items abow and spous.! tours. includes the three items beloiv.

• Annual Forum Commencement Luncheon

• Buffet Lunch in Exhibit Area

• All Sessions/Panels/Exhibits

•Advance/On-Site Price

Qty. Price Total

Member Non-Mbr. A-.35**

$380/$395 $400/$420 $300/$300

*A,:wance registration must arrive at NDTA by

3 Sept. 1999 to be primed in the Advance

Registration Book,

Spouse Name __________

*Advance/On-Site Price Qty. Pric, Tow! Spouse/Guest __ $105/$.320 __

** A-35 Members ( under 35 years old) qualif:' for disco1mted rate. Proof of age is required: enclose a copy of drivers license, ID card or birch certificate.

B. OPTIONAL EVENTS TICKETS (not included in any registration package)

Saturday 10/2

• "Exploring Downwwn Anchorage" Sunday 10/3

• Golf Tournament - Enter Handicap __

• Scholarship Event "Anchorage Museum" Monday 10/4

• Scholarship Event "The Best of Alaska" Thursday 10/7

• Post Forum Rail Trip '·Alaska RR w Portage"

REGISTER BEFORE 24 AUGUST 1999 AND QUALIFY FOR EARLY BIRD PRIZES.

D Check if you have handicap requirements.

Phone No. (Indicate work ar home.)

Fax No.

Title/Rank

Compa ny/Command/Agency

Membership No. Exp. Date

Birthdate (A -3 5 only) * I

Your (Nickname for Badge) Spouse

C. SINGLE TICKETS - Complete for extra tickets only. (One is included u•ith Basi<.0 Registration.) MON 10/4 Qty.

• Spouse Tour

• Military Untts Awards Ceremony

• Annual Forum Commencement Luncheon

• President's Reception ___ Opening ofExhibits TUES 10/5

• Recognition Breakfast ___

• Panel I

• Spouse Tour

• Reception/Lunch Exhibit Hall

• Panel II

• Chairman's Awards Receptton/Dmner WED 10/6

• Panel III

• International Awards Luncheon

SUB-TOTAL C $

DON'T FORGET TO ADOPT YOUR DUCKS!

D. DUCK ADOPTIONS __$5 $__ ( Proceeds for N DT.:\ Scholarship Fund)

MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE AND SEND TO: N DTA, 50 South Pickett Sc., Suite 220, Alexandria, VA 22 304- 7296 (703) 751 -5011 • (703) 823-8761 FAX.

• No exchanges on site.

• All regi strations must be pa id in full

• No re funds after 16 Sept. 199 9

• G ove rnment Purchase O rd e r (see paragraph 4, on back).

Forum Registration Information

1. Administrative Information:

a. Registrations must be typed or clearly printed.

b A-35 applicants must send a copy of driver's license, ID card or birth certificate as proof of age.

c. Mail the Forum Registration Form directly to NDTA. You will receive confirmation within two weeks.

d. Registrations must arrive at NDTA no later than 15 calendar days before the Forum opens. Otherwise, they will be held and processed on-site and charged the higher on-site fee.

e. Advance Registrations must arrive at NDTA at least 25 days prior to Forum opening date to be printed in the Advance Registration Book.

f. Pickup your Registration packets at the NDTA Registration Desk. •

g. Hotel, airline and car rental reservations should be made directly with the appropriate companies.

h. Basic Registration Packages for attendees AND spouses are package deals - NO SUBSTITUTIONS or deletions.

2. Cancellations:

All requests for full refund cancellations (less a $25 administration charge) must arrive at NDTA, in writing, no less than 15 calendar days before the Forum opens. NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE AFTER THIS 15DAY CUTOFE

3. Registration Types:

All categories (except Spouse) include admission to all business sessions, panels, meal functions and social events; EXCEPT the optional events (Part Bon the registration form), which are NOT INCLUDED in any category of registration. Spouse registrations include admission to Start-up Breakfast, Commencement Ceremony, President's Reception and Grand Opening of Exhibits, NDTA Recognition Breakfast, Chairman's Award Reception and Dinner, International Awards Reception and Luncheon, Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall and both Spouse day tours including lunch.

rese rvation s cal I your profess io nal trav el agent or ca ll 1-800-800-4000 and menti o n m ee tin g ID# ND00001 or rese rve at www dollar. com

4. Government Purchase Orders:

Government and military attendees on official orders may use a purchase order, but must ask their finance officer for advance payment under provisions of the FAR, paragraph 32.404. NDTA does NOT bill separately for Forum registration. You must remit a personal check or money order or provide credit card informaiton. For your convenience, this registration form also serves as an invoice for your finance officer when requesting advance payment. Alternatively, you may pay your registration fees (except for optional events) from your personal funds and request reimbursement when you file your travel voucher. If you choose the latter option, you must insure that your travel orders state that "reimbursement ofNDTA Forum registration fees is authorized." Please contact NDTA at (703) 751-5011 if you have any questions.

