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FORT BRAGG, N.C. – After 35 years of serving in uniform and as a senior civilian, Addison “Tad” Davis IV, is leaving the Army.
Davis said farewell to former colleagues and current employees at the U.S. Army Reserve Command headquarters at a ceremony held here, Sept. 16, 2013.
He is taking a senior management position at Corvias Group, a fully integrated development, construction and property management firm that specializes in public-private partnerships with both the military and higher education.
“I’ve always had the desire to work in the private sector or for a non-profit following my public service,” Davis said.
Davis is no stranger to Fort Bragg. He served as the garrison commander from 2000-2003 and as the USARC command executive officer since 2010, initially taking the job when the headquarters was located at Fort McPherson, Ga.
Over the past three years, Davis has successfully accomplished several major projects on behalf of the Army Reserve. He managed the relocations of the USARC headquarters from Atlanta to Fort Bragg and the headquarters of the Office, Chief of the Army Reserve from Crystal City, Va., to Fort Belvoir, Va. He also oversaw the construction of 125 new Army Reserve facilities while closing 179 aging facilities in support of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure.
“It’s been one challenge after another,” Davis said. “But what stands out in my mind after all these different challenges – whether it was the move, sequestration, furloughs, continuing resolutions we faced every year – it’s the resiliency of the team here.
“They understood, at the end of the day, what the mission was. That is to make sure we’ve got a trained and ready force that’s able to mobilize, deploy, conduct the mission successfully and redeploy back home and prepare for the next mission,” he said. “Everybody in this headquarters gets it.”
Davis’s long term planning initiated the Army Reserve Investment Strategy that synchronizes and executes the facilities investment agenda for the next 15 to 20 years.
He was also instrumental in developing the Army Reserve Sustainability and Energy Security program that has ensured that energy expenditures today are the same as they were 10 years ago, even though prices have risen significantly. He was recognized last year by General Electric as one of the nation’s top practitioners in the field of energy sustainability.
Davis has been engaged with a number of conservation, education, and business development initiatives in the Fayetteville, N.C., community. During his military career, he had a number of assignments within the airborne and special operations organizations.
As Davis closes the military chapter of his life and opens a new one, he said he hopes that he is remembered for his contributions to the nation.
“I think I’d like them to say, ‘He gave it everything he had each and every day to make the Army a better place to be for our Soldiers, our civilians, and our Families,’” Davis said.
Davis, who spent many years at Bragg dating back to when he was a child, said serving here is unlike any other post.
“Fort Bragg is not really a place on the map you go to, it’s a way of life,” Davis said. “You set the standard for the rest of the Army.
“That was one of the exciting things about bringing the Army Reserve here to Fort Bragg,” he said. “Now, we can take an already good Army Reserve and make it even better.
“It is a special place,” Davis continued. “An unless you’ve been here and experienced it first-hand, I don’t think you get it. Those of you who have been here a couple of days and weeks, it’ll grow on you after awhile.”
| Date Taken: | 09.16.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2013 12:49 |
| Story ID: | 113703 |
| Location: | FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
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