Sgt. 1st Class Donya Cox is the supply sergeant that a commander wants on his or her staff.
Lt. Col. Gina Gentile, the 80th Training Command (TASS) deputy head of logistics, directed that comment to potential commanders within the ranks of the 80th's headquarters company after presenting Cox with the Honorable Order of St. Martin, bronze medal, during a ceremony in Richmond, Va., April 18, 2015.
"Sgt. 1st Class Cox is one of the best noncommissioned officers who has come through the G4 (logistics section) in a long time," Gentile said. "She's extremely dependable and extremely responsive; first one in, last one out."
Cox earned the award, named after the patron saint of the Quartermaster Regiment, for providing logistical support and guidance to the 13 brigades, eight Army school system training centers, four Regional Training Maintenance sites and two high tech centers within the 80th TC's three subordinate divisions and other direct reporting units.
One of her primary functions is processing requests from subordinate units wanting to add equipment to their Table of Distribution and Allowances, which prescribes a unit's mission and equipment. The TDA doesn't change automatically when a unit's mission changes, so every change request across the 80th TC goes through Cox.
"She sees hundreds of requests come in every year," Gentile said.
The process is heavily scrutinized by United States Army Reserve Command and U.S. Army Training Doctrine Command, so in many cases, Cox must petition a panel of colonels to get the changes approved, and she helps the units write the correct responses if requests are rejected.
"God bless her, she's a fighter," Gentile said. "She fights for those different units to gain those pieces of equipment."
Gentile also said that it's normally a colonel's job to petition the panel of colonels.
Cox also trains individuals on the request process, and she was selected to conduct Combined Logistics Readiness Program inspections across the command.
Master Sgt. Jodi Perez, the section's senior supply sergeant who recommended that Cox receive the award, said Cox is an outstanding performer who has contributed tremendously to the 80th TC and the logistics community.
"She sets the example of our finest logisticians," Perez said. "Loyalty, integrity, and selfless service."
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