5. Government Approval:

"On reviewing NDTA's pfans for its Transportation and Logistics Forum and Exposition, the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) finds this event meets the standards of participation by DoD personnel under DoD instruction 5410.20 and DoD Standards of Conduct Directive 5500.7. This finding does not constitute DoD endorsement of attendance which must be determined by each DoD component."

6. Retirement Points:

The Armed Forces may authorize retirement points for attendance at the Forum. However, prior approval may be required. Each Service has different criteria, so contact your Reserve Component Headquarters for specific details.

7. Tickets:

You must have tickets to attend all events. Tickets may be purchased at the Registration Desk on-site, but will NOT be sold at the door.

8. * New For 1999 *

NDTA now accepts credit cards. You can charge registration, exhibit booths and optional events on your VISA, MasterCard, or American Express.

For re servati o n s c all your profess io nal trav el agent o r ca l I 1-800-328-1111 and m enti o n code NY514

The Best Scenery. The Greatest Mountains. The Most Wildlife.

See it all in Anchorage, Alaska.

NDTA's 1999 Transportation

OLD SALT VADM

Albert J. Herberger USN, (Ret.)

by James K. Matthews, Director, Research Center, USTRANSCOM

In early February 1999, Air Force General Charles T. "Tony" Robertson, Jr., Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command (USCinCTRANS), asked for my thoughts on retired Navy Vice Admiral Albert J. Herberger's legacy to USTRANSCOM. 1 General Robertson wanted the information to help him prepare for a meeting he had scheduled with Admiral Herberger, USTRANSCOM's first Deputy Commander in Chief (DCinC) and a command plank owner. 2 I would like to share with Defense Transportation f ournal readers an expanded version of my response to General Robertson. I do so to mark a milestone this year in government and industry cooperation with completion of the nation's first pre-arranged contingency contracts for commercial strategic sealift under the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), and to honor Admiral Herberger for leading us there.

Admiral Herberger began creating his legacy at USTRANSCOM by moving the command immediately into the sealift business. Air Force General Duane H. Cassidy, the first USCINCTRANS (1987-1989) , opened his first staff meeting, following the command's activation ceremony, on 1 October 1987 at Scott Air Force Base (AFB), Illinois, by turning to Admiral Herberger and saying, "Well Al, here we are, what should we do?" The staff had a big laugh at that. Then Admiral Herberger, the only sailor in the room (and one of only two in the entire command), proceeded to tell the group about the sorry state of the US Merchant Marine and the imminent demise of the US flag liner fleet. He painted for them an equally dreary picture of an untested and thus unreliable "Ready" Reserve Force (RRF). Admiral Herberger concluded by saying that USTRANSCOM must take the Department of Defense (DoD) lead in revitalizing the maritime industry so that our country would have a ready and capable strategic sealift force for national defense. To start with, he advised General Cassidy that USTRANSCOM should draft for the President's signature a national sealift policy directive like the one for airlift. General Cassidy asked Admiral Herberger, "Which, then, should be our highest priority, improved sealift readiness and capability or the C-17?"

Again the staff had a good laugh. Always the diplomat, Admiral Herberger replied, "They should be equal."

That is exactly what USTRANSCOM did. In USCinCTRANS' Preparedness Assessment Report, Integrated Priorities List, Posture Statement, Quarterly Report to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), and in other documents, and at various forums, the command ranked the sealift requirement and the airlift requirement equally, both Number One. In this way, the command, from the outset, was viewed by all-Congress, the Chairman, SECDEF, and the other Commanders in Chief (CinCs)-as an honest broker and advocate for the entire Defense Transportation System (DTS). 3 And before Admiral Herberger left USTRANSCOM and retired from the Navy, President George Bush had signed the National Security Directive on Sealift, which recognized that sealift was crucial both to executing US forward defense strategy and to maintaining a wartime economy. The Presidential policy statement stipulated, as the nation's sealift objective, "sufficient military and civil maritime resources to meet defense deployment and essential economic requirements" through reliance on the US-owned commercial ocean carrier industry, "to the extent it is capable," for sealift in peace, crises, and war.

Admiral Herberger, from Day One at USTRANSCOM, stressed quality over quantity. Early on he and General Cassidy sent out a cross-functional team to the CinCs, USTRANSCOM's primary customers, to ask them what they wanted from the new unified transportation command. The results were formalized in the command's first Concept of Operations, which envisioned the Global Transportation Network. Additionally, Admiral Herberger broke the logjam in the Navy personnel system that was keeping USTRANSCOM from filling its Navy billets, in effect setting the precedent for bringing quality sailors into the command. Admiral Herberger's USTRANSCOM legacy must then include forming the command's reputation for being a career-enhancing assignment, committing the command to Total Quality customer service, and dedicating the command to an in-transit visibility capability for DOD.

