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Mr. William Lucas Deputy to the Commander Military Traffic Management Command
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Mr. James R. Hertwig President, Landstar Logistics
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Ms. Mary Lou McHugh Asst. Deputy Under Sec'y of Def., Transp. Policy
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VADM Philip M. Quast, USN Commander, Military Sealift Command
LTG Hugh Smith, USA Deputy Commander-in-Chief, USTRANSCOM
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Mr. Roger W. Curry President & CEO, CF MotorFreight, Inc.
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Dr. Marshall Bailey Assoc. Exec. Dir., Policy, Systems & Engineering, Defense Logistics Agency
Mr. John Graykowski Deputy Maritime Administrator for Inland Waterways and Great Lakes
The Honorable Michael P. Huerta Assoc. Dep. Sec'y & Dir., Off. of lntermodalism, DoT
Mr. David A. Swierenga Chief Economist Air Transport Assoc. of America
Mr. Bennie "Mac" Warren President, Consolidated Traffic Management Services
Mr. Michael J. Premo President, SatoTravel
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Dr. Jerry R. Foster, Associate Professor, Co llege of Business, University of Colorado
COL Norbert D. Grabowski, USA (Ret.), Exec. Ass't., NDTA
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Dr. Joseph G. Mattingly Jr., College of Business & Management, Univ. of Maryland
Whitefield W. Mayes, Chief Engineer, Transportation Engineering Agency, MTMC
Prof. Gary S. Misch, Valdosta State College Valdosta, Georgia
Dr. Richard F. Polst Jr., Professor, Transportation and Logistics, Iowa State University
MG Harold I. Small, USA (Ret.), Consu ltant
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COL Joseph Torsanl, USA (Ret.), Consolidated Safety Services Inc.
Dr. David Vellenga, Dean, Haworth College of Business, Western Michigan University
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Electronic Date Interchange
Several years ago I had a dream of a database containing identification codes (product codes, defense codes, etc. ) where an individual with the proper security clearance and the need to know could get information about the product, inventory status, request number, location, arrival dates, etc. Persons with the proper authority, who make changes in the status, would enter the necessary information to keep the database up-to-date. Others would have read-only capability, e.g. the requesting unit can place a request or cancel a request or change the delivery location. This requesting unit could access on a read-only basis the status and location of the product in the system (being procured, delivery date, number in inventory by location, expected shipping date, methods and means used, expected arrival date, substituted item, or other information needed). Requester could use the product code and all information name, unit, etc., could be supplied by the database.
The national inventory manager would enter the required data into the system as the items were approved, purchased, delivered, stored, shipped from storage, carrier used, expected arrival date, etc.
When shipments were consolidated and many requests (individual shipments placed into one intermodal container or one transportation unit), this information would be placed into the database. The requester need only find the container or transportation unit identification number and their movements to be able to know the whereabouts and
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir:
The following is offered in response to the "Letter to the Edito_r" entitled, "U.S. Flag Containerships Are National Security Assets," by Albert Anthony Melvin, in the June issue of DTJ. •
In his letter Mr. Melvin cites "the basic national security reasons" as the rationale why "commercial trade along America's coasts and to Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Guam must be reserved for the U.S. flag merchant ships including containerships and tankers" as mandated by the Jones Act. I submit that the national security argument for perpetuation of the Jones Act is fundamentally flawed and a distractor from the real issue-protection of Jones Act lines from foreign competition.
That the United States requires access to a viable surface transportation capability is a given. Our strategy of CONUS based forces capable of rapid forward deployment is meaningless without adequate lift It is a giant leap of logic, however, that the Jones Act trades are the answer to this lift requirement. Here's why: Matson and Sea-Land spokesmen repeatedly tell the nearly one million people of Hawaii that foreign flag shipping cannot be "trusted" to sustain the lifeline to the mainland and that only the Jones Act provides the necessary protection they need. At the same time the Jones Act lines would have us believe that the shipping capability engaged in mainland-Hawaii (and pre-
expected arrival date of his/her supplies, in addition, the transport breakbulk unit could download at their site the contents of each intermodal container or transportation unit to facilitate delivery to the proper unit or to expedite certain items in the container as required. Since the contents of each container, transportation unit, or pallet or individual large items are known, the items needed the most could be expedited through the supply chain.
At that time, I suggested that the information was available for the database in government or industry transportation and suppliers, and that all we had to do was to put the pieces of the puzzle together, i.e. consolidate the databases and eliminate the duplication (not the required redundancy to ensure continuous operations). With the development of the faxes, email, the internet and the world wide web, we certainly cannot say that communication is a problem. The major hurdle to overcome seems to me to be trust in the system, e.g. trust in the security of the information, trust in the users of the information, trust in the accuracy of the database, trust between the users of the information. Some organizations are already well along in developing the necessar y databases to support their operations. All you have to do is look around at the exhibitors at this year 's annual Forum.
I must conclude that Electronic Data Interchange is here to stay and those who use it best will profit most from its use. DTJ
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.
sumably Alaska, Guam and Puerto Rico as wellj trades would be immediately shifted to national security uses in time of crisis Jones Act lines do not maintain excess peacetime capacity and Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and ' Guam are not going to go away in wartime. The reality, however, is that most, if not all, of these ships would continue in commercial service and, just as in Desert Shield, the lift shortfall would be met via charter of foreign flag shipping on the world market.
Rather than being cloaked with national security arguments, the Jones Act debate should be viewed in the context of whether or not this segment of U.S. industry should be protected from foreign competition. If one accepts that in time of crises we will, in fact, be dependent on foreign flag shipping, the decision criteria for protection from competition should be economic benefit to the public rather than waving the national security flag. By analogy, would the public have been well served if the automobile or footwear industries had successfully argued that imported autos or shoes be prohibited because those industrial capabilities are needed for national security? I suspect there are some who would support such arguments, but probably not the consumers who have benefited from international competition. Meanwhile, the people of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam are held hostage to protectionism justified by national security arguments not supported by facts'.
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LTG Edward Honor, USA (Ret.) President
Welcome to Orlando! I am pleased that you have chosen to participate in our 51st Transportation and Logistics Forum and Exposition. The Forum Planning Committee, in conjunction with the NDTA staff and Forum CoChairs, have developed a program which will keep you engaged from the time you arrive to the time you depart.
I am most delighted to welcome our co-keynote speakers-The Honorable John J. Hamre, Undersecretary of Defense Comptroller and the driver for many of the efficiency-related initiatives taking place in the Department of Defense today; and Mr. Fred Smith, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of FedEx, who has been responsible for the vast expansion of a corporation that is known virtually all over the world. I am also pleased to invite him because he was the 1988 recipient of NDTA's National Transportation Award for pioneering overnight express service.
I am proud and pleased to welcome GEN Walter Kross to keynote our Military Units Awards Luncheon and his first Forum and Exposition as the Commander-in-Chief, USTRANSCOM General Kross was the Director of Operations for USTRANSCOM during Desert Shield/Storm, the largest military operation to date to take place during the decade of the '90s. I am also happy to announce that Ron Drucker, NDTA's esteemed Immediate Past Chairman of the Board, has agreed to be the keynote speaker at the Chairman's Awards Dinner.
I invite all members present to attend an interactive membership meeting on Saturday, 28 September. Your ideas are important. The meeting starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Cloister Room of the Buena Vista Palace Resort and Spa. Immediately preceding the meeting, a buffet luncheon in the Watercress Cafe will be available to members who plan to attend. Wear your name badge so we can identify you to receive a meal ticket.
I wish to take this opportunity to publicly thank Mr. Meric Legnini for his service as Chairman of the NDTA Communications and Publications Committee during
the past year. He did a superb job in guiding and advising of ways to better promote NDTA. In June he resigned this position due to the press of other business. During July the Chairman of the Board appointed Ms. Barbara Jaworski, Director of Communications and Customer Service at SatoTravel, to complete the unexpired term of Mr. Legnini. We all look forward to working with Barbara in the months and hopefully years to come
This year, six cities-Albuquerque, New Mexico; Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Mobile, Alabama, are vying to host our Forum and Exposition for the year 2000. I have personally visited each city and all are capable of hosting our meeting. All of these cities have displays here at the Fonim, so visit and learn more. The city of Oakland, California, and the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter will serve as hosts for our 52nd Forum and Exposition from 27 September to 1 October 1997. Mark your calendars now!
As you know, we do not have a chapter here in Orlando (at least not yet!), so many of our members from throughout the United States are volunteering their time to work alongside the NDTA staff to make this Forum a success. Their names are listed on page 26 in this DTJ. Help me thank all of them for a job well done.
As a final note, remember to "Adopt a Duck" for the first annual NDTA/A-35 "Great American Duck Race" that I spoke about in last month's column. A-35ers will be selling adoptions on Saturday, Sunday and Monday. The race and awarding of the Grand Prize-a Caribbean Cruise for two-will take place Monday evening at Pleasure Island. You must be present to win! Your $3 "adoption fee" will go to the NDTA Scholarship Fund, and you will receive a duck emblem to proudly wear on your Forum name badge. Of course, you can make multiple donations, also; but lo be it to the attendee that doesn't have at least one duck emblem on his badge! A35ers say that they will seek you out wherever you are!
I am happy that you are here in Orlando with us; and I want you to know how much we truly appreciate your loyalty and dedicated support. Enjoy! DTJ
TRANSPORTATION NETWORI(
By Maj Gen William Begert, USAF, Director, Operations/Logistics, U.S. Transportation Command,
(TCJ3/J4),
USTRANSCOM
ADoD's single manager and executive agent for n-transit Visibility (ITV), USTRANSCOM needs n automated information system that will revolutionize our business processes and continue to evolve with technology innovations. Our solution to meet these requirements is the Global Transportation Network (GTN)
When the Global Transportation Network (GTN) reaches full operational capability (FOC) in 1999, it will process more than three million update transactions a day and talk simultaneously to hundreds of on-line users.
Most of GTN's users will not be transporters; rather, they will be people who rely on the defense transportation system (DTS). They will come from every function and activity, and include every level in the chain of command from supply clerks , to field commanders, to the supported warfighting CINC. But they will all have something in common: the need for fast, reliable answers about DoD transportation.
Readily accessible information is the driving force behind the GTN. The system was conceived to be the chief "information broker" for the DoD transportation enterprise. Its mission:
• Deliver comprehensive in-transit visibility (ITV).
• Support transportation command and control at the United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) and its component commands.
• Guide transportation decision-making throughout DoD.
At its heart, GTN is a big, friendly, easy-to-access database. The idea is to gather together in one integrated repository all of the useful data that's currently stored in dozens of different DoD (and commercial) transportation systems ... DOD logistics and command and control systems... and other transportation-relevant data sources. Once captured, the data can be ordered and aggregated on demand to answer users' questions.
This simple explanation belies GTN's internal sophistication. GTN applies state-of-the-art information technology to collect, consolidate, integrate, and present data that is stored at many locations, in a variety of different data formats. GTN will eventually implement four major functions (see Table 1). The initial operating capability (IOC) delivery scheduled for late this year will provide the ITV function and upload information from ten major systems (see Table 2).
G1N was designed to be as hassle-free as possible even for non-technical users. Transactions are inherently simple. :The user supplies appropriate unit, cargo, passenger, or patient information identifiers. GTN delivers an integrated view of transportation data (a combination of mode, location, date, and status). The intelligent GTN infrastructure eliminates the intricacies of dealing with the complex "network of networks" that supplies the various data elements.
As GTN evolves and new links are added to other transportation-related systems the quantity, quality, and variety of available information will increase exponentially. G1N will become the central clearinghouse for in-transit and operational information about virtually all of the transportation assets in the DTS.
Therein lies the power of GTN to support so many different kinds of users and the reason that GTN has been designated the transportation node of the evolving Global Command and Control System (GCCS). The IOC delivery of GTN will interface with the GCCS/JOPES Schedule & Movement (S&M) client/server system, the keeper of DoD deployment planning, activity, and status information. G1N will feed the S&M server data about aircraft arrival, departure, and status, plus actual air movements. GTN will also become the in-transit visibility cdmponent of DoD Total Asset Visibility (TAV) initiative. (The other pieces of TAV are inprocess visibility and in-storage visibility.)
The key point here .is that GTN is not an isolated information system. Rather, it will be a fully integrated member of the DoD command and control CZ infrastructure, a fundamental contributor to joint and combined war-fighting operations.
Where's Our Stuff?
Most of what has been written about GTN has focused on its ITV function with good reason. Every DoD transportation user has asked Where's our stuff? at one time or another. G1N will provide reliable, credible answers during peace, c01;itingencies, or war about requisitions, forces, cargo, air refueling, passengers, and patients moving within the DTS.
The value of ITV was driven home during Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm. By now, everyone has heard the anecdotes about opening tens of thousands of containers at Saudi Arabian ports because we didn't know what was inside. I think it's more instructive to focus on the moverrients
where we had adequate in-transit visibility. A good example is the shipment of Patriot missiles enroute to the Gulf that were easily diverted to Israel. Simply put, ITV enabled us to respond immediately to a presidential policy decision.
GTN will begin to track a movement's status in the DTS as soon as a request for common-user lift is made. Users will be able to retrieve requisitions, schedules, itineraries, manifests, and related information about both classified and unclassified movements on all transportation modes: air, ocean, rail and motor. At IOC, this will include reporting of actual passenger movements on Air Mobility Command (AMC) assets, and near-real-time monitoring of sensitive and critical shipments from origin to destination within the continental U.S. and it will expand to worldwide as additional operator level systems come on line.
Quick access to these kinds of data will raise the comfort level throughout DoD, but it can mean the difference between mission success and failure to those of us who manage DoD's transportation assets, resources, and infrastructure. To keep control of the DTS, we have to know what we're moving, how we're moving it, and how fast we're getting it there.
Where's our stuff? is the starting point of logistical agility. But USTRANSCOM is obligated to answer many other questions, too. For example:
• How do we integrate, synchronize, and control common-user airlift, surface lift, and terminal services that deploy and sustain DoD forces globally during peacetime and war?
• How do we identify transportation bottlenecks before they result in materiel shortfalls?
• How do we handle our routine responsibilities most cost effectively? (USTRANSCOM airlifts 1,300,000 passengers and 266,000 short tons of cargo annually. We move 10.7 million metric tons of cargo by other modes, including 177,000 containers and 642,000 individual household goods shipments.)
