2010 SDDC Training Symposium

Meet the General

Major General James L. Hodge
Commanding General,
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Major General James L. Hodge assumed duties as the Commander, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, on June 30, 2008. The command provides global surface deployment and distribution services in support of the nation's objectives.

Major General Hodge graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1978 with a bachelor of science degree and was commissioned in the Transportation Corps. He holds master's degrees in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College. His military education also includes the Transportation Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the Operational Research and Systems Analysis Military Applications Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, and the Defense Language Institute.

Major General Hodge's command positions include: Commander, 100th Transportation Company, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Commander, 64th Forward Support Battalion, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado; Commander, Division Support Command, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; Deputy Commanding General, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, Fort Eustis, Virginia; and most recently, Commanding General, Army Materiel Command Southwest Asia and G-4, United States Army Central Command, Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.

He has also served in a variety of multifunctional logistics assignments to include: Platoon Leader; Instructor, Transportation and Aviation Logistics School, Fort Eustis, Virginia; Personnel Systems Research Analyst and Assignments Officer, U.S. Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, Virginia; Executive Officer and S-4, 99th Forward Support Battalion, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (Light), Fort Lewis, Washington; Transportation Staff Officer, U.S. European Command, Germany; Transportation Corps Representative, the Officer Personnel Management System XXI Task Force, Alexandria, Virginia; Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Hood, Texas; Chief, Logistics Plans Division, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida and Camp As Salayah, Qatar; Executive Officer to the Commanding General, Army Materiel Command, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Personal awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit (with Oak Leaf Cluster), the Bronze Star Medal, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (with two Oak Leaf Clusters), the Meritorious Service Medal (with five Oak Leaf Clusters), the Army Commendation Medal (with Oak Leaf Cluster), the Army Achievement Medal, the Combat Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge.

2010 SDDC Training Symposium
March 8 - 10, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia