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Article: SDDC Southwest Asia forms to run theater moves.(Surface Deployment and Distribution Command )
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- Translog
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- June 22, 2004
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The scorching desert sun has touched the new colors and the newly arrived Soldiers and civilians of SDDC Southwest Asia.
The unfurling of the command's flag by Sgt. Maj. Robert Williamson, senior non-commissioned officer, in a formal ceremony July 1 in Ash Shuaiba, Kuwait, signaled the startup of SDDC's newest unit.
SDDC Southwest Asia is responsible for all surface deployment and distribution in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The new unit assumed the Southwest Asia responsibilities of the 598th Transportation Group, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The latter group--using a huge task force of active-duty Soldiers and Army ...