• How do we set priorities during contingencies, when there are certain to be conflicting demands for common-user assets?
• How do we organize USTRANSCOM to support the National Security Strategy? Here , we must provide sufficient lift for two major regional contingencies probably thousands of miles apart.
In its role as DoD's primary transportation command and control system, G1N will deliver the information that USTRANSCOM needs to develop the right answers. We see the GTN as a cornerstone of our operations, an essential piece of technology to support our global transportation management mission.
TABLE l:GTN'S FOUR MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS
GTN Function
In-Transit Visibility (ITV)
Current Operations
Future Operations
Patient Movement
GTN Capabilities
Near-real-time visibility and status of. strategic lift assets; forecasted and executing movement requirements; progress of deployments, and status of the transportation infrastructure. Delivers transportation-related information about units, forces, passengers, cargo, patients, schedules and actual movements.
Displays asset information, planned versus actual comparisons, requirements versus capabilities comparisons, and collateral transportation intelligence information on airfields, seaports, and transportation networks (rail, highway, air, and inland waterways).
Incorporates the functionality of Joint Flow Analysis System for Transportation QFAST) to support transportation planning and analysis, including mode and port selection; movement capacity, cost analysis; feasibility analysis; predictive analysis; readiness assessment; and "what if" analysis of assets, resources, and infrastructure.
Applies the TRANSCOM Regulating and Command & Control Evacuation System (TRAC2ES) to forecast, plan, coordinate and execute worldwide patient transportation, and to provide ITV of individual patients
An Enterprise-Wide View
There is, of course, a strong relationship between ITV and the information needed to implement transportation CZ. Much of the raw data is the same: schedules, requests for services, itineraries, situation reports, and the like. What's different is the way the outputs are aggregated and presented.
All GTN users, even those primarily interested in ITV, will benefit from the system's CZ alter ego, and its wide-ranging data-gathering capabilities. GTN's enterprise-wide view encompasses virtually every aspect of transportation (and every transportation-relevant data source) throughout DoD. On the one hand, GTN is the system that knows where things are. On the other hand, it's the system that monitors the "back-room" details of the DTS. Transportation decision makers at all levels will have unprecedented access to information they never had before, including:
• Infrastructure metrics that reveal the level of commitment and stress of the DTS;
• Near-real-time performance statistics that allow us to fine-tune ongoing operations;
• Historical data that transportation planners will use to identify longer-term trends that require attention.
Building Confidence In The System
GTN leverages sophisticated technology to give users a powerful handle on the biggest logistics system in the world. It will change the way that USTRANSCOM communicates with its customers and also change the way customers perceive the transportation infrastructure.
One of the most valuable benefits of easily accessible transportation information-especially ITV-will be increased user confidence in our worldwide logistics systems. A promise of time-definite delivery of critical materiel becomes much easier to believe when you can track your
shipment's progress every step of the way.
In turn, greater user confidence will reduce the need for defensive stocking... or multiple orders to guarantee the arrival of critical items or other surreptitious "safety nets" that can bring a logistics system to its knees.
Similarly, greater confidence in the DTS is an obvious prerequisite for the successful implementation of Air Force Lean Logistics, Army Velocity Management, and similar programs aimed at recovering the investment trapped in excessive parts and supply inventories. Units will be willing to reduce their shelf stocks if they know they can rely on the transportation system to keep delivery promises.
It's Not Your "Old" GTN
You may have used the prototype GTN that went on-line in 1993. If so, be prepared for a pleasant surprise when the "real" Global Transportation Network becomes available later this year. (We expect its first large-scale operational trial to be the redeployment out of Bosnia.)
The roe GTN, developed by Lockheed Martin, will provide significantly enhanced performance, faster response to user queries, and quicker processing of source input transactions.
The new system will be up and running whenever you need it. Its standards-based network infrastructure has lots of redundancy-both to meet the processing performance requirement, and to ensure availability.
As before, you'll be able to tap into GTN with your existing equipment-there are no major investments to make.
You'll also find a friendlier user interface. In fact, two friendly interfaces:
• A highly flexible interface for "power users" that makes available the full GTN feature set and allows significant user control (including user definition of the output elements);
• A truly easy-to-use interface-based on the familiar World Wide Web (WWW) model-that is optimized to
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TABLE 2: GTN CAPTURES INFORMATION FROM EXISTING LOCATIONS
System
Cargo Movement Operation System (CMOS)
Consolidated Aerial Port System (CAPS II)
CONUS Freight Management System (CFM)
Defense Automated Addressing System (DTTS)
Defense Transportation Tracking System (DTTS)
Global Decision Support System (GOSS)
Integrated Booking System (IBS)
Mechanized ExportTraffic System (METS)
Passenger Reservation & Manifesting System (PRAMS)
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control Information System (TCACCIS)
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information Management System (TC AIMS)
Worldwide Port System (WPS)
Information
Air Force air cargo and passenger information for planning, command & control, and ITY.
Cargo manifested for air shipment, cargo at aerial ports awaiting air shipment, and cargo departed from aerial ports via air or ground transportation.
Domestic commercial freight services.
Status/tracking of DoD supply distributions from requisition to delivery at destination.
In-transit visibility of sensitive CONUS shipments moving via commercial ground transport services.
answer simple questions from non-technical users and occasional GTN "browsers."
Ready For Change
The GTN's architecture is flexible and extensible, able to evolve from today's data integration strategies to support tomorrow's "federated" data systems that will provide Global DoD, Joint, and Service Total Asset Visibility. Over time, GTN will assist transportation systems migration-by absorbing the functionality of several current systems.
We also expect GTN's basic functionality to expand throughout its lifetime, in response to technological change and user demands. Four possible near-term enhancements are:
• Commercial transportation interfaces-to make use of currently available information and eliminate the invisible gaps in the overall supply chain;
• RF tag and satellite tracking-to provide more detailed location information for ITV;
• ITV over the telephone-dial-in access to GTN (from any
Scheduled/actual arrival and departure information; planned and actual itineraries; and summary allocations and manifests for all AMC carriers, tankers, and aeromedical evacuation flights.
International cargo bookings for non-unit movements.
Scheduling (on MSC or commercial ships) for unit arrival at ports; port calls to units; bookings of containerized and break bulk cargo.
Reservations (for both individual and unit moves) for travel aboard AMC and commercial aircraft; pre-manifests to fixed aerial ports and contracted commercial airport gateways worldwide.
Deployments of Army Active and Reserve components;Army airlift and air passenger manifests at airfields where CMOS or CAPS II are not available.
Marine airlift and ocean cargo manifests, Marine air passenger manifests at airfields where CMOS or CAPS II are not available.
Information about cargo at waterports awaiting sealift, cargo which has been loaded or unloaded from ships, and cargo which has departed by other means of transport; ship sailings.
modem-equipped computer);
• A transportation reference server that will maintain a central repository of DoD and commercial reference tables, to ensure that consistent codes and tables are used by transportation aplications and systems throughout DoD.
A New Frame of Reference
It's no exaggeration to say that GTN will revolutionize the way we do business at USTRANSCOM. By transforming a flood of data into useful information, it gives us a new frame of reference-a clear window into the workings of DoD's transportation infrastructure. As part of the GTN program, we are reengineering many of our business and functional processes. But even more important, GTN will improve our ability to provide predictable, reliable and cost effective service to warfighters. We believe that GTN will be a potent force multiplier, by virtue of the time and effort it will save for war-fighting commanders, and the ways it will enhance their abilities to respond to rapidly changing priorities. DTJ
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As General Walter Kross took command of the United States Transportation Command, he cited as one of his three main tasks the preparation of the command to operate effectively in the 21st century.
Kross wants to accomplish his goals with all th e members of the USTRANSCOM, AMC, MSC and MTMC teams-active, Guard, Reserve and industry partners. Overall, he sees three main themes that will characterize the general direction of his time in command .
Three Themes for the 21st Century
"First, we need to maintain our readiness to do our global missions. We must keep our eye on the main ball-our core mission remains support to the warfighting CINCs with our ability to support the requirements for two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies-while supporting all of our daily customers worldwide-whether it be Bosnia-like lesser regional contingencies, support for natural disasters when required, routine cargo and passenger movements, tanker support to US and allies , training and joint exercises," Kross said .
"Second, we need to continually improve our key processes so important to the effective operation of the Defense Transportation System so we can provide the best possible service to our customers, ourselves and our industry partners.
"Third, we need to prepare to operate TRANSCOM in the 21st century. We need to modernize our ships , planes, railcars, as well as the smarts we put inside them to interface with cutting-edge transportation technology required to operate around the globe. Also, we need to modernize our support equipment and the command and control systems so vital to our global operations," he said.
Teamwork
The Bronx, New York, native knows he won't be steering the commands into the next century alone; he will also be relying heavily on the people who make USTRANSCOM and its component commands operate.
"The strongest feature of the commands is the adaptable professionalism of our people who always-I repeat always-get the mission done through teamwork, smarts and sweat equity. This assignment is a real opportunity to once again work with the top professionals in both commands who provide nationally- critical services worldwide," Kross said.
Expectations
The general expects a lot from his team and will give whatever it takes to get the mission accomplished. "I know our people are the most competent in the world at providing global transportation and air mobility. I plan to be a responsive listener, ensuring that the men and women who have a stake in ensuring mission success of TRANSCOM are heard. We'll continue to op erate in a joint, total force, industry team context-playing to America's strengths. That's all of us, active duty, Guard, Reserve and industry partners-officer, enlisted and civilian. We will do this important mission together as a team, and no one knows transportation and air mobility better than our p eople," he said.
Core Values
The way to tackle any mission in Kross's eyes is by living the Air Force 's core values. "Integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do-both on and off the job-and that requires being mentally and ph ysically fit," he said. "Vince Lombardi was right when he said, 'The quality of life is in direct proportion to commitment to excellence."'
The 31-year veteran doesn't expect anything less from his
people than what he intends to
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Total Force
The general believes the only way to continue to keep USTRANSCOM operating effectively is through a fully integrated total force, joint operations concept. "In TRANSCOM, we think, eat and breathe total force better than any military organization I know. It's truly
one of our nation's secret weapons that we work so well in the joint, total force context. TRANSCOM's success' is inextricably linked to the outstanding, sustained performance of our Guard, Reserve and industry partners. There's no other way to do business, 11 he added.
Upgrading Equipment
In addition to taking care of the people, the general also plans to devote a lot of his attention to upgrading equipment. He feels that the current purchase of 120 of the new C-17 Globemaster IIIs entering the AMC fleet is the minimum number to carry out the mission, but knows that it will be years before all of them are in place.
But the newest airlifter isn't the only upgrade the commander has in mind. He said that the worldwide transportation system relies on effective command and control as a central element in its effectiveness. "Command and control is our life's blood, and it will have a top priority as we field our Global Transportation Network (GTN). These are important priorities that we are going to pay a lot of attention to in the next couple of years, 11 Kross said.
A New Era
As he settles into his new offices with many tasks ahead of him, Kross, along with the men and women of USTRANSCOM, is ready and willing to move both commands into the next century together. DTJ
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by Pehr H. Pehrsson Science Applications International Corporation
With military equipment ever larger engined, per man fuel requirements in a war theater continue to soar. It has been decades since a stream of 55-gallon drums could meet the fuel needs of vehicles and aircraft on a foreign shore. A number of small scale, high volume petroleum delivery systems have been developed for shallow nearshore gradients, but all have significant limitations for weather, speed of installation, or capacity.
The U.S. Navy began developing its Offshore Petroleum Discharge System (OPDS), a miniaturized commercial system, in 1984, and now relies on OPDS as the primary means for large volume fuel delivery over an unimproved shoreline. OPDS can pump 1000 gpm from an extensively modified product tanker four miles offshore in benign to moderate environmental conditions. The OPDS hardware is carried complete on board the tanker. Installation of the system, however, requires approximately 100 specially trained military personnel with mission-outfitted support boats. The Navy keeps some OPDS tankers forward deployed, others in CONUS in a reduced operating status. Like all military equipment kept in a manned and ready condition, OPDS is expensive.
The US Navy and other major military powers and regional powers throughout the world can now exploit a privately developed concept that provides the same mobile offloading terminal functions at a small fraction of the cost and is more versatile. The system, called Fuel Source One (FSl) by its designers, is intended for military markets worldwide, and for civilian markets such as small, out-of-the-way island and coastal communities without adequate port facilities for ships with the draft of oceangoing product tankers. FSl also has potential for offshore petroleum drilling and storage sites that occasionally need emergency undersea pipeline replacements to continue crude oil pumping operations. FSl offers a low cost, dependable, temporary or long-term offload terminal for such tankers to connect to storage tanks ashore. The developmental system lends itself to economical installation by a very small civilian crew, and will accommodate tankers up to about 60,000 dwt, depending on local weather conditions. FSl will interface easily with any supply tanker because it requires no special tanker outfitting other than a
hard point forward for attachment of the mooring hawser. All terminal and support components are incorporated in the system design.
FSl consists of two barge-like structures, one a system deployment barge with a recess in the hull for a single anchor leg mooring (SALM), the other a scaled down SALM of unique construction. The third principal component is five miles of reel-mounted conduit carried on the deployment barge. The concept builds upon and improves on the U.S. Navy's experience with the OPDS and similar expeditionary fuel systems.
The vessel design is approximately 200 ft long and 85 ft in the beam. From keel to deckhouse top the depth is 25 ft. There are no crew accommodations on board. The barge, with its slightly raked bow, carries within its hull all equipment needed to deploy the conduit to the shore and create a fully functional tanker terminal. This equipment includes:
• Two beach termination units (BTUs), which form the shore end anchors for two conduit legs.
• Five miles of eight inch inside diameter float-sink elastomeric conduit with a burst pressure of 2800 psig.
• Eight reels on which the conduit is carried in 1000-ft lengths married by quick acting end couplings.
• An electrically powered hydraulic power unit capable of driving the conduit reels, four winches for wires to raise and lower the SALM, azimuthing thrusters used for low speed propulsion and maneuvering, the conduit reels, and ,all .other hydtaulicaiiy pbwered..~quipmµit tm the barge.
• A diesel driven air compressor. An electrically powered in-line centrifugal pump used to boost tanker pressures for tanker-to-beach distances of more than 2-1/2 miles.