He should also receive credit for rallying a wide variety of support for USTRANSCOM and, in the process, building the command's partnerships with labor and industry. The command's strong ties with the American Maritime Officers, Seafarers International Union, Navy League, and Propeller Club, for instance, are much a result of Admiral Herberger's leadership. Along with General Cassidy, he made the command's initial contacts with the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA). Formation of the NDTA Sealift Committee was primarily his doing.

Admiral Herberger was also principally responsible for formalizing USTRANSCOM's ties to the Department of Transportation (DoT). As DCinC, he initiated dialogue with the Maritime Administration (MARAD), and along with General Cassidy, arranged to bring Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner and Federal Highway Administrator Robert E. Farris to Scott AFB for a command orientation. Secretary Skinner acknowledged on more than one occasion that it was USTRANSCOM that

drove home to him the importance of a healthy US maritime industry to national defense Later, as Maritime Administrator, Admiral Herberger, working with the command's third CinC, Air Force General Ronald R. Fogleman (1992-1994), reinforced the USTRANSCOM/MARAD union in a myriad of ways, including assignment of a MARAD liaison officer to the command.

The bond forged between DOD and DOT since USTRANSCOM's formation has resulted in unprecedented improvements in RRF readiness and capability. For example, USTRANSCOM/MARAD teamwork on Admiral Herberger's watch as Maritime Administrator facilitated purchase and enhancement of commercial Roll-On/RollOff (RO/RO) vessels for the RRF, expansion of Reduced Operational Status (ROS)-4 crewing, and implementation of the ROS-5 Program. Together they also initiated regional RRF ship siting in support of National Security Strategy and introduced a program to increase cargo capacity on seven RRF RO/ROs. (Work on three ships-Cape Vincent, Cape Victory, and Cape Race-has been completed.) A nearly perfect on-time record for RRF no-notice exercise activations, and as-scheduled RRF activations for real-world operations-Restore Hope (Somalia), movement of Patriot missiles (to South Korea), Maintain Democracy/Uphold Democracy (Haiti), and Quick Lift and Joint Endeavor (Bosnia-Herzegovina)-attest to improved RRF readiness during the Al Herberger administration at MARAD. 4

As one of his last duties as Maritime Administrator, Admiral Herberger, along with USCINCTRANS Air Force General Walter Kross (1996-1998), signed for their Departments a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the National Defense Reserve Fleet and the Ready Reserve Force. Superseding its 1988 predecessor, the new MOA more precisely defined USTRANSCOM, MARAD, Military Sealift Command, and Navy interrelationships in regard to RRF funding and management. It also re-validated and institutionalized USCINCTRANS' authority, with SECDEF approval, to request activation of RRF vessels. Where such authority should reside, with the Navy or USTRANSCOM, had been an issue of debate through much of the period following Desert Shield/Desert Storm. Continued on page 27

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While at MARAD, Admiral Herberger, with national defense objectives clearly in mind, spearheaded DOT efforts to improve the health of the US maritime industry. For instance, MARAD drafted, in coordination with USTRANSCOM, the Maritime Security Act. Signed by President William J. Clinton in October 1996, it authorized financial assistance for 47 militarily useful US flag commercial ships engaged in international trade. Specifically, the Act helped ensure availability of commercial shipping and a pool of US merchant mariners to crew RRF and other government vessels during crises and war. Furthermore, the Act granted re-employment rights, on the same basis as military reservists, for merchant seamen who crewed government sealift vessels during military emergencies. The DOD and DOT agreed that, based in great part on lessons learned from Desert Shield/Desert Storm,5 such rights would motivate merchant mariners in land-based careers to volunteer for sea duty aboard ships in the military surge sea1ift fleet.

Moreover, Admiral Herberger ' s legacy includes VISA. According to General Cassidy, who is currently Chairman Elect of the Airlift/Tanker Association and Vice Chairman of the NDTA, "Al gets credit for setting the groundwork for VISA when he was DCINC" by focusing USTRANSCOM on "making SRP [Sealift Readiness Program] more CRAF [Civil Reserve Air Fleet]-like." 6 After he left the Navy, Admiral Herberger continued to move VISA forward while Vice President for Maritime Affairs at the International Planning and Analysis Center, and at the Maritime Administration, when, as the

1 Born in Albany, New York, on 28 April 1931, Admiral Herberger was commissioned an ensign upon graduation from the US Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, New York. A~er sailing in the Merchant Marine with Grace Line and US Lines, he se,ved in the Navy for 32 years. Retiring from active duty in April 1990, he worked for the International Planning and Analysis Center before becoming the Maritime Administrator at the Maritime Administration on 14 September 1993. He retired from MARAD on 30 June 1997. He is currently employed by American Ship Management LLC, where he serves as Vice Chairman.

