Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Surface Deployment and Distribution Command - SDDC -
Emblem of the SDDC
Lineup	February 15, 1965
Country	United States of America
Armed forces	United States Armed Forces
United States Army	army
Branch of service	Army Service Component Command
Subordinate troops	s. u.
Insinuation	United States Transportation Command
Scott Air Force Base	St. Clair County (Illinois)
motto	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.
Commanding General
Commanding general	Major General Susan A. Davidson, USA
Deputy to the Commander	Mr. William H. Budden
Deputy Commander	Col. David B. Gaffney

The Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) is a 1965 United States Army support command ( Army Service Component Command ) based in St. Clair County, Illinois ( Scott Air Force Base ).

The tasks of the SDDC include the worldwide transport of general cargo (military equipment and removal goods from households of the military) by land and sea ("surface"). In addition, the SDDC organizes and coordinates the interaction between external (civil) service providers and the military in matters of freight transport for the American armed forces.

The history of the command goes back to the Office of the Chief of Transportation established on July 31, 1942 .

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
• 833rd Transportation Battalion, Seattle, WA
• 841st Transportation Battalion, Charleston, SC
• 842nd Transportation Battalion, Beaumont, TX
• 954th Transportation Co., Cape Canaveral, FL
• 956th Transportation Co., Fort Monmouth, NJ
• 598th Transportation Brigade, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 838th Transportation Battalion, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  • Detachments in the Azores, the Benelux countries, the Rhine and the United Kingdom
• 839th Transportation Battalion, Livorno, Italy
  • Detachments in Italy, Greece and Turkey
• 950th Transportation Co., Bremerhaven , Germany
• 599th Transportation Brigade, Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa, HI
• 835th Transportation Battalion, Okinawa , Japan
  • Detachment in Singapore
• 836th Transportation Battalion, Yokohama , Japan
  • Detachments in Guam and Alaska
• 837th Transportation Battalion, Busan , South Korea

Web links

• www.sddc.army.mil (Engl.)
• www.army.mil (Engl.)

Individual evidence

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Coordinates: 38 ° 32 '42.6 "  N , 89 ° 50' 6.7"  W.