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Deployment and Distribution Operations Center: SDDC partners in end to end distribution to Iraq...

By Bielling, Patti; Randt, John
Publication: Translog
Date: Tuesday, June 22 2004

Warfighters in Iraq are getting their shipments more quickly and efficiently because of the innovative U.S. Central Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Center.

The National Partners-U.S. Transportation Command, Defense Logistics Agency, Army Material Command, and Joint Forces Command-recently all agreed to stand up a joint team of expert logisticians from their own organizations in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The goal is to merge transportation and logistics actions at a strategic level in support of warfighters on the ground. The team is composed of military, civ

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