2 A plank owner is a member of the first crew to serve on a newly commissioned ship; from the French tradition that such a crew member becomes part owner of the ship. (Webster's Third New International Dictionary.) Admiral Herberger holds USTRANSCOM badge #SO of SO command plank owners.

3 Understanding the Defense Transportation System, USTRANSCOM Handbook 24-2 (USTRANSCOM: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, October 1998, Second Edition); Joint Doctrine for the Defense Transportation System, Joint Publication 4-01 (Government Printing Office: Washington D.C., June 1997).

4 James K. Matthews, United States Transportation Command, the

Administrator, he served as a senior negotiator during VISA deliberations. General Cassidy concluded that "There are many who have contributed [to the VISA effort], but none like Al Herberger, (VISA] just simply wouldn't have happened without Al."' Through the VISA contractual arrangement, DOD now has time-phased access to militarily useful commercial dry cargo sealift capacity, infrastructure, and intermodal capability during crises and war. In return, US flag liner companies who are signatories to VISA receive priority for carrying DOD cargo in peace and war. In contrast to SRP, VISA contracts .specify capacity rather than ships, which .gives liner , companies more flexibility in how they satisfy DOD requirements. And because the agreement includes on-the-shelf contracts-with pre-negotiated terms, conditions, and ratesVISA will help speed commercial augmentation of the military during war and make certain that the military's commercial VISA partners are compensated for loss of market share while supporting the war effort. Furthermore, DOD, DOT, and commercial carriers together plan VISA activation and operational procedures so that the commercial side knows what DOD expects and the military side understands how best to use available commercial capacity,•

In summary, Admiral Herberger' contributions to USTRANSCOM and national defense have beeri invaluable and far-reaching. While USTRANSCOM DCINC, he established command leadership in DOD sealift policy formulation and advocacy for revitalization of the US maritime industry. As Maritime Administrator, he worked to see that the RRF was ready and capable to support national security objectives. A career-long activist for the US flag fleet, he has helped guarantee it is there in peacetime to draw upon for wartime deployments. He has, as a result of his labors on behalf of the maritime industry, helped secure sufficient numbers of merchant mariners to crew DOD and commercial ships during war. More to the point, Admiral Herberger has made it possible for USTRANSCOM to perform its wartime mission today. Finally, as a USTRANSCOM charter member, he necessarily shares credit for all USTRANSCOM has accomplished and will accomplish in the future. Consequently, his lega. cy to the command and to national defense is still being realized. For your family, friends, colleagues, and country, l offer a toast to you, Al Herberger, USTRANSCOM's own "Old Salt": 9 may you live a long and healthy life with fair winds and following seas. DTJ

National Defense Reserve Fleet, and the Ready Reserve Force: A Chronology (USTRANSCOM: Scott Air Force Base, lllinois, December 1997, Second Edition).

S James K. Matthews and Cora J. Holt, So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast: United States Transportation Command and Strategic Deployment for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff: Washington D.C., 1996).

6 Activated in stages in wartime.

7 General Duane H. Cassidy, Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command, and Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command: An Oral History-Air Force, Joint, and Business Careers, conducted by Dr. James K. Matthews and Dr. Roger D. Launius (USTRANSCOM: Scott Air Force Base, lllinois, October 1998).

8 VISA and the Sealift Mobilization Programs, USTRANSCOM Pamphlet 10-1 (USTRANSCOM: Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, September 1998).

9 The Surface Navy Association's "OW Salt" recognizes the active duty surface warfare officer with the earliest date of qualification as officer of the deck underway. Vice Admiral Herberger held the title from 28 February 1989 to 21 March 1990 while USTRANSCOM DCINC. (Source: Surface Navy Association, Alexandria, Virginia.)

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In 1986, he moved to Fort Hood, TX, and served as Chief, Plans Division, 13th COSCOM and Commander, 48th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Division. In 1990, he was reassigned to the National Training Center, Fort Irwin as Senior I>orward Support Battalion Trainer and then in 1992 to Alaska, where he served as Director of Logistics and Commander, Division Support Command, 6th Infantry Division (Light). In October 1994, he assumed duties as Chief, Strategic Mobility Division, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army. In February 1996, he became Commander of Defense Distribution Region East, Defense Logistics Agency, and then in October 1997, the first Commander of the Defense Distribution Center, responsible for 22 distribution depots in CONUS and Europe. Prior to assuming command of MTMC on July 9, 1999, he was Director of Transportation and Troop Support, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Department of the Army.

MG Privratsky is a graduate of the Airborne, Ranger, and Jungle Schools and the School of Advanced Military Studies. He was a Senior Service College Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and has earned graduate degrees in English, Business, and Military Science.

MG Privratsky's awards and decorations include the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, two Bronze Stars, four Meritorious Service Medals, two Air Medals, Army Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Bronze Star. He and his wife Kathy have two daughters, Erica and Kylie, who reside in Texas.

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The Military Traffic Management Command's new commanding officer says the Army transportation organization is essential to the current and future power projection needs of the American military. At the same time, MG Kenneth L. Privratsky says changes in the command's staffing, structure, and business practices are inevitable based on the current military-business climate. As a senior leader, Privratsky says his job description has to be one of a strategic vision and focus. These are some of the visions of MTMC's new commander who assumed command July 9 from MG Mario F. Montero, Jr. "I'm excited to be here," said Privratsky, 52, a 29-year Army veteran. "I very much intend to take this command well into the next century." Changes, said Privratsky, are driven by many forms: Army emphasis on warfighter manning and resources, contemporary business practices, and continuing automation advances. Privratsky said he is uniquely suited to lead MTMC's 2,800 employees and 26 Army-operated ports.

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Traffic Management Command is re-engi' neering defense transportation documentation and financial processes.

Currently, MTMC is implementing PowerTrack, the commercial payment and reconciliation system used by banks for making transportation payments, and CONUS Freight Management System, the Electronic Transportation Acquisition suite of Internet-based applications for managing freight services.

The system is expected to be fully implemented within the next year, said Tom Hicks, coordinator. "This is a revolution in the way transportation business is being conducted by the Army," said Hicks.

Training for the new transportation management system began in May at Fort Eustis, VA, for 32 Army transportation officers from high-volume freight sites. So far, personnel from 97 Army, Navy and Defense Logistics Agency sites have been trained. The one-week course provides hands-on computer training on the entire suite including Freight Acquisition Shipping Tool, Spot Bid & Transportation Discrepancy Reports, Transportation Facility Guide, Carrier Added Value Suites and PowerTrack. For more information on Electronic Transportation Acquisition, visit the MTMC website at http://www.mtmc.army.mil/transys/sfm or call (703) 696-8762, or e-mail henryc@mtmc.army.mil.

The Panama Canal Authority recently made good its promise to keep an employment system based on merit, stability, and equal opportunity when it began the process of delivering job letters to Canal workers today during a ceremony at Miraflores Locks. Some 30 employees representing a cross-section of the organization received the letters. The rest will be distributed to workers at a later date.

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USTRANSCOM

.;'-''cu s0,,,;J NEW YORK-The 1999 Admiral of the } ; .) fl \..-- Oc~an Sea Awards will ?e presen_ted by \/c, i:.f United Seamen's Service to Richard \ 9f' ·O~ _, .>•."1noNY~ duMoulin, Chairman and CEO of Marine "1 Transport Lines, operator of a fleet of American-flag tankers and bulk carriers, and to the United States Transportation Command, which manages America's defense transportation during peace and war. U.S. Air Force General Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USTRANSCOM's Commander, will accept the award for the command.

The event honoring Mr. duMoulin and USTRANSCOM will take place at the 30th annual AOTOS industry-wide gala dinner and dance on No vember 5, 1999 at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers. The two recipients led the field of nominees for the award, a statuette of Christopher Columbus, the first Admiral of the Ocean Sea, sharing first place among a group which was solicited by USS from more than 200 maritime management, labor, and government officials. All proceeds from the event benefit USS community services for the U.S. Merchant Marine.

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Alexander & Baldwin R.J. Pfeiffer, Chairman of the Board of Alexander and Baldwin, Inc. (A&B), reported that John C. Couch, 60, the former A&B Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, has decided to retire from the Company. During the past year, Couch has been on a leave of absence for medical reasons. Although now in good health and fully recovered from liver transplant surgery completed earlier this year, Couch advised that he would take early retirement to pursue other interests. In advising of his decision, Couch said, "After having given the matter a lot of thought, I concluded it was best to retire while I was still relatively young, active, and healthy. I have worked in demanding jobs for 40 years, more than half of that time with A&B, including its principal subsidiaries, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., and A&B-Hawaii, Inc. All that work has been extremely challenging, but also rewarding. My career with A&B has been particularly satisfying. Nevertheless, the time has come for me to move on."

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PUGET SOUND CHAPTER

The Puget Sound Chapter joined the Tacoma/Pierce County, WA Chamber of Commerce in hosting a breakfast meeting recently. The meeting titled "Military Commanders Briefing" included messages from LTG Roger Thompson, USA, Deputy Commander in Chief, USTRANSCOM, LTG George Crocker, Commanding General I Corps, Fort Lewis, and COL Raymond Johns Jr., Commander 62nd Air Lift Command, McChord Air Force Base. Master of Ceremonies for the meeting was Congressman Adam Smith, who represents the Congressional District of Washington State that includes Fort Lewis, McChord AFB and Tacoma.

WASHINGTON, DC CHAPTER

The Washington, DC Chapter held their National Defense Transportation Day at the National Geographic ' s "Explorer's Hall" in Washington, DC. Mr. Ron Conardy chaired the event. Several Chapter member companies shared in sponsorship of the annual event, which attracted over 180 Chapter members, spouses and friends. In other news, the Chapter was honored to host NDTA Chairman of the Board and Landstar System CEO, Jeff Crowe, for their May 1999 luncheon Mr. Crowe described his company's leading role in information management and systems technology. He led a plea for all NDTA member businesses to encourage benefit to the military service member. During the luncheon, the gavel was passed from outgoing President Ted Cimral to incoming President Ron Conardy. Mr. Crowe swore in the new officers taking over their posts for 1999-2000, including First Vice President Karen Nicola-Preston, Second Vice President Ray Schaible, Secretary Kevin Epstein, Immediate Past President Ted Cimral, and Treasurer Pete Conway. In other news, GEN Charles T. "Tony" Robertson, Jr., Commander-in-Chief USTRANSCOM and the Commander, Air Mobility

NDTA Chainnan Jeff Crowe speaks to the Washington DC Chapter.

1999-2000

Command, spoke to a lunchtime audience of the Washington, DC Chapter during their July 1999 meeting. He was presented a contribution for the James S. McConnell USO Center at the St. Louis International Airport. Congratulations go out to Washington DC Chapter members John (PWC) and Nancy Gast (SatoTravel) Romps on the birth of their son A.]. John serves as the webmaster for the Washington, DC chapter website, http:! /members. tripod.com/ndtadc. Jeffrey McMahon and Diana Roach of the Washington, DC Chapter, have both departed for other assignments. Jeffrey McMahon will report to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) South Atlantic Region in Norfolk, VA, where he will serve as the Ship Operations and Maintenance Officer. Diana Roach will depart for a position with the US Transportation Command, Scott AFB, IL. Mrs. Leslie Heilig of MTMC, departed in May 1999 for a position with the USTRANSCOM as well.

TARHEEL CHAPTER

On 10 June 1999, 80 civilian and military transporters from Fayetteville, NC, Fort Bragg, and Pope Air Force Base gathered at beautiful Kin's Grant Golf and Country Club in Fayetteville for the second annual NDT A Tarheel Golf Tournament. Chapter members and their guests raised $1,400 for NDTA scholarships, Chapter events, and support for a local elementary school partnership. Also, the Tarheels bid a fond farewell to Chapter President, Col. John Race. Col. Race departs the 1st Corps Support Command Chief of Staff position to become the Chief of Staff of the US Army Transportation Center and School at Fort Eustis, VA. Col. Race has been the Chapter President on two separate occasions, once from 1991-1993, and most recently from 1997-1999.

HOUSTON CHAPTER

The June meeting was held recently at Brady's Landing. The guest speaker was Col. Bonnell, Chief of Education and Air Training Division at Randolph Air Force Base and member of the San Antonio Chapter of NDTA. Col. Bonnell's program was on the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) and its importance to the Department of Defense. Col. Bonnell also installed the incoming officers and directors for the 1999-2000 term.

Members of the Houston Chapter at the recent installation of officers.

DALLAS/FT. WORTH CHAPTER

Our 10th annual golf tournament was held on May 3 at Grapevine Municipal Golf Course and was a great success. We had a field of 112 golfers competing for the great prizes

Washington DC Chapter Officers for

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ARIZONA F RONTIER CHAPTER

The Arizona Frontier Chapter, NDTA, celebrated National Transportation Week and Day by a special evening dinner recently. The Chapter's Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament was held shortly thereafter. Tournament

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Managing Partner, Ridout, Barrett & Company, Certified Public Accountants, provided worthwhile information, as well as an informative handout on changes to 1998 income tax laws. Daisy Tours & Conventions, Inc. was selected to receive the Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) Quality Award. The company was selected for this prestigious award for the excellent commercial bus transportation service it provides to the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense. Business partners and Chapter Continued on page 38

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Continu ed from page 37 members, Ms. June Bratcher, and Mr. Franklin Roe, along with Mr. Chris McKinney, accepted the award at the MTMC Training Symposium in Denver. The annual Chapter bowling tournament was held recently at Ft. Sam Houston Bowling Lanes . The first place team consisted of Fannie Worthy, Cornell Worthy, Briana Worthy, and Breland Worthy. Second place was Lillie Cervantes, Felix Ramos, Minnie Garibay, and Johnny Ramos. Third place went to Tony Silcox, Christina Baker, Gabe Walker, and Walt Carnes. Thanks to committee members, Ms. Lillie Cervantes, Ms. Carole Jenness, and Ms. Cindy Holliday and the 96 participants, the event raised $456 for the Chapter Scholarship Fund. A special thanks to our corporate sponsors, CarlsonWagonlit Travel and DHL Worldwide Express We had another good turnout recently at Florio's Italian Restaurant. Mr. David Otwell, Regional Director of the Texas Highway Department, provided valuable insight on the status of current and future highway construction in the local area.

