Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

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  • Mission: Provide expeditionary and sustained end-to -end deployment and distribution to meet the nation 's objectives.
  • Vision: The Recognized and trusted leaders in delivering innovative, end-to -end deployment and distribution excellence across the full range of military operations.

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command ( SDDC ) is a 1965 audited the age Support Command of the United States Army (Army Service Component Command) with headquarters in St. Clair County ( Illinois) (Scott Air Force Base ).

The tasks of the SDDC global transport of cargo ( military equipment and household removals households of military men ) belongs to the land and sea ( "surface" ). In addition, organized and koordoniert the SDDC the interplay between external ( civilian ) service and the military in terms of transporting goods for the American forces.

The history of the command goes back to the balance sheet as at July 31, 1942 Office of the Chief of Transportation.

Subordinate units

  • Transportation Engineering Agency, Scott Air Force Base, IL
  • 595th Transportation Brigade, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
  • 831st Transportation Battalion, Bahrain
  • 840th Transportation Battalion, Iraq
  • 596th Transportation Brigade, Southport, NC
  • 834th Transportation Terminal Battalion, Concord, CA
  • 597th Transportation Brigade, Joint Base Langley - Eustis, VA
  • 832rd Transportation Battalion, Jacksonville, FL Detachment in Puerto Rico
  • Detachments in the Azores, in the Benelux countries, on the Rhine and in the United Kingdom
  • Detachment in Singapore
  • Detachments in Guam and Alaska
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