Fireside Chat Transforming to Meet New Distribution & Sustainment Challenges

Description: Operating in a contested logistics environment requires transformation. Understanding the environment drives the decisions made about how we will operate today and in the future.

Facilitator: LtGen Mark Faulkner, USMC (Ret.), President, Institute for Defense and Business (IDB).

Check out the sample of Transportation Academy course titles and presenters below. View more information on the NDTA website, and return regularly for updates as the list of courses grows!

Facilitator: Colonel Gabriel S. Arrington, USAF, Commander, 12th Air Task Force. 

LtGen Faulkner is the President of the Institute for Defense and Business. He was most recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Corps Association. LtGen Faulkner served at Headquarters Marine Corps in the Pentagon as the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics prior to his retirement in 2015. He previously served as the Vice Director, J-4, Joint Staff and commanded both 2d and 3d Marine Logistics Groups and served as the Chief of Staff, 2d Marine Logistics Group (Forward) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08. His Joint assignments include duty with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in the former Yugoslavia where he participated in Operation Provide Promise; United States Central Command where he participated in Operations Southern Watch, Desert Fox, and Noble Response; and on the Joint Staff as a Logistics Operations Officer in the National Military Command Center.

LtGen Faulkner will be joined by:

• LtGen Stephen Sklenka, USMC, Prospective Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (I&L), U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters
• LTG Mark Simerly, USA, Director, Defense Logistics Agency
• VADM Dion D. English, USN, Director for Logistics, Joint Staff J4

 

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You’ll experience the Fall Meeting in the heart of St. Louis at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, a St. Louis icon since 1894. Preferred hotel rates for government and industry professionals are now available and booking fast? We encourage you to reserve your room as early as possible.

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Register today! Early bird rates expire August 22, 2024. NDTA and USTRANSCOM are excited to see you in St. Louis! Visit NDTA’s Fall Meeting website for registration fees, agenda, Transportation Academy, lodging and transportation details.

NDTA and USTRANSCOM are looking forward to seeing you in St. Louis October 7-10, 2024. For any questions contact events@ndtahq.com.