• An azimuthing thruster in each after corner of the deployment barge. The thrusters can propel the barge at three kts when deploying the terminal and assist in holding it steady in cross currents during the process.
• A 20-ft high, 14-ft diameter recoverable mooring buoy carried on a skid at the rear of the barge.
• Various pieces of deck equipment used to fairlead the conduit, store hoses and the mooring hawser, anchors to moor the barge, davits to launch and recover the two inflatable boats used in deployment, hydraulic pumps for
testing the assembled system, and winches and capstans.
• Ballast tanks, fuel tanks and holding tanks for contaminated oily water.
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• Two large diesel generators and a smaller generator for housekeeping functions.
The single anchor leg mooring (SALM) consists of a low profile, five-ft high rectangular gravity base built around a dual passage product swivel. The swivel can flow two refined products simultaneously without danger of mutual contamination or contamination from water. From its stow position beneath the deployment barge, the SALM is lowered by four winch wires to the sea floor. Shear keels on the bottom of the SALM add sufficient holding power to the SALM's flooded weight to hold a 60,000 dwt tanker in normal weather conditions.
For military applications, it is planned to tow the FSl system from a peacetime prepositioning point to the installation site using a 5000 hp oceangoing tug. The civilian contract crew is flown to an airport near the
move short distances over ocean to a new installation site. FS1 has a projected shelf life of 20 years.
Maintaining the machinery and conduit u1,der cover protects it from ozone, which attacl<s elaston1ers, weather and corrosion.
to bring the tanker rail hose and hawser ends to the tanker as it approaches the buoy. If only one flow line over 2-1/2 miles long is used the barge will moor itself in the middle of the conduit string and attach the conduit ends to a 1000 gpm booster pump on board the deployment barge. Optional equipment that may be carried on the barge includes self-deployable anchors for the conduit, miniaturized pig launchers for the tanker's discharge manifold, and quick disconnects for the tanker rail hoses.
machinery is off-the-shelf brand name equipment that can be supported by local distributors and maintained by any seamen familiar with tanker deck equipment.
If never before used for refined petroleum products, the FSl can be used to pump potable water from a water tanker anchored miles offshore. This capability has both military and civilian applications. In areas where there is a shortage of potable water because of the destruction of local water supplies by warfare or natural disasters, reverse osmosis water purification units lack adequate capacity, or the water tanker must remain far offshore because of depth restrictions, FSl with a water tanker/barge can be used to fill the gap.
Designers estimate that it will take 9-11 months from receipt of an order to deliver the first system; subsequent systems can be delivered more quickly. With a full five miles of conduit on board, designers expect FSl to be fielded for $22-24M, a fraction of the cost of competing commercial and military terminals. DTJ
The system can be recovered and reassembled in the forward area. Using its own propulsion system, it can move short distances over ocean to a new installation site. FSl has a projected shelf life of 20 years. Maintaining the machinery and conduit under cover protects it from ozone, which attacks elastomers, weather and corrosion. That, in turn, results in low annual maintenance costs and high operational availability. Almost all deployment site, and is ferried out to meet the deployment barge using local water transportation. Upon arrival at an offshore point within 4-5 miles of the installation site, FSl is released to proceed to ground out on the beach where the BTU will be installed. Using its own davit, FSl lowers the BTU into the water to be pulled ashore using a line from a military bulldozer. Before leaving the beach area, one end of the conduit is passed to military personnel ashore for later connection to the BTU. The barge then backs away from the beach while paying out conduit, which is deliberately sunk by filling it with sea water as it leaves the deployment barge. The barge's thrusters and GPS readouts enable it to maintain position on the prescribed conduit route. When the barge arrives at the designated tanker mooring site offshore the SALM hoses are attached to the SALM in the process of making it ready for sinking. The barge lowers the SALM to the sea floor using winches and four 2-inch diameter wires, one on each corner. To complete the deployment, the barge crew connects the seaward end of the conduit to a pigtail hose from the SALM and sinks the entire length of the flow path by flooding it with sea water. If two conduit strings, each less than 2-1/2 miles from the beach, are to be installed, the second is pulled from its BTU site ashore and connected in similar manner to a second floating pigtail hose. The barge crew deploys the floater hoses, installs the mooring buoy on the mooring chain to the SALM, attaches the mooring hawser to the floating mooring buoy, and awaits the arrival of the tanker. The crew uses the inflatable boats
Mr. Pehr H. Pehrsson is currently a Senior Program Manager in the Maritime Services Division of SAIC, Alexandria, VA. He has over 30 years of civilian technical experience concentrating in strategic sealift, /LOTS, ship convoy operation, logistic support and strategic planning Mr. Pehrsson 's 31-year Naval career included destroyer and amphibious ship command tours, as well as assignments with the CNO Staff and Bureau of Naval Personnel. Mr. Pehrsson is a graduate of Marquette University (B.Sc.), University of Minnesota (M.A.) and the Naval War College.
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The Changing Face of Sato1raver
By Nancy Gast Romps
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Just ask SatoTravel, which is enjoying success in new ventures as well as in its traditional business base.
You already know SatoTravel as the leader in military and government travel. But what you may not know is that while SatoTravel still handles the bulk of military and government transportation, the company has been evolving over the past several years into a force to be reckoned within the entire travel-management industry-private corporations included.
After the loss of several important contracts in 1994 resulting from government and military downsizing as well as increased competition in government markets, the time seemed right to venture into a new market-new as far as SatoTravel was concerned, anyway. The leader in military and government travel saw that its almost 50 years of serving the demand of military and government travelers would translate well into the corporate market, and targeted Fortune 500 corporations with travel budgets of more than $10 million.
The official announcement three years ago that SatoTravel was seeking corporate accounts was met with disbelief and skepticism from the travel community and other naysayers who couldn't picture SatoTravel as having multiple missions. But truth be told, while SatoTravel's face is changing, its objective has not. Despite its tremendous success in garnering corporate business-more than $265 million to date-the company is committed to providing low-cost travel solutions and friendly service to all customers, be them captains, clerks or CEOs.
Traveling New Roads
In 1994, the overturn of the DTR-5 (5th Army) contract originally awarded to SatoTravel clearly highlighted the risks and costs of remaining exclusively a government travel-service provider. "In charting a new course," SatoTravel President and CEO Michael J. Premo explained, "we looked at all the potential customers we might serve and concluded that the majority of business accounts and vacation customers are adequately served by the current distribution systems, and we have no plans to pursue them."
However, Premo continued, "the needs of large and multinational organizations often remain unsatisfied and are a very good fit for the services we can provide." How so? As it turns out, there are many more similarities than differences between government/military travel management and corporate travel, and SatoTravel is able to capitalize on its nearly five decades of experience in serving demanding customers with out-of-the-ordinary travel plans in order to add large corporations to its long list of satisfied clients.
The bottom line is a priority for all customers; indeed, costcutting isn't just a business best-practice anymore. It's a way of life for almost any organization that wants to stay afloat in a shaky economy, and even state-of-the-art private corporations have been forced to slash their travel budgets. SatoTravel is chartered to impartially represent all of its 11 domestic airline owners, and that translates into lowest available ticket prices for its customers.
Efficiency and convenience are other strong selling points for SatoTravel. Most military and government customers have ready access to SatoTravel offices right on the premises, and
they receive additional coverage from SatoTravel's San Antonio Service Center, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to ensure service during emergencies and after-hours. Some corporate customers enjoy staffed SatoTravel offices in their own office complexes, but all do the bulk of their travel transactions through SatoTravel's 50,000-square-foot, 450-agent Corporate Call Center in Sterling, Va., near Dulles Airport.
Like the San Antonio Service Center, the Call Center is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in order to accommodate clients in different time zones, last-minute travel needs and even night-owls who prefer to book their trips at 3:00 a.m. In fact, now that the original Call Center is working almost to capacity and more corporate accounts are pouring in, a second corporate call center in the Seattle area is currently in the works and will open in early December.
The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same
But the similarities don't end with cost and convenience. Just ask Linda Ward, SatoTravel's national account manager for the MITRE Corp., who's been on both sides of SatoTravel's business. "I feel very fortunate to have come from the military side of the business," says Linda, who was formerly area manager for SatoTravel's DTR4 business. "There's so much valuable information that I've gleaned from that experience that translates into providing superior service to MITRE's travelers." For example, many large corporations negotiate city-pair fares just as the federal government does.
Linda also pinpoints technology as an area that "traditional" travel providers can't always accommodate. "The government and military drive a lot of technology, and they've definitely pushed us in terms of meeting their technological needs," she asserts. In fact, the two sides of SatoTravel have actually been enjoying a symbiotic technological relationship, as Premo predicted in 1994 when he said that SatoTravel aimed to "introduce into our government bids some of the innovations we plan for corporate accounts and, therefore, improve the overall quality of our service." These innovations include Navigator, SatoTravel's soon-to-be-released self-booking software, and its proprietary computer reservations system interface, Eagle, which integrates immediate caller recognition, passenger profiles, travel policies and activity data.
All partnerships aside, it's important for SatoTravel's traditional customers-its sole bread and butter for the past halfcentury-to know that they will never be adversely affected by SatoTravel's new business ventures. Corporate accounts are served only from dedicated sites. "Our approach is to focus on the most efficient ways to meet customer needs." Premo said. "We won't be disrupting services from the offices we operate today. 11
In fact, despite the doors that serving a new market has opened for the company, SatoTravel's continued success in winning government bids and serving its traditional customers is critical to the company's long-term success. Although the face of SatoTravel may be changing, the company is the same at heart-dedicated to providing the best travel-management services around to all of its customers. And that's one thing that will never change.
For more information about SatoTravel, visit the company's Web site: http:/ /www.satotravel.com
Nancy Gast Romps is senior writer/editor for SatoTravel.
Welcome to Orlando and the 1996 Forum. As both the cochair of the Forum and the National A-35 chair, I don't expect to miss a single activity, and I hope you don't either. Of special note for attending A35ers will be our own meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 28, in the
Theresa Giordanengo Vice-President A-35
Senate/Gallery rooms of the Buena Vista Palace Resort and Spa. After we conclude our meeting, we'll join the Region President's meeting already in progress.
At the National Board of Director's meeting, I will announce the official launch of the Book Drive for the American Merchant Marine's Library Association (AMMLA). So far, I've received enthusiastic feedback from some of the A-35 Regional Representatives about the Book Drive. We'll get a chance to talk more about it at our Sunday meeting and at the A-35 breakfast on Wednesday morning, October 2.
Do not miss the "Great American Duck Race," to take place during the Monday evening scholarship event. This will be the first Forum activity coordinated by the A-35ers. See General Honor's President's Column in this issue for more details. We owe a special thanks to the Monday night sponsors for letting us debut in their time slot-Carlson Wagonlit, FedEx and Delta Air Lines.
Many congratulations to the A-35ers rece1vmg awards at this year's Forum-CPT John Fasching, USA (Atlanta Chapter); and Capt Ellen Moore, USAF (Washington, DC, Chapter). I would also like to send a special thanks along with my congratulations to CPT Henry Pittman, USA Oacksonville Chapter). CPT Pittman will be receiving the NDTA President's Special Achievement Award at the Forum. I have had the opportunity recently to work closely with CPT Pittman, and I have seen him get involved, dig in, and make things happen for A-35. He has helped me tremendously with my own A-35 responsibilities. CPT Pittman's Action-35 Profile is below.
Reports on Chapter activities continue to come in, but I would like to see more. This one was forwarded to me by SSgt Ken Russell:
"In honor of National Transportation Week, the A-35 members of the San Antonio chapter collected food and organized volunteers to work at the San Antonio Food Bank. They sorted some of the 8 million pounds of groceries received annually which are used to feed 125,000 people each month in San Antonio and 19 surrounding towns. Mr. Paul Buzendahl, Director for the San Antonio Food Bank and a supportive member of the NDTA San Antonio Chapter briefed the volunteers on what was required. Time went by quickly, and the next thing we knew, it was time to clean up and leave. All participants agreed that we'd like to help the food bank again soon; and that it was a great feeling to give back to the community."
For more information, contact SSgt. Russell at (800) 599-7709, ext. 5926.
I look forward to meeting and discussing our A-35 programs with all of you at the Forum.
Captain Henry H. Pittman, USA Training With Industry Officer
PROFILE
Captain Pittman was commissioned a second lieutenant in the transportation corps and initially served as a platoon leader, movements control officer, and in a variety of command and staff positions including duty in Saudi Arabia with 1st COSCOM, culminating in his current assignment as Training With Industry Officer, Landstar System, Inc.
A native of Silver Spring, MD, Captain Pittman and his wife, Felecia Leontyne, have two children, Leland Vaughn five years old, and Devin Terrel one year old. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in General Agriculture from the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, and is a graduate of numerous Army courses and schools.
Captain Pittman's awards and decorations include the Meritorious Unit Commendation (Desert Shield/Storm), Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Army Achievement Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster.
Captain Pittman is an active member of the National Defense Transportation Association. Leadership positions held include President of the A35 Committee (Regimental Chapter), Chapter President (Regimental Chapter), VP of A-35 Committee Oacksonville, FL, Chapter).
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Greetings From the NDTA Chairman of the Board
Welcome to Orlando and NDTA's 51st Transportation and Logistics Forum and Exposition. This year's theme is "Building a Foundation for the 21st Century." The theme builds on the themes of the past two years, "50 Years of Transportation Partnership" and "Optimizing the Government Industry Partnership." These topical subjects reviewed ways to strengthen partnerships; adaptation of best industry practice and making greater use of the industry's infrastructure and information systems.
There will be two professional panels. On Panel I''The Foundation," panelists will address the status of power projection initiatives. Panel II-"Future DirectionsH will provide some insights into what we may expect in the future in various important areas. Our moderators and panelists are experts in their fields.
The need for a World Class Defense Transportation
System is greater than ever today because the majority of our Armed Forces is located on our shores. The government/industry part-
nership is the best guarantee to assure success in meeting the deployment and sustainment needs of our Armed Forces.
I am pleased to welcome our co-keynote speakers for our opening ceremony, Mr. Fred Smith of FedEx and The Honorable John J. Hamre of the Department of Defense. General Walter Kross from United States Transportation Command is delivering the keynote address for our Military Units Awards Luncheon. I know that we all look forward to hearing the views of these national leaders.
Participate in our three scholarship events and support the education of our future transporters and logistidans. These events are described on page 25 of this D1].