BALTIMORE CHAPTER

Recently the Baltimore Chapter held its annual Installation Dinner at the Officer's Club, U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. Our distinguished guest speaker was Capt. Mark Brown, Commander of NA VTRANS in Norfolk, VA. The chapter unveiled its Norm Dresden Memorial Scholarship Award. This first year recipient was a Baltimore Chapter member, Norman Schnobrich. In addition, the chapter awarded two University of Maryland Scholarships to recipients Melanie Calabria and Elizabeth Wieck. The chapter donated to the NDT A National Scholarship fund as well. DTJ

NDTA ROTC Awards

Cadet Steven K. Uejio (below, left) was recently presented with the NDTA ROTC Award at Claremont McKenna College.

H O n O r RO 11 of Sustaining Members

These firms support the purposes and objectives of NOTA.

AAR Cadillac Manufacturing

ABF Freight System, Inc.

Air Transport Assn. of America

Alamo Rent A Car

Alaska Cargo Transport, Inc.

Aldmyr Systems, Inc.

Amencan Airlines

American Express Government Services

American Maritime Co~ress

American Maritime Officers

American Road Line

American Shipbuilding Assn.

American Trans Air

Anteon COIJ>Oration

APL limited

ARINC,lnc.

Associated Air Fr • Inc. Assn. of America a~

Atlas Van Lin~ Automation R h Systems

Bant~,,...-~-rica

Bass & Resorls

BAXGlobat

Boeing Co. The Bayle Tran~, Inc., T.F. Bristol Associa

Carlson Wag CendantCor Center for Transportati Education.)

Central Defiv Wus

Consolidated F

Consolidated Sa

Crowley Maritime

CSX Transportation

Daffas &Mavis Specialized Ca

Davenport Mammoet LLC

Delta Air lines, Inc.

OHL AifWCJ'fS

Diablo Transportation

District No. 1 • PCD, MEBA Dollar Rent A Car Dynamics Research Corp.

Eagle USA Air Freight

EDS

Emery Worldwide Enron Facilities Services

Regional Patrons

Albuquerque Convention & Visitors Bureau

American Mana.gement Systems, Inc.

American Moving & Storage Assn.

American Ship Mgmt., llC

Apollo-Galileo International

Arven Freight Forwarding, Inc.

Avis Rent A Car

Bay Shie ManaQement, Inc.

California Truclctng Association

Candlewood Suites

Century Technologies, Inc.

Choice Hotels International

Enterprise Rent A Car

Evergreen lnt'I Airlines, Inc.

Farrell Lines, Inc.

FedEx

Federal Safes Associates, Inc.

Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG

FMC Corporation

Labor Management Maritime Co,nmittee

Landstar System, Inc.

Pony Express De~very Services

Port Authority of N.Y. & NJ.

Port of Beaumont

Port of Oakland

Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Prime Hospitality Corp.

QUALCOMM

Roadway Express, Inc.

Roberts Express, Inc.

RPS, Inc. Inc. &ratories

~~,Inc.

~icolioni Intl. rp. ntai s America, Inc

nd Service, Inc.

Air Co~._ ers lnt'l iUnion of N.A. A 'Mhs lntarnalional Corp.

Slanlev Associates, Inc.

5tlwedori Services of A • Stewart &"!tevenson

SurtAir, Inc.

Tolem Ocean Trailer r;;v., ,.., lrans0Cf1lalicll'I I • litlon/PRC

Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Trans irfines

Martin Mission Sys

• Carnegie Group ll1llilute

Tran iud Carriers

leMolorT o. Syslem5 Group

Union Pacific ilroad

Sysiems Division

Parcel Se~ice

lfmted Technologres Corp.

United Van Lines, Inc.

US Airways

U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc.

Worldwide A Expedited Se,7vice, Inc.

Old Dominion Freight line, Inc.

Omni Air International

Ovemite Transportation Co.

Pilot Air Freight

Concurrent Technologies Corp.

CSI Airline Services

Extended Stay America, Inc.

Gelco Government Network

Global Van lines

Great American Lines

Greater Milwaukee C&VB, Inc.

Greensboro Area C&VB

Green Valley Transportation Corp.

Hertz Corp:

Howard Johnson's Plaza, Arlington

Hyatt Hotels & Resorts

INNOVATA

Innovative legistics

Techniques, Inc.

Interstate Van lines

Wallenius Wilhelmsen lines

Waterman Steamship Corp. (Central Gulf Lines)

Visa USA, Inc.

logistics Mana.gement Resources, Inc.

Lynden, Inc.

MCR Federal

MEVATEC Corporation

Military Living Publications

Modern Technologies Corp.

Munitions Carriers Conference

National lnterrent

NCI Information Systems, Inc.

Networks Enterprises, Inc.

North American CLS, Inc.

