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Article: Navy makes Army General honorary supply corps flag officer.(News You Can Use)
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- Navy Supply Corps Newsletter
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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The 35-year Army career of Maj. Gen. Hawthorne L. Proctor came to a close on a decidedly Navy note as he was honored Sept. 29 during a "man the rails" ceremony. He received an Honorary Navy Supply Corps Flag Officer appointment, awarded by his current commander, VADM. Keith Lippert, Defense Logistics Agency director and signed by RADM Justin D. McCarthy, Chief of Supply Corps.
Proctor concluded his career by serving as the director of DLA Logistics Operations, known as J-3, at DLA headquarters.
"He has always been the guy I turned to when we needed to get things done," Lippert said. "And he gets things done because of his professionalism, dedication, ...