ASC hosts governor, AMC leadership, DoD logistician

By ASC Public AffairsJuly 3, 2013

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2 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn talks with Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general, Army Materiel Command, as Maj. Gen. John Wharton, commanding general, Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal, and D. Scott Welker, deputy to the commander, ASC, look on... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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6 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Dave VanderHeyden, coordinator for Child, Youth and School Services for Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, discusses the future of CYSS and SKIES with Melinda Riling (center) and Linda Via as part of the island tour of ACS and USO July 1. Reb... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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11 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Gen. Dennis Via and Maj. Gen. John Wharton discuss the ASC mission with Alan Estevez, assistant secretary of defense (logistics and materiel readiness), during the July 1 visit to RIA. "This command [ASC] is doing great things. The Army Field Suppor... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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13 / 13 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Maj. Gen. John Wharton greets Alan Estevez, assistant secretary of defense (logistics and materiel readiness), and Gen. Dennis Via during a July 1 visit to Rock Island Arsenal, Ill. "The Army Sustainment Command is our face to the field around the wo... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. -- The Army Sustainment Command hosted the governor of Illinois, the commanding general of the Army Material Command, and the assistant secretary of defense (logistics and materiel readiness), and other distinguished visitors here July 1.

Gov. Pat Quinn received a briefing on ASC and RIA tenants from Maj. Gen. John Wharton, commanding general, Army Sustainment Command and Rock Island Arsenal. During other times of the day, Gen. Dennis Via and AMC Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald Riling, and Alan Estevez also received a briefing and toured the island.

Quinn visited the ASC, Quad City Manufacturing Laboratory and other areas of the island. Estevez visited ASC, LOGCAP personnel (Logistics Civil Augmentation Program), Army Contracting Command -- Rock Island, and Joint Munitions Command.

Via and Riling also toured ASC and JMC, and met with Quinn, state legislators and a Congressional staffer.

Via's wife, Linda, and Melinda Riling, the wife of Riling, also toured the island, accompanied by Wharton's spouse, Rebekah. Col. Elmer Speights Jr., commander, Installation Management Command -- Rock Island, and his wife, Norricia, served as their hosts.

Via participated in the JMC change of command, with Estevez and Riling in attendance, on July 2.