Over 100 exhibitors have designed their displays to provide you with the latest information on their products and services. Exhibits will open with the President's Reception on 30 September at 6 p.m. Hope to see you there.
Jeff C. Crowe Chairman of the Board
Greetings From the Forum Co-Chairs
Welcome to Orlando- located in the heart of the sunshine state! It is appropriate that this city, named after Orlando Reeves, a U.S. soldier killed in 1835 while on sentinel duty, is the location of NDTA's 51st Annual Transportation and Logistics Forum and Exposition. As you can see from the Schedule of Events, a number of exciting activities are planned. In addition, we're sure you'll find that Orlando offers a host of
RADM Pierce J. Johnson, USNR Deputy Commander Military Sealift Command
attractions and activities for the whole family.
Our theme for this year's Forum, "Building a Foundation for the 21st Century" focuses on the core of our mission, a strengthening of the government and industry partnership. Although the pace of downsizing in the industry and government seems to have slowed, optimizing defense transportation readiness continues to be a priority. In almost every sector of the commercial transportation industry, companies are achieving their goals of improving service while lowering capital and operating costs. In some cases, corporate alliances are fueling
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these private sector efforts. The private sector actions offer opportunities to build stronger organizations capable of providing a greater variety of tailored services to meet customer needs
Our panel moderators are seasoned experts from Department of Defense and the private sector. Mr. Bill Lucas, Deputy to the Commander, MTMC of Panel I "The Foundation" and Mr. W. Roger Curry, President and CEO, CF MotorFreight of Panel II "Future Directions" along with their panelists who are planners, practitioners and visionaries are an unbeatable combination to keep your interest! You will be invited to interact with the panels-so plan on attending both Panels I and II As usual, we will have valuable door prizes , and you must be present to win .
We are extremely proud to co-chair this year's Forum and we look forward to meeting each and every one of you. Finally, we encourage all attendees to get involved and take advantage of the Forum events as well as the nearby attractions-as time permits. Enjoy your stay in Orlando!
The Forum Team
Ronald Bevilacqua
Bluff
SSgt JoAnne Boczanowskl
Nonna Bond
Campbell
Wayne "Soup" Campbell Rose Casares
Johnsie Cogman
Judy Conahan
SSgt Timothy Cullen
MSgt Patsy DeMichele
Jane Drury
William Ford
MSgt Vicky Forsgren, USAFR
SSgt Arlene Gardner
Theresa Gibeaut
MSgt Leon Lashley
TSgt David Marino
Lynn Nelson
Rose Phillips
Rosa Pitts
MSgt Joseph Rampino
Marie Rohrbough
Lt Col Steve Rohrbough, USAF (Ret.)
Carolyn Salmans
Wesley "Shorty" Salmans
Dom Scaffido
Marcia Scofield
Janet Soulcheck
MAJ Debra Thedford, USA
Craig Thurgood
CMSgt George Whitaker, USAF (Ret.)
Zella Wright
LCDR Janice Wynn, USN
The 51st Annual Transportation and Logistics
Schedule of Events Forum
and Exposition
Saturday, September 28
9 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Regional Presidents and A-35 Meeting
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
11:30 a.m. -1:15 p.m. Pre-Workshop Luncheon
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.
Chapter Presidents, State Vice Presidents and Member Workshop
NDTA Scholarship Event-"Church Street Station" hosted by USAir and NDTA (buses leave at 5:50 pm)
Sunday, September 29
7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration Desk Open
7 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Golf Tournament-hosted by Northwest Airlines-Buena Vista Golf Course (buses depart at 6:50 am)
9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
5:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Continental Breakfast-co-hosted by American Airlines and NOTA Do It Yourself Activities
NDTA Scholarship Event-"New York Street Backlot Party" at Universal Studios-hosted by Dollar Rent a Car Systems, UPS and United Airlines (buses depart at 4:50 pm)
Monday, September 30
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Desk Open
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Start-Up Breakfast-hosted by Sato Travel
8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Annual Forum Commencement
11:10 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. Cocktail Reception
Noon - 2:15 p.m. Military Units Awards Luncheon
2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Annual Board Meeting and Membership Assembly
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Exhibitors' Reception (Exhibitors only)
President's Reception/Grand Opening of Exhibits (Dress Casual)
8:30 p.m. - Midnight NDTA Scholarship Event-"Disney World, EPCOT 96 and Pleasure Island"-hosted by Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Delta Air Lines, FedEx and Holiday Inn Worldwide. (buses depart at 8: 10 pm)
Tuesday, October 1
7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Registration Desk Open
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. NDTA Recognition Breakfast-hosted by United Airlines and NDTA
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panel I: "The Foundation"
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Exhibits Revisited: Cocktail Reception and Buffet Lunch-Exhibit Hall
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Site Selection Committee Meeting
6 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Annual Forum Reception (Exhibit Hall)
7 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Chairman's Awards Dinner-Presentation of the National Transportation, National Defense Leadership and DoD Distinguished Service Awards. Entertainment by USAir. Black tie preferred.
Wednesday, October 2
7 a.m. - 10 a.m. Registration Desk Open
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. A-35 Breakfast
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Panel II: "Future Directions"
11:30 a.m. - Noon Cocktail Reception
12:15 p.m. - 2 p.m. International Awards Luncheon
2 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m. - 3 p.m. Exhibitors' Grand Prize Drawing
3:15 p.m. Official Close of Porum
Forum Exhibitors
(as of September 13, 1996)
AAR Manufacturing Group
A-35, NDTA
ABF Freight System
Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau
Aldmyr Systems Inc.
American Express Government Services
American Trans Air
Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau
Anteon/Ogden
Armed Services YMCA
Associated Air Freight
Avis Rent A Car Systems
Burlington Air Express
California Maritime Academy
Carlson W agonlit Travel
Carnegie Group
Columbus Convention & Vistors Bureau
Consolidated Freightways Incorporated
CSX Transportation
Consolidated Traffic Management Services (CTMS)
Dallas & Mavis Specialized Carriers
Dayton Convention and Visitors Bureau
Defense News
Defense Transportation Journal
Delta Air Lines
Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau
DHL Worldwide Express
DoD Comptroller
DoE-Westinghouse/Hanford
Dollar Rent A Car Systems
EDS
Enterprise Rent A Car
Evergreen International Aviation
FedEx
Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau
Hertz Corporation
H.O.D., Incorporated
Holland Company
Hospitality Franchise Systems, Inc.
Kalyn/Siebert, Incorporated
Landstar System
Lockheed Martin
Logistics Management Institute
Mayflower Transit
McDonnell Douglas Aerospace
Mercer Transportation
Mid-Atlantic Safety Products
Military Sealift Command
Military Traffic Management Command
Mobile Convention and Visitors Bureau
Modern Technologies
National Air Cargo
National Car Rental
North American CLS (NACLS)
Oakland-1997 NDTA Forum
Official Airline Guides
Old Dominion Freight Line
Omega World Travel
ORBCOMM
Overnite Transportation
Pilot Air Freight
Port Authority of NY & NJ
Port of Beaumont
PulseTech Products Corporation
QUALCOMM Incorporated
Radisson Plaza Hotel @ Mark Center
Roberts Express, Inc .
RPS, Inc.
SABRE Travel Information Network
Sandia National Laboratories
SatoTravel
Sea Containers of America
Sea-Land Service
Sealed Air Corporation
Southern Air Transport
Southwest Airlines
Stanley Associates
Trans World Airlines
TriEnda Corporation
TRISM Specialized Carriers
TIX Company
UNISYS
United Parcel Service
United Seamen's Service
United Van Lines
USTRANSCOM
Value Rent A Car
Westin Hotel-Renaissance Center, Detriot
1 996 Intern ational Jun ior Exec utive Leadershi p Awards
CPT John R. Fasching, USA
CPT John R. Fasching has been selected as the co-recipient of NDTA's 1996 Junior Executive Leadership Award for his outstanding leadership and significant contributions to global transportation planning and operations.
Following a highly successful command of an Army Transportation Hovercraft Company, he was assigned to U.S. Forces Command (FORSCOM), Directorate of Logistics, as a staff officer in the Strategic Mobility Branch of the Plans, Operations and Mobility Division. Focusing on rapid deployment of Army units to meet Regional CINC requirements, he quickly became FORSCOM's authority on Joint Logistics Over the Shore 0-LOTS), the Army Strategic Mobility Program (ASMP), Strategic Sealift, and enhancements to Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises (SEDRE) . He is also a key player on the FORSCOM Crisis Action Team, ]LOTS Board, MTMC Warfighter Deployment Program, National Port Readiness Network and several General Officer Steering Groups.
Captain Fasching is a very active member of NDTA's Atlanta Chapter, where he is the leading membership recruiter.
Captain Fasching has proven himself to be a consummate professional with highly developed leadership and management skills. His accomplishments reflect the highest goals of NDTA.
Capt Ellen M. Moore, USAF
Capt Ellen M. Moore has been selected as the co-recipient of NDTA's 1996 Junior Executive Leadership Award for her outstanding leadership in the field of transportation operations while serving as Port Operations Officer with the 89th Aerial Port Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland-the Air Force's busiest aerial port.
Captain Moore planned, managed and monitored cargo processing, special handling, fleet servicing, and on/off loading of all Special Air Mission flights, including those of the President and Vice President of the United States. She coordinated hl,lmanitarian shipments to Bosnia, Croatia, and also coordinated the aircraft requirements supporting the funerals of President Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, and special missions associated with Commerce Secretary Brown's aircraft crash.
Captain Moore demonstrated that she can handle a multitude of often high visibility tasks successfully. She is an energetic member of the Washington, D.C., Chapter, strongly supporting community activities, such as food drives for the homeless , and "SO OTHERS MAY EAT" (SOME) . She is a true professional with boundless energy and consummate leadership skills-a junior executive leader in every sense of the word.
Chapter of the Year
(Less than 100 members)
Arizona Frontier Chapter
The Arizona Fronti er Chapter has revitalized itself this year through good programs, stronger community relations , and an aggressive recruiting program.
It publishes a quarterly newsletter which is distributed not only to its members but also to other transportation organizations in the area These same organizations ar e also invited to, and attend, chapter functions. The chapter draws its speakers from the local civilian business and military community, as well as speakers of regional and national renown.
The chapter has a strong scholarship program. Working closely with two local universities, the y awarded four $500 scholarships this year. The chapter's annual golf tournament raised $3,600 for the scholarship fund this year.
The Arizona Frontier Chapter, together with other state transportation organizations, has established an industry recognition program similar to MTMC's Quality Awards Program, and the chapter also sponsors an awards program for the Airman of the Quarter and the Year from the 355th Airlift Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. The chapter has also worked with the local Red Cross and State Disaster Relief agencies, and is committed to assist in manning the County Disaster relief command post, when activated .
The Arizona Frontier Chapter has also aggressively pursued a strong membership drive, with emphasis on A-35 growth. They are an outstanding example of how much can be done by relatively few, when there is enthusiasm, dedication, teamwork and community involvement.
Chapter
the Year
Atlanta Chapter
The Atlanta Chapter, which meets regularly at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Club (Home of the Braves), has continued another year of solid professional programs, membership recruiting and community involvement.
The Chapter has continued its mix of industry and government/military speakers, which assured a high attendance level at the monthly luncheons . The chapter also arranged tours of local transportation facilities for the education of its members, particularly their A-35 group. The chapter also caused the Mayor of Atlanta to issue a proclamation for National Transportation Week and joined other local transportation agencies in appropriate ceremonies.
The chapter continued its financial contributions to the Eagleston Children's Hospital at Emory University, rais ed
annually through a silent auction at Christmas. Through an annual golf tournament and auctions, the chapter again raised sufficient funds to award four scholarships, totaling $2000 to deserving young area students. The chapter has also actively worked with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and Atlanta-Fulton County to develop Disaster Response Plans, in which the Atlanta Chapter has been assigned the task of maintaining commercial transportation resource inventories and coordinating required transportation assets in case of an emergency . The chapter also participates in an annual aircraft disaster exercise with the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, by making members available to simulate aircraft crash victims.
The Atlanta Chapter, with its diverse membership from the military, state and county government and industry, continues to serve its members and the community in a laudatory manner. Their strong recruiting effort is enhanced by the fact that people want to join a dynamic, professional organization.
International Chapter of the Year
(201 or more members)
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter has again distinguished itself by excelling in promotion of NDTA projects, programs and objectives . The partnership between federal government, commercial industry and civil government was stressed throughout the year-long schedule of chapter events
The chapter participated in National Transportation Week, promoting the fact that if the Department of Defense does not use commercial transportation resources in peacetime, it may not be there in wartime. NDT Day was again celebrated by the Chapter's Annual Symposium, TRANSPO '95, at the Oakland Army Base. The events continued to attract strong participation by all segments of the transportation community It was attended by almost 230 who appreciated the exhibits and the message from the keynote speaker, The Honorable James R. Klugh, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Logistics).
Monthly programs were devoted to the various modes of transportation of concern to NDTA. The important theme of Emergency Preparedness was emphasized throughout the year, in addition to the monthly program devoted to this important subject. Several TRANSPO '95 exhibits were devoted to Emergency Preparedness and the Chapt e r's Emergency Preparedness Committee was acknowledged for its good work.
The Chapter continued to provide scholarships to students whose curricula include transportation subjects. Three awards were made at the annual Silent Auction/Installation of Officers dinner meeting in the amounts of $2,000, $2,000, and $1,000 .
The chapter continues its strong membership recruiting
program, and is in the process of establishing an Auxiliary Chapter for students from the California Maritime Academy, to reach out to our future maritime leaders. The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter continues to promote the goals and aims ofNDTA in an exemplary manner.
1f1MM International
A-35 Chapter of the Year
(Less than 100 members)
Jacksonville Chapter
The Jacksonville Chapter, revitalized last year, after a long dormance, has resurfaced with a bang-thanks in no small measure to the energy, enthusiasm and dedication of its young A-35 members.
These young professionals immediately took a leading role in all facets of rebuilding the chapter, from recruiting, professional programs, community activities and getting the word out on NDTA into the greater Jacksonville area. Their aggressive recruiting program resulted in a 400% increase of A-35 members in the chapter. The young chapter professionals hit the community like a tornado, participating and helping in local blood drives, food and clothing collections, and Veterans Appreciation activities. This spirit of community service has helped considerably in the chapter's A-35 recruiting effort.
