SDDC provides ocean terminal, commercial ocean liner service and traffic management services to deploy, sustain and redeploy U.S. forces on a global basis. The command is responsible for surface transportation and is the interface between DOD shippers and the commercial transportation carrier industry. This includes movement of DOD member household goods and privately owned vehicles. SDDC is the nation's largest customer to the moving industry with more than 500,000 household goods moves a year. The command also provides transportation for troops and materiel to ports of departure in the U.S. and overseas and manages 24 ports worldwide, including military terminals at Sunny Point, N.C., and Concord, Calif.

MSC provides sealift transportation services to deploy, sustain and redeploy U.S. forces around the globe. MSC provides sealift with a fleet of government-owned and chartered U.S.-flagged ships. MSC executes VISA contracts for chartered vessels. Sealift ships principally move unit equipment from the U.S. to theaters of operation all over the world. In addition to sealift ships, MSC operates a fleet of prepositioned ships strategically placed around the world and loaded with equipment and supplies to sustain Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Defense Logistics Agency operations. These ships remain at sea, ready to deploy on short notice, which significantly reduces the response time for the delivery of urgently needed equipment and supplies to a theater of operation.

AMC provides strategic and tactical airlift, air refueling, and aeromedical evacuation services for deploying, sustaining and redeploying U.S. forces wherever they are needed. Many special duty and operational support aircraft are also assigned to AMC (including Air Force One). In addition, AMC contracts with commercial air carriers through CRAF and other programs for movement of DOD passengers and cargo. AMC's air fleet provides swift response as an element of America's global reach.

The core of our deployment, sustainment and redeployment mission is clearly seen in our operations. During an average week, USTRANSCOM and our component commands operate in 75 percent of the world's countries, conduct more than 1,900 air missions -- including medical air-evacuation and transportation for the President and other VIPs - have 25 ships underway and track 10,000 ground shipments.

As Distribution Process Owner we're now DOD's supply chain manager. We're responsible for the entire distribution process, not just our old "fort-to-port" portion. We're expanding supply chain visibility and are crafting a true sense-and-respond logistics reach all the way back to suppliers and forward to the point of the spear in combat.

For the first time in history, with the cooperation and collaboration of all players -DOD, the services, the DLA, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and our commercial partners -- our warfighters have a truly synchronized, totally visible and simplified distribution pipeline. We're committed to the continuing advantages that this provides them.