North American Van Lines

Oakwood Cor.J)!)rate Housing

Omega World Travel

Pace lntemational LLC

Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Port of Lake Charles

Quality Support, Inc.

R & R Trucking, Inc.

Radian, Inc.

Ruthern Transport Services

Savi Technology

Sea Box, Inc.

Spokane Area C&VB

System Technology Assoc., Inc.

TRANSCAR, Gm6H

TechMate

Thri~ Car Rental

Trailer Bridge, Inc.

Trailway Transportation System

Trans Meridian Airlines

U.S. Bank

Virginian Suites, The

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THEY WEIGH, ON AVERAGE, 14 TONS EACH. YET NO ONE KNOWS

THEN AGAIN, NO ONE ASKED US.

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APL Limited

Bristol Associates

CSX Transportation

Emery Worldwide a CNF Company

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO

Landstar System, Inc.

Lockheed Martin Mission Systems

National Air Cargo, Inc.

Sea-Land Service, Inc.

TRISM, Inc.

United Technologies Corp.

United Van Lines

The above-named corporations are a distinctive group of Sustaining Member Patrons who, through a special annual contribution, have dedicated themselves to supporting an expansion of NDTA programs to benefit our members and defense transportation preparedness.

Bookshelf Ideas

Dr. Joseph G. Mattingly Jr.

Introduction to Supply Chai n Management by Robert B. Handfield and Ernest L. Nichols, Jr., published by Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, 1999.

Integrated supply chain management has becom e recognized as a core competitive strategy by many firms. The authors are reporting on their research and have created a managerial perspective of the core tasks and challenges required to effectively manage supply chains

The book is organized into six Chapters as follows: 1-Introduction to Supply Chain Management, 2-The Role of Information Systems and Technology in Supply Chain Management, 3-Managing the Flow of Materials across the Supply Chain, 4-Developing and Maintaining Supply Chain Relationships, 5-Cases in Supply Chain Management and 6-Future Challenges in Supply Chain Management, plus Index. The purpose of the book is to help readers better understand the management of the firms supply chain. It explores the impact of supply chain management on the success and profitability of the organization, and the influence of integrated supply chain management on the major functional activities, product design, information systems, manufacturing planning and control, inventory management, human resource development, financial planning, forecasting, sales, quality management and many others. The authors identify major challenges to be considered in implementing an integrated supply chain management strategy and approaches to use to meet these challenges.

The authors discuss several factors in sharing risk interorganization relationships, e.g. Confidentiality, Research and Development, Increased Service Expectations, Leverage, Mass Customization and Shared Responsibility. Other problems of managing the global supply chain are also covered to help select and organize members of the supply chain.

Providing Mission Critical Solutions

This book should be of interest to all those involved in the supply chain and to all those who must manage the supply chain. Educators may find the text to be a valuable tool as a supplemental text for their logistics and supply chain courses at both the graduate level and undergraduate level. DTJ

GAO Transportation Reports prepared by the U. S. General Accounting Office. The GAO publishes reports which are of specific interest to readers. We have listed several examples of some recent issues on transportation subjects:

GAO/RCED-99-53 Aviation Security-FAA's Actions to Study Responsibilities and Funding for Airport Security and to Certify Screening Companies February 1999

GAO/RC ED-99 -92 Airline Deregulation-Changes in Airfares, Service Quality, and Barriers to Entry March 1999

U. S. General Accounting Office Post Office Box 6015 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20760 Telephone 202-275-6241

In Memoriam

Mr. Daniel Kenneth Chacey • 1905-1999

Mr. Daniel Kenneth Chacey, of Remington, VA, died recently at the age of 93. Mr. Chacey was predeceased by his wife, Lou Chacey, in 1978. He is survived by his two sons, Kenneth Chacey of Gaithersburg, MD, and Allan Chacey of Arlington, VA, and his daughter, Connie Helm, of Remington, VA.

Mr. Chacey was born in Topeka, KS on December 24, 1905. He was a graduate of Ohio Northern University, from which he received a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 1928 He worked in various capacities as Regional Traffic and Safety Engineer for the State of Ohio. During World War II, he served as an Army officer in the Department of Transportation.

In his civilian career, Mr. Chacey was employed as Special Assistant for Transportation engineering, Department of the Army, where he earned the Meritorious Service Award, the Na tional Civil Service League 's Merit Citation, and Decoration for Exceptional Service. Mr. Chacey was a charter member of the National Defense Transportation Association and the Reserve Officers Association. DTJ

The system is easy to master with the Train-the-Trainer and Defense Travel Administration sessions provided at approximately 250 sites worldwide. Government trainers and Defense Travel Administration personnel will learn the features and benefits of the Defense Travel System as well as the policies , procedures, and functions that support it. Trainers will then host workshops for users at their sites. Get ready to experience the better way to travel. Visit www.defensetravel.com to see how it will work for you.