Building on a good speaker program, the A-35 group also established a mentor program for young chapter members, and took the lead in developing an effective public relations program through use of local print and news media, area professional publications and establishing a good working relationship with the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce, putting the Chapter on the local map.
The young professionals of the Jacksonville Chapter have been instrumental in its rebirth and their spirit has carried the chapter to great heights.
International
A-35 Chapter of the Year
(101-200 members)
San Antonio Chapter
When the San Antonio Chapter decided to formally relaunch its A-35 program last year, in response to prodding from the National A-35 Committee Chair, it let loose a tiger. The new Chapter A-35 Committee got into every phase of chapter work.
The A-35 members took over the speakers' program, varied luncheon locations to different thematic places and brought in speakers who could draw a crowd, such as the Director of Disaster Relief for the Red Cross, Brigadier General Mikolajcik of the Air Staff, and Congressman
Frank Tejada, who turned the luncheon into a "Town Hall Meeting" after his formal presentation. The changes of venue and the quality of speakers were reflected in the increased attendance at the chapter luncheons.
The young professionals also breathed new life into community and fund raising efforts of the chapter. They ran the annual golf tournament which raises funds for the chapter's scholarship program, and established continuing community service activities with the San Antonio Food Bank, providing volunteers to collect, sort and distribute food for the needy of Bexar County.
The A-35 members of the San Antonio Chapter have risen to the challenge and have made an indelible mark on their chapter and their community.
1fiMdiU
International A-35 Chapter of the Year
(201 or more members)
Washington, D.C., Chapter
The young professionals of the Washington, D.C., Chapter continued to put their mark on the chapter's successes. They occupied key positions in the chapter organization and used their energy on many chapter and national projects.
Several of the chapter's A-35 members assisted the National A-35 Chair in developing national A-35 programs. Another A-35 member took on the task of updating and rewriting the chapter constitution and by-laws, and the whole A-35 group led the chapter in its membership drive.
The Chapter A-35 Committee also took on the task of raising funds for the chapter's scholarship fund, with unprecedented results. They organized a reception at the National Archives for National Transportation Week which netted over $2000 for the fund. The A-35 group's favorite project, the Annual Scholarship Auction, netted another $3000 for the fund. Their consistent, successful efforts allowed the chapter to award $3,500 in scholarships this past year.
The young chapter members continued their professional enhancement programs and community involvement. They organized a field trip to the United Parcel Service Package Sorting Facility in Burtonsville, Maryland. They were also recognized this year by the Board of Directors of the Arlington County Food Assistance Center for their work with that agency, distributing food for the needy, for the third consecutive year.
The Washington, D.C., Chapter continues to be fortunate to have a dynamic and dedicated group of A-35 members whose talents and energy serve the chapter and the community in an exemplary manner.
June Campbell Dallas/Ft Worth
Marianne Pomeroy San Francisco Bay Area
Randy Hansen Dallas/Ft. Worth
Jerry Ponton Houston
Cynthia Holliday San Antonio
Henry Sanchez New York
Linda Kelly New York
Keith Troutman Atlanta
Norman Dresden Baltimore
Roy Kirk San Antonio
George Janicello New York
COL Christopher Lamb, USAF New York
CWO Robin Brown, USMC Okinawa
CPT Henry Pittman, USA Jacksonville
MAJ Teddy Ross, USAF Hodja (Turkey)
·~ in Traffic Management Awards
Each year NDTA and the Military Traffic Management Command (MIMC) honor outstanding traffic managers representing the military services, the Defense Logistics Agency, the United States Coast Guard and the Army and Air Force Exchange Services. Civilian employees GS-12 and below and military enlisted members are eligible for the award. The following installation-level traffic managers are acknowledged for their exceptional achievements and contributions to traffic management. Army
and Air Force Exchange Service
Special Events Highlights
Saturday, September 28
Church Street Station
6:30 pm - 11:45 pm
Join all your friends and partners at Church Street Station, Orlando's number one dining, shopping and entertainment complex. We'll start with a "Way Out West" progressive buffet dinner and enjoy a Country and Western band. After you dine and dance, take time to wander and browse venues such as Rosie O'Grady's; Lili Marlene's Restaurant; Cheyenne Saloon; Phineas Phoggs Dance Club-featuring high energy music and Orchid Garden . Shoppers do not dismay-there are some great places to shop! Get ready to "let the good times roll." Buses will depart Church Street Station at 9:30 and 11 :45 pm respectively.
Sunday, September 29
Golf Tournament
7am-2:30pm
N
orthwest Airlines will host the 1996 NDTA Golf Tournament at the Lake Buena Vista Golf Course. Team and individual prizes will be awarded. Cost per player is $73 (includes greens fees, shared golf cart and transportation). Continental breakfast, beverage and lunch are being provided by the sponsor. We can only accommodate 140 players, so sign up early. Buses will start to shuttle at 6:50 am from the Buena Vista Palace Resort & Spa.
NDTA Scholarship Event:
New York Street Backlot Party
5:30 pm - 10 pm
Come with us as Universal Studios Florida (USF) rolls out a VIP red carpet welcome. You'll be met by the USF brass band and led to a reserved area of the Lagoon Landing. While enjoying beverages and snacks, you can view the Dynamite Nights Stuntacular. When the party begins, you'll feast on a sumptuous Italian dinner buffet. The Blues Brothers will do a private show for us. Take a ride on a New York cable-car and have a KONGFRONTATION with King Kong, the most ferocious monster in movie history, or experience EARTHQUAKE with special effects that will rip the ground right out from under you. This is an evening that you're sure to remember! How many ducks have you adopted?
Monday, September 30
Scholarship Event
EPCOT 96 and Pleasure Island at
Walt Disney World Resort
8:30 pm - Midnight
Join us at EPCOT 96 Center after the Exhibit Hall closes. We will be escorted by Disney hosts to a reserved viewing area at French Island on the World Showcase Lagoon. Enjoy light refreshments and view the world famous IllumiNations light, laser and fireworks spectacular. After the show we will stop at Pleasure Island for desserts and drinks. Then on to visit the Pleasure Island nighttime entertainment complex and enjoy the famous nightly New Year's celebration. An extra bonus event will be a special A-35 Duck Derby. Adopt a duck and you'll be eligible to win a deluxe Caribbean cruiseand other great prizes. You'll have a chance to win some terrific prizes and help the NDTA Scholarship Fund at the same time. But, you must be present to win. It's an event you don't want to miss.
Tuesday, October 1
Chairman's Awards Dinner 7pm
A t the Chairman's Awards Dinner, USAir will present, .l'\J'or the seventh consecutive year, an outstanding evening of entertainment featuring a tribute to McLean Stevenson, star of the television show, M*A*S*H. The USAir Jazz Orchestra, one of the world's great big bands, will also perform under the direction of Roger Pemberton. Your hosts: Jerry Goodrich and Jeff Eck.
Wednesday, October 2
Exhibitor's Grand Prize
2:15 pm-3 pm
Drawing
This exciting event officially marks the close of the 1996 Exposition. Exhibitors will donate special prizes to lucky NDTA registrants.
Do-It-Yourself Activities • Busch Gardens • Kennedy Space CenterSPACEPORT, USA • Sea World • Splendid China • Water Mania •Wet 'NWild
Instructors of the Year
NDTA Scholarship Award Winners
Elizabeth Furnari, University of Maryland
Neal T. Clarke, Weber State University
Guy Costley, Weber State University
Alice Kassel, University of Maryland
Christopher Kelly, University of Maryland
Marla Kratus, Clemson University
Tyson Gushiken, Castle High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
Traci D. Hansen, Duncanville High School, Duncanville, Texas
Leslie Lamb, New Dorp High School, Staten Island, New York
Ellen Jean Persechini, Collierville High School, Memphis, Tennessee
N DTA Educator Distinguished Service Award
Mary Lyons, PhD President California Maritime Academy
National Transportation Award
The NDTA National Transportation Award for 1996 is awarded to Jeffrey C. Crowe, Chairman, President and
Jeffrey C. Crowe
Chairman, President & CEO Landstar System, Inc.
by providing effective and efficient transportation services, especially during times of national emergencies. CEO, Landstar System, Inc., and Chairman of the Board, National Defense Transportation Association (NDT A), in recognition of his far-reaching contributions to the trucking industry and his visionary leadership of the National Defense Transportation Association.
Building and operating one of the largest truckload carrier businesses in North America has made Jeffrey C. Crowe a leader in the transportation industry. Mr. Crowe has written an ambitious agenda for Landstar, expanding aggressively into Canada and Mexico, while maintaining a corporate philosophy to provide superior service to customers and exceptional returns to shareholders. Landstar revenues for 1995 were $1.2 billion.
Mr. Crowe served as president of Independent Freightways, Inc. (Landstar Inway) in Rockford, IL, from 1982 until 1989, when the Landstar System was formed. The Landstar System now consists of eight operating companies; Landstar Ranger, Landstar Gemini, Landstar Inway, Landstar Ligon, Landstar Poole, Landstar TLC, Landstar Express America and Landstar Logistics. His leadership and vision is the driving force behind the tremendous growth and success of Landstar as a motor transport system. In 1995, Financial World Magazine named him the "Transportation CEO of the Year." When naming Mr. Crowe the 1995 Gold Award winner as the Transportation CEO of the Year, The Wall Street Transcript stated, "Crowe has melded the best elements of entrepreneurial and corporate philosophy to create a highly motivated and effective organization. "
At the core of Landstar's continued success is an entrepreneurial spirit that pervades all aspects of its operations, as well as a tenacious commitment to fostering the growth of small businesses. These businesses include over 6,500 business capacity owners (owner-operator-drivers) and over 1,000 local business owners (agents) who, together with Landstar's employees, comprise the most effective transportation delivery system in the country. This system has served the U.S. Government well
Mr. Crowe's leadership role is well established within the transportation industry. He is Vice President at large, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of American Trucking Association, Inc.; Chairman, ATA Image Committee 'Deliver USA,' Secretary and member, Board of Directors, ATA Foundation and in October, 1993, he was elected Chairman of the Board of the
National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA).
In his capacity as Chairman and CEO of NDTA, Mr. Crowe recognized the need to forge close working relationships between industry and government leaders. His work with the Commander-in-Chief of USTRANSCOM created a dynamic working group within the Board of Directors and had a major impact on all facets of national and military transportation. He chairs a Transportation Advisory Board, consisting of senior transportation executives, which explores changes and trends in the transportation industry. This Board has facilitated meaningful dialogue between government and industry leaders to jointly meet the challenges of the future, and has expanded the advisory role that NDTA has been able to play in shaping our National Transportation policies.
Jeff Crowe's personal participation in all of the activities of the Association has been instrumental in enhancing the image of the Association. He has brought together the captains of industry, the military's logistics leaders and senior executives of the government, to help set the course in our industry for the next century. This positive image has facilitated the growth of NDTA. Mr. Crowe's dedication to the transportation industry and NDTA has been a positive force of change and will continue to impact the industry and The National Defense Transportation Association for years to come.
The National Defense Transportation Association is indeed proud to recognize one of its own as the 1996 recipient of the NDTA National Transportation Award.
Previous National Transportation Award Recipients
1950 CPT Valdemar C. Farrell
1951 Herman Lemp
1952 Igor Sikorsky
1953 William Francis Gibbs
1954 L. B. Delong
1955 Charles H. Weaver
1956 Dr. Donald W. Douglas
1957 Donald J. Russell
1958 William T. Faricy
1959 Robert G. LeTourneau
1960 Stephen D. Bechtel
1961 Morris Forgash
1962 Sen. Warren G. Magnuson
1963 Congressman Warren Harris
1964 The Tulane University Institute of Foreign Transportation and Port Operations
1965 Daniel J. Haughton
1966 Juan T. Trippe
1967 Frank A. Nemec
1968 Stuart T. Saunders
1969 Austin J. Tobin
1970 Thomas B. Crowley
1971 William M. Allen
1972 W. Thomas Rice
1973 Robert W. Prescott
1974 Welby M. Frantz
1975 Robert J. Pfeiffer
1976 Russell E. Garrett
1977 George F. Boyd
1978 W. T. Beebe
1979 Dr. George E. Mueller
1980 William T. Seawell
1981 Prime F. Osborn Ill
1982 W. James Amoss Jr.
1983 L. Stanley Crane
1984 Edwin L. Colodny
1985 Frederick Dunikoski
1986 John D. Kenefick
1987 Walter A. Abernathy
1988 Frederick W. Smith
1989 Larry R. Scott
1990 Ronald W. Drucker
1991 Lane Kirkland
1992 Ronald W. Allen
1993 Delford M. Smith
1994 James A. Hagen
1995 John F. McDonnell
National De fense Leadership Award
General Robert L. Rutherford, USAF , Commander-in-Chief, United States Transportation Command and Commander, Air Mobility Command, is the 1996 recipient of NDTA's National Defense Leadership Award.
General Rutherford distinguished himself through his unparalleled commitment to partnership between the Department of Defense and the nation's commercial transportation industry. He has been an outspoken proponent for a strong U.S. transportation industry as a critical element of the nation's defense transportation system in both peace or war. Under his leadership, this system performed superbly around the globe in supporting ·military and humanitarian relief operations, the destruction and removal of nuclear weapons through cooperative threat reduction initiatives with the Former Soviet Union; and in supporting the movement of American allies and coalition partners worldwide.
General Robert
L.
Rutherford,
US AF
Former Commander-inChief US Transportation Command; Commander, Air Mobility Command
General Rutherford was tenacious in his efforts to reshape the defense transportation system to meet the mobility challenges of the 21st century at best value to the American taxpayer. Under his guidance, USTRANSCOM and the.Transportation Component Commands moved aggressively to streamline organizations and business processes, identify and reduce costs, and improve service to customers worldwide. Throughout this difficult and controversial process, General Rutherford maintained focus on the critical mission of support to the warfighting commanders in chief, ensuring that the streamlined defense transportation system is capable of quickly responding to the needs of the National Command Authority.
