Logisticians in Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Operation Center put their heads together recently to save U.S. Southern Command $1.2 million in transportation costs. Prepositioned cargo in Honduras gets picked up and loaded onto the vessel, Ocean Atlas, last month prior to delivery supporting U.S. Southern Command's Beyond the Horizon in Panama, Beyond the Horizon in El Salvador, and New Horizons in Belize.

SDDC logisticians save $1.2 million with 'outside the box' thinking

Logisticians in Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command's Operation Center put their heads together recently to save U.S. Southern Command $1.2 million in transportation costs....READ MORE

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Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Richardson assumed command of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., on March 27, 2012. He was born in Saint Louis, Mo., and entered the U.S. Army upon graduation from Stephen F. Austin University in 1980. He was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps. Richardson has held a wide variety of command and staff positions during his 31-year career.

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