Commander unveils plans for new readiness command: key leaders assemble for conference.

They came from as far as Istanbul, Hawaii and Korea and as nearby as Fort Eustis, Va. But anyone coming to the Woodland's Conference Center in Williamsburg, Va., expecting a vacation found something more similar to what our nation's founding fathers sought as they strove to develop the new nation's strength--solidarity and uniformity in thoughts and vision.

Maj. Gen. Charles W. Fletcher, Jr., commander of the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, assembled his key leaders--SDDC subordinate commanders and headquarters staff--as well as our wartraced rese