Reflecting his strong belief in the military/civilian partnership, General Rutherford has been an active, visionary supporter of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA). He saw the need and proposed the establishment of the NDTA Transportation Advisory Board, comprised of CEOs from throughout the commercial air, integrated carriers, maritime, rail, and trucking industries. This Board serves as a key forum for discussion among
USTRANSCOM and leaders of industry on future strategic issues of common concern and interest to the civil and military sectors. General Rutherford also promoted creation of the Special Executive Group, comprised of senior level industry representatives under NDTA, to provide industry representation to the development and fielding of the Global Transportation Network, USTRANSCOM's future command and
control system. This Group will ensure consistency and compatibility of effort among commercial and military strategies related to communications and information technologies.
General Rutherford was particularly effective in shaping new strategies and relationships between DoD and the commercial maritime industry Under his personal leadership and direction, and working closely with NDTA and the Department of Transportation, USTRANSCOM developed the Voluntary Intermodal Sea lift Agreement, known as VISA, which provides the Department of Defense with assured access to commercial sealift capability during crises and a smooth transition between peacetime and contingency operations. Through its emphasis on joint planning with industry, VISA also provides the commercial sector an unprecedented opportunity to participate actively in formulating the most effective concepts of operations to meet those needs while protecting critical market concerns.
Throughout a period of considerable turbulence in both the government and the private sector, and demanding global operations, General Rutherford brought a keen sense of leadership, purpose and vision to the Nation's Defense Transportation System. His personal commitment to developing a true partnership between the Department of Defense and Industry has produced both immediate and long-term benefits in the readiness and capability of the system to meet future challenges His dedication, perseverance, and professionalism are a reflection of the highest goals of the National Defense Transportation Association. We are proud to recognize his achievements.
Previous National Defense Leadership Award Recipients
DoD Distinguished Service Award
VADM Philip M. Quast, USN, Commander, Military Sealift Command, Department of the Navy, has been sel ected as the recipient of NDTA's 1996 Department of Defense Distinguished Se rvice Award. His extraordinary leadership in the Department of Defense's sealift transportation field has earned him the respect of government and industry leaders and his vision for the future has provided a Military Sealift Command (MSC) organization which will be able to meet the chal-
lenges of the 21st century with confidence.
As Commander, Military Sealift Command, VADM Quast initiated a major reinvention of the command's organization, which had remained virtually unchanged since World War II.
VADM P hilip M.
Qu ast, USN Commander, Military Sealift Command
Beginning in late 1994, VADM Quast sought expert consultation from a variety of reinvention specialists to improve MSC's lines of communication, accountability and, most importantly the organization's service to customers. Under his personal leadership, with its consensus-oriented team approach, MSC adopted program management office functions as an independent unit, with all the personnel and resources necessary to provide its services
In an effort to streamline the sealift transportation acquisition process, MSC, under VADM Quast's leadership, has been testing two procurement alternatives to the worldwide rate agreement, UCR and BVR . Uniform Commercial Rates (UCR) are average market-based rates that commercial customers pay for shipping cargo. Best Value Rates (BVR), a new competitive alternative to Uniform Commercial Rates, represent a streamlined method of computing DoD cargo requirements among U.S. flag carriers, while considering a variety of other factors (e.g , dependable service) During these processes, (UCR & BVR), VADM Quast has encouraged industry participation by sponsoring several informative meetings at MSC.
In association with NDTA's Military Sealift Committee and working with the U S. Transportation Command , the Maritime Administration, and key members of the maritime industry, VADM Quast has been instrumental in forging innovative concepts and implementation plans for the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA) . The existing Sealift Readiness Program will eventually be replaced by the new VISA , in which ship owners pledge shipping capacity to DoD for use during contingencies. VADM Quast spearheaded the Defense Transportation System's efforts to exercise VISA within the context of a
wartime scenario, specifically two war games, for the purposes of testing and refining VISA in order to ensure the highest level of defense preparedness. Through NDTA's Military Sealift Committee, VADM Quast has ensured a constant dialog that fosters MSC's partnership with the maritime industry. To that end, VISA has established a Joint Planning Advisory Group, consisting of representatives from DoD and the U.S. maritime industry to facilitate a governmentindustry forum for joint planning and execution
While serving as Executive Agent of the NDTA Military Sealift Committee, VADM Quast has hosted a number of important committee meetings, each of which addressed critical current issues in the DoD-Industry arena. VADM Quast ' s ability to elicit the best input from all parties at these meetings contributed markedly toward moving the committee toward clearly articulated long range goals and objectives for the defense maritime transportation community.
VADM Quast's extraordinary leadership and vision are reflected in the scope of his accomplishments as Commander of the Military Sealift Command. His significant contributions to military sealift, the maritime industry and defense transportation are in keeping with the highest goals of the National Defense Transportation Association
Previous DoD Distinguished Service Award Recipients
1966 Col Paul Spivey, USAF
1967 RADM Edward F. Metzger, USN
1968 COL William E. Burton, USA
1969 Mr. Roland L Guyotte Jr. (MTMTS)
1970 Brig Gen Otis E. Winn, USAF
1971 CAPT Jack M. Park, SC, USN
1972 CPT Dennis L. Edwards, USA
1973 LTC Ray C. Glore, USA
1974 BG Garland A. Ludy, USA
1975 MG H. R. Del Mar, USA
1976 Lt Gen Maurice F. Casey, USAF
1977 Gen Paul K. Carlton, USAF
1978 COL John J. Kirchenstein, USA
1979 Maj Gen Charles C. lrions, USAF
1980 Honorable Paul H. Riley, DoD
1981 Gen Robert E. Huyser, USAF (Ret.)
1982 LTG Oren E. DeHaven, USA
1983 VADM Kent J. Carroll, USN (Ret.)
1984 Gen Thomas M. Ryan, Jr., USAF
1985 MG Harold I. Small, USA
1986 LTG Nathaniel R. Thompson, Jr., USA
1987 Maj Gen John E. Griffith, USAF
1988 LTG Edward Honor, USA
1989 Gen Duane H. Cassidy, USAF
1990 MG John R. Piatak, USA
1991 Gen Hansford T. Johnson, USAF
1992 GEN Jimmy D. Ross, USA
1993 LTG James D. Starling, USA
1994 Gen Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF
1995 Mary Lou McHugh
NDTA Military Unit Awards
Since 1966, NDTA has annually honored units of the military services that have performed outstanding service in transportation or a related field. These units are selected by each of the services and the awards are presented at NDTA's Annual Transportation and Logistics Forum and Exposition. Following are the units chosen to be honored at the 1996 Forum in Orlando, Florida.
ARMY
96th Transportation Company
180th Transportation Battalion
64th Corps Support Group
13th COSCOM FORSCOM (Active Duty Category)
The 96th Transportation Company located at Fort Hood, Texas, is equipped with 96 Super Heavy Equipment Transport Systems consisting of the Ml070 tractor and the MlO00 trailer, with the primary mission to provide continuous heavy transportation support of outsized cargo to the III Mobile Armored Corps. With the possibility of short-notice deployments of armored units and their need for heavy transportation support, it is extremely important for the unit to maintain a high readiness posture.
During calendar year 1995, the 96th Transportation Company deployed soldiers to Cuba, Kuwait, Bahrain, and throughout the United States, in addition to providing punctual, uninterrupted transportation support to two combat divisions at Fort Hood. The unit's transportation element that deployed to Kuwait in support of Operation Intrinsic Action was credited with the fastest equipment draw ever executed in that country. In addition to the deployments cited above, the 96th Transportation Company provided the leadership and training plan that allowed the 13th COSCOM team to take first place in the III Corps Truck Roadeo.
Noteworthy is the fact that the 96th Transportation Company transported over 127,721 tons, hauled over 2,800 pieces of equipment, and accumulated over 208,600 miles, all with zero driver-caused accidents. Additionally, the unit maintained a monthly average Equipment Mission Capable rate of 93.3 percent.
ARMY
1192nd Transportation Terminal Brigade
1190th Deployment Support Brigade
New Orleans, Louisiana
(Reserve Component Category)
The 1192nd Transportation Terminal Brigade, located in New Orleans, LA, plays a vital role in the deployment process. The mission of the 1192nd
Transportation Terminal Brigade is to manage an ocean terminal in support of deployment/redeployment port operations which include cargo receipt, documentation, ship loading and port clearance operations.
The 1192nd Transportation Terminal Brigade amassed an impressive record of accomplishments during calendar year 1995. The unit participated in three increments of Operation Fuertes Caminos '95 in Guatemala and Panama. Additionally, the unit participated in two increments of the Joint Readiness Training Command ORTC) exercises in Alexandria, Louisiana, unloading and then loading 850 pieces of equipment onto barges in the Red River. On their Command Logistics Review Program (CLRP), the unit received the highest rating of Commendable. Several members of the unit volunteered to establish a "Midnight Basketball League" designed to keep "at risk" youth off the streets and were also involved in counseling, job training and character education.
The unit established an enviable safety record during the past year. The 1192nd Transportation Terminal Brigade experienced no accidents or incidents while successfully accomplishing all assigned missions.
The Norfolk Naval Air Terminal, Naval Transportation Support Center, Norfolk, VA, continues to provide exceptional services to Department of Defense customers and plays a major role in the successful execution of many complex and highly critical U.S. military operations throughout the world. The terminal services over 50 military installations in the continental United States, Mediterranean Seas, Caribbean Sea, Arabian Gulf, Indian and North Atlantic Oceans, African Continent and supports over 130 deployed· ships and squadrons. The terminal is operated by highly trained professionals who are dedicated and customer oriented.
The Terminal provided outstanding support in numerous humanitarian operations, including hurricane relief to Saint Martin, hurricane relief to Saint Thomas, and Operation Blessing (earthquake relief to Mexico). It deployed the Navy's only Mobile Navy Overseas Air Cargo Terminal (NOACT) Team in support of Operations Sea Signal, Able Vision, Strong Resolve and Unitas-96, and provided much needed intransit visibility to Operation Commanders, enabling them to more effectively maintain readiness. The Terminal pro-
vided cargo expertise and ground support for 45 7 Special Assignment Airlift Missions (SAAM) and Joint Airborne/Air Transportation Training CTA/ATT) missions, moving 3010 tons of cargo and 7813 passengers. It also moved 33,000 tons of cargo and 166,603 passengers in support of DoD interests worldwide. This was accomplished while achieving the lowest receipt to process time (.7 hours) at any AMC port. Additionally, Norfolk's passenger totals are more than double the next highest AMC ports.
The men and women of the Norfolk Naval Air Terminal also executed broad and significant improvements to their physical plant, such as installation of a closed circuit security system, upgraded living facilities and made large scale landscaping improvements.
NAVY
fleet Logistics Suppmt Squadron 58
-:'\a,al Air Station
Jackson,ille, Florida (Reserve Component Category)
Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 58 (VR-58) in 1995 provided nine Mediterranean detachments and five Western Pacific detachments for a total of 235 days of operations to support OUTCONUS operations. It completed 100% of the 94 missions assigned while supporting Sixth Fleet operations in the Mediterranean and 95% of the 41 missions assigned while supporting Seventh Fleet operations in the Pacific. During these operations over 1,060,000 pounds of cargo and 6,000 passengers were transported and 1,379 flight hours were flown. CONUS support consisted of 575 total missions assigned with a completion rate in excess of 98%. Over 2,000,000 pounds of cargo and 50,000 passengers were moved while flying over 4,700 hours. A total of 7,022 flight hours were flown during 1995, a mark never before attained by a Navy C-09 unit. Equally impressive was the average Full Mission Capable rate of 96.6%.
Routine operations supported stateside include: Carrier Air Wing on/off loads, tactical weapons exercises, training command exercises, recruiting efforts, and Reserve airlift. In addition to the regularly scheduled detachments mentioned above, VR-58 responded to shortfused CINCUSNAVEUR tasking to support IFOR in Bosnia. In late December, with less than two weeks notice, VR-58 crews departed for an eighteen day detachment to Sigonella to provide a logistic supply line in support of expanding operations in Bosnia. Other highlights include participation in UNISON (Somalia evacuation, January) and UNITAS (March) involving transportation of RADM Mayer (COMSOLANT) and his staff.
VR-58 also formulated, proposed, and executed a plan to recover 47,000 pounds of tools from Naval Air Reserve Activity, Selfridge, MI, and redistribute them to units within Fleet Logistics Support Wing. This effort
saved FLELOGSUPPWING units an estimated $500,000. The unit also completed the overhaul of a palletized VIP package for use by all seven C9 squadrons.
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 represents the excellence, esprit, and dedication of the ideal squadron. Today's Marine Air Ground Task Force commander now has at his disposal a force multiplier with the flexibility to immediately and effectively respond to a wide range of tasks. Providing an aerial refueling platform for the Fleet Marine Force and Naval forces, transporting personnel, equipment and supplies, and operating as a tactical tanker in support of both anti-air warfare and deep strike operations, VMGR-252 stands prepared to increase air superiority over the amphibious landing area. VMGR-252's outstanding service has been highlighted by support of Operation Deny Flight, various Marine Expeditionary Units, Marine Air Ground Task Forces, four Combined Arms Exercises, and numerous independent, demanding, high-tempo missions flown around the world, around the clock. VMGR-252 has proven time and again they are a force in readiness. Through it all, "OTIS" did it safely, amassing a phenomenal 346,500 mishap-free flight hours. By their continuous display of professionalism, selfless devotion to duty and an unmatched safety record, Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 has brought great credit upon itself, the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
MARINE CORPS
Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452
MAG49, DETB
Stewart ANGB
(Reserve Component Category)
The professionalism, dedication and teamwork of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-452 (VMGR452) provided exemplary results in all areas during the period March 1995 - March 1996.
Whether deployed to the northern regions of Norway in winter or to the southern California desert in summer, VMGR-452 was able to complete its mission and training assignments in a timely and safe manner. The initiative and can-do attitude of this squadron's Marines enabled flight operations to exceed 3500 hours during this period. By the end of March 1996 the "Yankees" had accumulated over 26,500 mishap free hours.
The squadron was chosen for the introduction of the Night Vision Imaging System into the Marine Corps KC- 130 aircraft. The primary goal over the last period was to get aircraft certification for Night Vision Device training and to build a cadre of instructors in all crew positions. This has been accomplished.
VMGR-452 will soon have a sizable portion of all crew positions qualified to fly using state-of-the-art Night Vision Devices. Additionally, the arrival of new aircraft with installed Global Positioning Systems has greatly assisted in mission accomplishment, particularly during low level aerial delivery.
