NDTA and USTRANSCOM conduct annual Fall Meeting

Photo By Tech. Sgt. Oz Suguitan | Marine Lt. Gen. John Broadmeadow, deputy commander U.S. Transportation Command fields a question posed by attendees during the NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting Department of Defense keynote at the Gaylord National Harbor Convention Center, Oxon Hill, Md. Oct. 23, 2018. The NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall Meeting is an annual conference where leaders from government, military, and transportation industry gather to discuss new policies, technologies and best practices regarding defense transportation. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Oz Suguitan/released)  

OXON HILL, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES

10.23.2018

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U.S. Transportation Command     

OXON HILL, Md. (Oct. 23, 2018) -- Members from the National Defense Transportation Association and U.S. Transportation Command addressed challenges facing the Nation's defense transportation logistics enterprise this week at the NDTA-USTRANSCOM Fall meeting, Gaylord National Harbor conference center in Oxon Hill. Md.
This year's theme, "Delivering Readiness and Resiliency in an Unpredictable World" is the topic of speeches, meetings, and panels during the four-day conference. The conference invited leadership, decision makers, and members from national security and logistics, personnel, passenger travel, and cyber resources, from military, government, and industry to come together for networking and synchronizing in support of the warfighter. Panels and roundtables were held on topics such as coordination of resource transportation during Joint deployments and the private transportation industry's role in achieving national transportation goals.
"This is a premier event for dialogue among those with a stake in the defense transportation system…." said Marine Lt. Gen. John Broadmeadow, deputy commander, USTRANSCOM. The Fall Meeting “is an opportunity for dialogue with members throughout the entire enterprise. Let’s use this time to ask the hard questions and offer innovative ideas."
New to this year's conference is a planned senior enlisted roundtable: "Logistics and Transportation at the Deck Plates -- Readiness Challenges for Tomorrow's Empowered and Agile Workforce." The roundtable is intended to stimulate dialog between senior enlisted and other military members regarding important transportation issues.
"When we have an opportunity to have open and honest dialog with our workforce, we're certainly going to take it," said Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Matthew Caruso, senior enlisted leader, USTRANSCOM.
"We are going to focus on lethality and having ensured our workforce is prepared to meet tomorrow's challenges…." said Caruso. "The NDS points out that the workforce of tomorrow must be improved and shaped deliberately, this is both the workforce on the military side and our partners with industry. We have to prepare for a more complex environment."
Next year’s Fall Meeting is scheduled to be held in St. Louis.

• Date Taken: 10.23.2018
• Date Posted: 10.25.2018 13:16
• Story ID: 297684
• Location: OXON HILL, MARYLAND, US