The squadron's operations tempo continues to increase. The missions continue to vary greatly, the destinations are more numerous and time away from home lengthens Nevertheless, VMGR-452 has met and exceeded the demands and challenges of this period and will continue to do so in the future.
The 99th Transportation Squadron maintained combat operations 11 months of the year, supporting Nellis AFB which is the most active operational base , in Air Combat Command (ACC). Using sound quality principles, the squadron ensured the Air Warfare Center, 57th Wing, 99th Air Base Wing, Weapons School, Red Flag, USAF Aerial Demonstration Squadron, and 820th Red Horse Squadron met or exceeded mission requirements. The Squadron ensured mission effectiveness by providing anything, anytime, anywhere; saving $11.6 million in operating expenses.
The Squadron received the highest score ever given a transportation squadron by the HQ ACC Quality Air Force Assessment Team. They transported 80,028 passengers on 14,725 taxi runs over 220,000 accumulated miles in an incredible average response time of two minutes. In addition, 11,892 passengers were supported with over 900 bus requests in the area. They developed and implemented Personal Property and Passenger Travel in-house training programs which were lauded as a benchmark for all Traffic Management Offices. The 99th operated a comprehensive environmental program which exceeded all standards and earned a superior performance rating by the Environmental Compliance and Management Program Inspection team. The entire 99th Transportation Squadron displayed exceptional foresight, ingenuity and dedication as they responded to multiple challenges throughout the year.
AIR FORCE
70th Aerial Port Squadron HQ, Air Force Reserves / DON Homestl'ad Air lfrscrvc Base , Florida (Reserve ComptHH'nts Category)
The 70th Aerial Port Squadron support for the base operational readiness inspection helped earn an overall "excellent " rating. They planned, implemented, and executed the transfer of F16 aircraft from Bergstrom AFB, TX, to Homestead AFB, FL, within a three week period. They processed 120 missions with over 29,000 Cuban political refugees from Guantanamo Bay Naval Air Station to Homestead ARB, FL. Serving with the Department of Justice, State Department, and Immigration and Naturalization/Customs Services, they commanded the attention of the Joint Staff and generated positive media coverage. The personnel of the 70th APS also supported numerous humanitarian relief efforts. Over 111 tons of goods were transported to international agencies in Peru, Guatemala, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The APS supported the Summit of America's Minister of Defense Conference with numerous bilingual personnel. The support of VIPS included the President & Mrs. Clinton on three occasions this year, 24-hour support for Secretary of Defense Perry, the Florida State Governor, U.S. Senator Mack plus numerous foreign military and local dignitaries.
When Hurricane Marilyn struck the Caribbean Islands, a team deployed to Georgia to assist with the build-up of relief goods. The results were an airlift of, over one million pounds of goods for St Croix, St Kitt, and Tobago. The 70th relocated all cargo/equipment of the 125th Florida Air National Guard, 24 hour F-15 Alert Squadron from their Hurricane Andrew deployed stations at Jacksonville and Key West Naval Air Stations back to Homestead ARB. Over eight tractor trailer loads, with 80 tons of equipment was safely and efficiently transported.
The squadron moved six Weapons Training deployments, three joint special forces exercises and 58 other aircraft for a total of 403 passengers and 38 tons of mobility cargo. The support for the Air Force Reserve Band boosted the fun for over 4,000 Miami inner-city elementary school children advocating the "Just Say No to Drugs" theme.
During September and October 1995, Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, PR, narrowly escaped the full fury of two hurricanes which made their way through
the Caribbean and devastated several islands of the Lesser Antilles and U.S. Virgin Island. As Hurricane Luis and Hurricane Marilyn approached Puerto Rico, the community at Air Station Borinquen ensured that they were operationally poised to provide immediate hurricane relief assistance. Their efforts in providing relief and life-saving assistance to people throughout the Caribbean was unprecedented and earned them international praise.
To provide immediate transportation response, two HC-130 aircraft and four aircrews were prepositioned in Curacao. Immediately following these hurricanes, Air Station Borinquen was the sole source of heavy transportation capability for the entire Caribbean region. Their relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Luis generated 63 flight hours and involved the transport of 151,000 pounds of cargo and 199 survivors and medical personnel. These aircraft and aircrews were instrumental in providing immediate relief and support to the people of St. Martin. Hurricane Marilyn relief efforts resulted in 192 flight hours and involved the transport of 228,000 pounds of cargo and 287 passengers to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Amidst this impressive logistical relief effort, Air Station Borinquen aircraft participated in nine search and rescue cases spawned by the hurricane's winds, resulting in the saving of eight lives.
None of these significant tasks could have been accomplished so flawlessly without the dedication and hard work of the men and women that make up "Team Borinquen." Their commitment and dedication to constant improvement are the underpinnings of this unit's sustained success in all mission areas.
ay, October 3 - Sunday, October 6 To Nassau, Bahamas, aboard Carnival Cruise Lines' Fantasy. Limited space. Call Sandy Laubersheimer, (BOO) 799-7872, at Sato Travel for details
Capt. Michael McDaniel, USAF Free Airline Ticket N. Wayne Pinkleton
Exhibitors' Schedule
Monday, Sept. 30
8 a.m. -4 p.m. Set up exhibits
4p.m.
Exhibits setup must be completed
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Exhibitors' Appreciation Reception
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
President's ReceptionOfficial Opening of Exhibits
Tuesday, Oct. 1
U:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Reception/Buffet in Exhibit Hall
6:15 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Annual Forum Reception in Exhibit Hall (black tie preferred)
Wednesday, Oct. 2
7 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall
8:30a.m.
Commence Tear Down of Exhibits
2:15 p.m.
Grand Prize Drawing
Adopt a rul,1,er ducky to race in the NDTA/A-35 Rul,1,er Ducky Race at the Monday Night Scholarship Event at Disney's Pleasure Island. Proceeds 1,enefit the NDTA Scholarship Fund. Details will 1,e availal,le in Orlando from any A-35 Representative.
NDTA wishes to recogn ize and extend its sincere appreciation to the fo llowing companies fo r their contribution to the 51st Annual Forum.
A-35 Activities
American Airlines
National Air Cargo
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Trans World Airlines
Chairman's Awards Dinner
Forum Newspaper
SatoTravel
Golf Tournament
Northwest Airlines
Name Badges
Air Transport Association of Pilot Air Freight
America
Boeing Defense and Space
Group
Military Unit Awards
T.F. Boyle Transportation,
Emery Worldwide, a CF Inc.
President's Reception
Crowley Maritime Corp.
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
USAir
Printing and Publications
American Airlines
Consolidated Safety Services
SatoTravel
Trans World Airlines
United Parcel Service
USAir Company
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Mercer Transportation
USAir
Coffee Breaks
McDonnell Douglas
C-17 Program
Port of Oakland
Continental
Breakfast-Sunday
American Airlines
NDTA
Exhibits Revisited Buffet
Luncheon
Port of Beaumont
Exhibitor's Continental
Breakfast
Mayflower Transit
United Van Lines
NDTA
Forum &Exposition
Entertainment
USAir
NDTA Scholarship Event:
"Church Street Station"
USAir
NDTA
NDTA Scholarship Event:
"EPCOT '96 and Pleasure
Island at Walt Disney World
Resort"
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Delta Air Lines
FedEx
Holiday Inn Worldwide
TRISM Inc. Companies:
Tri-State Motor Transit
Diablo Transportation
Trism Specialized Carriers
Recognition Breakfast
United Airlines
NDTA
Registration Tote Bags
Landstar System
Souvenir Portfolio
ABF Freight System
American Trans Air
International
Longshoremen's Assn.
Sea-Land Service, Inc.
Stanley Associates, Inc.
Start-Up Breakfast
SatoTravel
Transportation
Dollar Rent A Car
Emery Worldwide, a
NDTA Scholarship Event: CF Company
"New York Street Back/at USAir
Party" Universal Studios
Dollar Rent A Car
United Airlines
United Parcel Service
NDTA
Video Production
USAir
Dollar Rent A Car
JSS Productions
The LANDSTAR System: Multiple Transportation Companies In One.
Landstar System . The new name for nine of the largest and most established transportation companies in the U.S. - Landstar Ranger, Gemini, Inway, Ligon, Poole, Express America, ITCO, TLC and Logistics. Working together now to make shipping more convenient and effective for you.
With Landstar, one phone call to a government marketing representative gives you access to a nationwide network of people and equipment, in over 1000 locations across America, dedicated to getting your loads wherever you want them to go on-time!
Our companies will coordinate your shipments, provide you with up-to-the-minute status reports, including satellite tracking for ammunition and explosive shipments ... and even customtailored logistics services to match your special requirements.
Nationwide coverage plus local, personalized service - that's the Landstar System.
Call our 24 hour-a-day Government Offices in Springfield, VA at 800-443-6808, or our Western Region office in Point Richmond, CA at 800-4434348, to find out more about Landstar, the only intermodal system you'll ever need. Let Landstar deliver for you ...
McDonnell Douglas is proud to build the C-17 Globcmastcr Ill, th e world's most capable airlifter.
Accessory Items
01 NDTA METALLIC EMBLEM . . ... . ....... $6.15 ea. Silver Onyx 1 ½" wide. Ideal for mounting on plaques, paperweights or tankards.
02 EMBROIDERED NDTA LOGO
$45.00
Custom embroidered, full-color NDTA logo on navy-blue felt background. Matted and attractively framed in a gilded 9"xl2" wood frame.
03 CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S GAVEL PLAQUE ... .$78.00
Removable 7 ½" ga v el mounted on 12"xl0" polished walnut board. Silver onyx NDTA seal with laurels and 6"x2" satin silver finish plate for engraving
04 COFFEE MUG
$5.00
Black ironstone microwavable coffee mug with NDTA logo in brilliant 22K gold.
05 DECAL ....... . ...................... .$.50
NDTA emblem imprinted on 4" square adhesive surface for mounting on wood, metal or glass.
06 MEMBERSHIP LAPEL PIN
Sterling silver with NDTA emblem.
07 NDTA CERTIFI CATES
Items (items 15-20)
Elegant desktop ensemble. Compliments any office. Constructed of cherry Dymondwood polished to a mirror finish. A solid brass NDTA logo medallion enhances every piece.
BOOKENDS $95.00 Ideal for holding your special books on desk. 16 COASTER SET $30.00 Set of two stand-up coasters with tray.
GOLF CAP (notpictured) .$15.00
Royal blue with brass logo and gold braided trim.
19 MONEY CLIP/POCKET KNIFE .... .. $32.00
Combination money clip and pocketknife equipped with three tools.
20 PEN & STAND $48.00 Heavy base with brass pen and holder.
$8.00
$2.00
(Please order b y description as shown below.) (A) Tribute of Appreciation (B) Membership Lettering (one line) per certificate. .
08 NDTA MINI-BANNERS .............
4-color NDTA emblem imprint; gold fringe, and gold cord for hanging; size 6 ½" x 8 ½". Plain, or imprinted with A-35, Sustaining or Life Member. 09 PEWTER TANKARD
$30.00
New, improved, glass-bottom pewter mug made in England with raised NDTA silver logo affixed. Seal engraved.
White with white braid in front, adjustable band, 4-color NDTA emblem imprinted on front of cap.
Union Pacific Railroad and its partners, SBC International, Inc., and Empresas ICA, have become the first group to file an application of intent to bid on the 2,400mile Northeast region of the Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Mexico (FNM). "If our bid is successful, we will bring resources, technology and management expertise to the Mexican railway system to help it become more competitive in North America and world markets," said Dick Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation President.
eCrowley American Transport has been named a "Best of the Best" ocean carrier in Distribution magazine's 1996 Quest for Quality survey. Shippers that have used Crowley services in the past year gave the company high marks in five different performance categories, including on-time performance, value, equipment and operations, customer service, and administrative staff. To be named a Best of the Best carrier, Crowley met and/or exceeded the industry average in all five categories.
Us l A :r
USAir recently named Captain William Barr, a veteran pilot with 32 years experience, as its new vice president-flight operations. "We are fortunate to have the experience and dedication of Bill Barr available to us, 11 said USAir Chairman and CEO Stephen M. Wolf. Barr will be responsible for ensuring that USAir's 4,600 pilots "meet the highest standards of safety, effectiveness and efficiency on every one of our more than 2,100 daily jet flights," Wolf said.
T..,.. TWA recently announced the start-up ..,.,.. of TRANSWORLD® ACCESS, the airline's on-line reservations and electronic ticketing product through CompuServe and the WORLDSPAN computer reservations system.
In other TWA news, the company recently named Edward Soule as executive vice president and chief financial officer. From 1986-1996 Soule was CFO of St. Louis-based Edward D. Jones & Company.
... DEITAAJRLJNES
Delta Air Lines ,.v1kLJJVe1oFlyAndltShows: Delta Express, the new lowfare initiative operated as a business unit within Delta Air Lines, recently announced that it is now publishing fares on the Internet in real time. "This is an all-inclusive website, with all the information passengers will need to plan their flights, including the different fares for each market and the rules that apply in that market, 11 said W.E. "Skip" Barnette, Managing Director, Delta Express. "All they need to do is pick a flight and call Delta Express at 1-800-325-5205 to confirm the availability," added Barnette.
TTotem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) announced recently two new executive appointments. Vice President of the Alaska Division, Jeff Keck, has been appointed VP of Operations; and Mark Tabbutt will assume Keck's responsibilities in the capacity of Alaska General Manager effective September 16.
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eTMcDonnell Douglas recently named Stuart W. Thomson as vice president of business development of the company's Military Transport Aircraft (MTA) unit in Long Beach, California. He replaces Gary Mears, who resigned to pursue other interests outside the company. Thomson, 50, had been director of business development for the C-17 program, the largest of the programs atMTA.
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moroRFREICHT
CF Motorfreight, a full-service trucking company, recently announced its Internet-based instant tracking and tracing system, designed to help customers find their shipments with just a point and a click. The system is the latest addition to the technologically advanced CF MotorFreight Website, HTTP://www.cfmotor.com. By using the Website tracking system, customers can find the real-time status of a shipment. Using their "PRO" number to identify each shipment, customers can trace up to nine shipments at once.
Lockheed Martin L o c K H E E o MA R T I N~ Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, has received a $14.7 million order to provide 97 Mission Planning Subsystem (MPS) II units to the U.S. Air Force. The MPS II is a hardware configuration upgrade of the Air Force Mission Support System (AFMSS) being produced by Sanders' Information Systems Division.
WHY ...
The "UJ""'TIMATE" ISU® Container ..,.
ISU-90-KC-I, Part No. 50002-033
Because it fits 95.2% of all military and civilian reserve air fleet (CRAF) aircraft used for airlift transportation without reconfiguration. Above Container Includes a Hazardous Material Access Panel, Use Part #50002-033-06
Compatible with these aircraft: • C130 • C141 • cs • C17 • KClO
• 747's, DC-lO's
BECAUSE IT HAS ...
• An aisle way which is compatible with the C130 • Configured profiles for the KCIO
• Internal airlift/helicopter slingable capability
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Military Sealift Command
Harbor tugs are a familiar sight to Navy ships entering and departing U.S. ports.
MSC began harbor tug services contracting in 1991. Currently, about one-third of the Navy's domestic harbor tug services contracts are handled by MSC, and the remainder are scheduled to fall under MSC control by the year 2000.
The MSC contracts with commercial tug boat operators to provide the service. The small commercial tugs assist dozens of war ships daily, at all hours and in all types of weather.
Day to day operations--are completed by local port services officers.
MTMC
Delivering the power to the force-anytime, anywhere! That is what MTMC Europe had in mind when hey designed and supported the production of a unique, 20-foot container, the so-called •Strategic Port Operating Terminal, or "SPOT." The container provides the answer to any transportation mission at any given time or place and is MTMC Europe's pride.
Temperature Controlled SPOT is designed and equipped to be a versatile, mobile and fully self-supporting administrative and communications office for six people. It is equipped with a generator, food, water, office supplies, first aid materials, computer equipment for the Woddwide Port System, the Computerized Deployment System, printers, and a versatile communications system which can operate through regular telephone lines pr via the satellite on board.
According to MTMC's Europe's Safety,Manager, Leo van Everdink. "In the near future, MTMC will continue to deploy personnel to far and remote sites. In those cases, the SPOT is our one and only asset to do the job!"
In other MTMC news ...
The MTMC Europe SPOT container outside the MTMC Europe warehouse in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Visiting the SPOT is Brig. Gen. David J. Kaucheck, Deputy Commanding General, 21st Theater Army Area Command, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
e, MTMC has been authorized to continue conducting port operations activities in Southwest Asia from its headquarters in Bahrain. The 1311th Medium Port Command handles all DoD cargo for the U.S. Central Command, according to COL Jan Harpole, commander, MTMC Europe.
USTRANSCOM
United States Transportation -i " Command was recently awarded the e,~ Joint Meritorious Unit Award (JM.UA) V • for its accomplishments during the period of July 1, 1993, to June 30, 1996. USTRANSCOM participated in 16 counterdrug missions in support of Drug Enforcement Agency, State Department and U.S. Forces Command. The command also adopted numerous innovations and initiated many more to prepare the Defense Transportation System for the next century.
In other TRANSCOM news ...
On August 1, USTRANSCOM opened the newlyestablished Joint Traffic Management Office (JTMO) at Headquarters, Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) in Falls Church, Virginia. The new activity is a result of comprehensive efforts to reengineer the many interlocking elements of the Defense Transportation System (DTS) through the Joint Mobility Control Group (JMCG), to more efficiently serve the worldwide transportation needs of the DoD, both in peacetime and wartime.
• In August, ten Dutch employees of MTMC Europe received Army Commendation Medals and the Army Achievement Medal for their support for the IFOR mission in Bosnia. Also, Mr. W.H. van der Stek, president of the NDTA Benelux Chapter and Director of the Bakker Logistics Group at Zeewolde, The Netherlands, received the Commander's Award for Public Service.
Air Mobility Command
Airmen of Grand Forks AFB, North Dakota, became part of Air Mobility Command history recently when they deployed a KC-135R to Melitopol, Ukrainian air force base in the south-
A WORLD OF PACKAGING SOLUTIONS.
eastern region of Ukraine. The trip marked the first time a U.S. Air Force aircraft touched down at the Ukrainian base.
Navy Symposium
Norfolk
"Navy Strategic Mobility in the 21st Century," will be the theme of the 2nd Annual Navy Transportation Symposium. The event, scheduled for 26-28 May, 1997, at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Norfolk, VA, will feature workshops, seminars, briefings and tours of transportation facilities, according to LCDR Brian Bialas, SC, USN. NDTA will join with the Navy in administering the accompaning trade show. Potential exhibitors will recieve expo information this fall.
CORRECTION
In a recent Government News column we identified a MTMC Quality Award winnerInterstate Van Lines-as being from California. They are , in fact, headquartered in Springfield, Virginia.
SECURITY AND DEPENDABILITY FOR THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY
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a sophisticated Mobile Satellite Communications and Tracking System to provide you with reliable, expedient transit of your cargo. Our quality is with you every mile of the way. Call us at 1-800-343-2004.
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PIKES PEAK CHAPTER
National Transportation Week was a busy time for the Pikes Peak Chapter. We judged more than 100 posters submitted by students of two local elementary schools, and were pleased to award four $50 savings bonds to the winners. Members of our Board visited with Colorado Springs' mayor Robert Isaac and obtained his signature on the NDTA NTW Proclamation. We ended the week with a golf tournament at the Air Force Academy golf course where 24 teams enjoyed a beautiful Colorado afternoon of drives and putts. We capped the day with a dinner at the Air Force Academy NCO Club. Mr. Carl Wlotzko, National Sales Manager , SatoTravel, was our guest speaker. Finally, the chapter raised $1,000 for a scholarship to Colorado Technological University (which matched our $1,000). Many thanks to SatoTravel for its role in the success of all these events.
SAN ANTONIO CHAPTER
A-35 members of the San Antonio Chapter got a taste of the past earlier this year during a tour of Dee Howard's River City Products. Mr. Howard, a legendary figure in the field of aviation maintenance, showed members his collection of more than 30 antique and classic automobiles. Howard and Mr. Red
Chester gave demonstrations of the Howard Power Center Steering System used on RVs and tractor trailer rigs to reµuce the stress of controlling large vehicles in cross winds and rough road conditions.
Annual transportation awards were presented to Leticia Morales, Government Woman of the Year; Chris Vogeler, Industry Man of the Year; TSgt Winifred Davis of Lackland AFB, Government Man of the Year; John Sims, Lifetime Achievement Award-yovernment; and Paul Rhodes, Lifetime Achievement Award-Industry; and Jackie Robinson, Industry Woman of the Year.
SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CHAPTER
The Defense Distribution Region West, San Joaquin Site, and the NDTA San Joaquin Valley Chapter jointly held an orientation and tour of the French Camp, California, Sharpe Depot. Colonel Glenn Melton, Commander, Defense Depot, briefed more than 50 attendees from local and out-of-state organizations. Following the briefing, a tour of the integrated warehouse facility on the Sharpe site was provided.
Later at a luncheon co-hosted by the San Joaquin Valley Chapter, the crowd of more than 75 listened as keynote speaker, Colonel Richard Cadorette, Commander, Western Area, MTMC, addressed the changing conditions within the command.
NEW YORK CHAPTER
Pictured below is Ensign Daniel K. Comunale receiving the academic achievement award from Mr. Tom Butler, President of the New York Chapter. Ensign Comunale attended the Naval Reserve Officers Training Course at the State University of New York Maritime College and has since transferred to Pensacola, Florida, where he will begin his training as a Naval Aviator.
Emily Jean Brown, 1940-1996
A homegoing celebration was held for Emily Jean Brown on 24 August 1996 at the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Oakland, California. Emily was a member of NDTA's San Francisco Bay Area Chapter for more than two decades. She received awards for her work in the Association having been the top membership recruiter on numerous occasions She retired after 25 years from the federal government as Chief of the Export, MTMC-Western Area. A community activist and a hard and dependable worker, she will be missed by all she touched during her lifetime.
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Roberts handles high-level explosives, hazardous materials, freight all kinds and uncrated equipment, with transportation protective services to meet your security needs. This includes satellite monitoring under the Defense Transportation Tracking System (DTTS) for the shipper who needs "in-transit visibility".
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H O n O r RO 11 of Sustaining Members
These firms support the purposes and objectives of NDTA.
AA.R Cadillac Manufacturing Diabto Transportation
A8F Freight System, Inc.
District No. 1 - PCD, MEBA
AM<i>-American Maritime Officers DoHar Rent A Car
AT&T Defense Markets u,_J..1 .t...1
• 1i "' ____ : • of Am • Emery vvwK1Wioe Air ransport ~ation enca Encompass
Port Authority of N.Y. & NJ.
Port of Beaumont
Port of Oakland
PulseTech Products Corp.
QUALCOMM
Alamo Rent A Car • Enterprise Rent-A-Car Alaska Ca!Jlo Transport, Inc. Everg·reen International Airlines, Inc. Roberts Express, Inc.
American Airlines
American Auto Carriers ForreU Lines, Inc.
AmAmerief"!can OvBus Assoc~~ FedEx
• • can ersea& rTIUnne
• GE Aircroft Engines
American President Companies • GRC International, Inc.
American Shipbu,1ding AIMx.
American Trans Air
Holiday Inn Worldwide, Inc.
Ryder Defence
SAIC
S.M.I.S.
SRA Corp.
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Computer Sciences Corp.
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Consolidated Safety Services, Inc.
Tactical Vehicle Sr,stems
Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc.
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Transportation Institute
Trans Wortd Airlines
Trism Specialized Carriers
Tri-State Motor Transit Co.
UPS Worldwide Logistics
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Mercer Tranlportolion Co.
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Union Pacific Ra'~road
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Holland Co.
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Management, Consulting &Research
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Ruthem Transport Services
WorldPort, lA
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Sea Box, Inc.
Systems & Electronics, Inc.
Techmate International
Thrifty Car Rental
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Wang Federal, Inc.
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Contemporary Logistics by James C. Johnson and Donald F. Wood, Sixth Edition ; published by Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle Ri v er, New J ersey 07458; 1996
In the sixth edition, the authors have updated their book to take into account many "real world" happenings of the 1980s and 1990s which they believe will project logistics thinking into the twenty-first century. Thes e include the fallout from transportation de regulation and the prodigious use of computers, especially small computers , in the workplace, a greater concern for recycling, and the growing popularity of electronic data interchange (EDI). International operations continue to grow in importance and the authors maintain that the field of logistics remains a dynamic subject filled with problems and opportunities for practicing and future managers.
The text contains three parts as follows: Part IOverview of Logistics, with three chapters, 1) Logistics Systems: Their Development and Growth , 2) The SupplyChain Concept, 3) Logistics Interfaces with Suppliers and Within the Firm; Part II-The Elements of Logistics Systems, with eight chapters, 4) Order Processing and Customer Service, 5) Protective Packaging and Materials Handling, 6) The Domestic Transportation Sy stem, 7) The Traffic Management Function, 8) Distribution Center, Warehouse , and Plant Location, 9) Inventory Management, 10) Warehousing and Distribution Cent ers, 11) International Logistics; and Part IIIAnalyzing, Designing, and Implementing a Logistic System, with four chapters, 12) Reengineering Logistics Systems, 13) Logistics Systems Co ntrols, 14) SupplyChain Integration and Management, 15) Logi stics: Future Directions. The book also includes a glossary, subject index and name index. Two cases are found at the end of each chapter. A number of these cases are now written in a wa y that requires the use of computers.
This text presents an overview of logistics, focuses on all of the individual components of a logistics system, and examines methods of analyzing, implementing, and controlling the logistics organization used by the firm. The authors al so discuss some of the anticipated changes expected to rnnfront the logistics manager between now and the end of this century. An instructor's manual and software for the cases is available This text is recommended for use in a business logistics or physical dist ributio n course in a student's logistics program and for use by practicing logistics managers.
A Guide to Transportation After the Sunsetting of the I.C.C. by William J. Augello; published by the Transportation Claims and Prevention Council, Inc. (TCPC), 120 Main St. , Huntington, New Yo rk 11743; 1996 TCPC member cost $100, non-members $125.
This guide is organized into eight parts as follows: I-
Dr. Joseph G. Mattingly, Jr.
Introduction and Background; II-The I.CC. Termination Act of 1995; III-Guide to Dealing with Motor Carriers Unde r the LC.CT.A.; IV-Undercharge Principles and Litigation; V-Appendices; VI-Topical Index ; VII-Tabl e of Authorities; VIII-About the Council.
The author has prepared this guide to assist shippers and receivers to deal with the new sophistication in transportation managem ent caus ed by the sunsetting of the I.CC. Since the rol e of the regulatory body (the Surface Transportation Board, STB) has been reduced, transportation users will be requi red to take actions to protect themselves from a myriad of claims problems. Transportation users will need to enter into agreements for the safe movement of their products
This guid e provides a format for th e "Shipper's Domestic Truck Bill of Lading" to be used in lieu of the Uniform Straight Bill of Lading. The use of the Shipper's Domestic Freight Bill of Lading has been appro ved by the Justice Department Antitrust Division. The author believes that the use of this new Bill of Lading will protect shippers and receivers from undisclosed carrier liability limits.
In addition, a suggested procedure for dealing with common carrier rate agreements and their contracts for carriage and intermediaries is provided . Thes e items and a clear explan ation of th e changes in the regulations of railroads, motor carriers and intermediaries make this publication a valuable tool for use by shippers and receivers. It should help others (students , teach e rs, providers of transportation services) understand the provision of the I. C C. Termination Act of 1995.
Guide to Government Publications published by BPI Information Services, PO Box 11147, Lancaster, PA 17605-1147. For a free copy call (888) 592-4700.
This publication contains an annotated listing of the most important unclassified publications in d efense, intelligence, terrorism, security, aeronautics , law enforcement, substance abuse and related topics. This guide is the first in a series of informative and descriptive publications BPI will produce.
GAO Transportation Reports prepared by the US Gener al Accounting Office, are of specific interest to reader s Examples of GAO Transportation Reports follow:
GAO/RCED-95-191 Railroad Safety-Status of Efforts to Improve Railroad Crossing Safety, August 1995.
GAO/RCED-95-241FS Denver International AirportBaggage Handling, Contra cting, and Other Issues , August 1995
For copies of GAO Reports or for additional information , contact: US General Accounting Office, PO Box 6015, Gaithersburg, MD 20760; 202-275-6241.
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