2010 SDDC Training Symposium

March 9, 2010 Panel

"Optimizing Deployment and Distribution in
Support of Full Spectrum Operations"

Facilitator
COL(P) Edward F. Dorman III
Deputy Commanding General
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

Colonel Edward F. Dorman III was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Program at Tennessee Technical Institute in July 1983. Colonel Dorman’s civilian education includes a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tennessee Technical University, as well as master’s degrees in German from Middlebury College and national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. His military education includes the Infantry Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, the United States Army Command and General Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

Colonel Dorman’s command experience includes rifle platoon leader, C Company, later scout platoon leader, later executive officer, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry, 56th Field Artillery Command (Pershing), U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Germany; commander, A Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; commander, 530th Supply and Services Battalion, Fort Bragg, N.C., Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq; deputy commander, 507th Corps Support Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, N.C.; commander, Sustainment Brigade (Special Operations) (Airborne), U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.

His staff experience includes serving as S-4, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; S-3, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.; instructor, later assistant professor of German, Department of Foreign Languages, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; movement control officer and chief, Transportation Division, 1st Corps Support Command, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C.; S-3, 330th Transportation Center (Movement Control Center), 1st Corps Support Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; executive officer, 528th Special Operations Support Battalion, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C.; executive officer to the director of Transportation, Energy and Troop Support, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.; joint staff officer, J-4, the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.; assistant chief of staff, G-4, XVIII Airborne Corps, Fort Bragg, N.C., with duty as CJ-4, Multinational Corps-Iraq, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq.

Colonel Dorman’s awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit (1 Oak Leaf Cluster); Bronze Star Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters); Defense Meritorious Service Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster); Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters); Army Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster); Army Achievement Medal (2 Oak Leaf Clusters); Expert Infantryman Badge; Master Parachutist Badge; Air Assault Badge; Ranger Tab; Joint Chiefs of Staff Identification Badge; Army Staff Identification Badge.

Panel Members:

Mr. Rick Boyle
Vice President, U.S. Flag Transportation Services
Maersk Line, Limited

Richard Boyle was named Vice President, U.S. Flag Transportation Services at Maersk Line, Limited in November of 2005. Mr. Boyle has been with Maersk Line, Limited since August 2004. He joined MLL as Director, U.S. Flag Liner Services.

Mr. Boyle joined Maersk Inc. in 1990 when he was hired as Account Executive in New York sales. In 1993, Rick moved to the Line Department where he held various Management positions in Transpacific and Latin Americas Services, including pricing, corporate sales, traffic and administration, and trade management. In 1998, Rick was appointed General Manager, Dominican Republic. In 2001, Mr. Boyle was promoted to General Manager, Peru, where he served until the Maersk Line, Limited appointment.

Mr. Boyle is a member of various industry associations, including the National Defense Transportation Association and the National Defense Industrial Association. Rick also serves as a Director of the Propeller Club of the United States. He also served as Director of the Dominican Republic Maritime Association, and as Vice President of the Maritime Association of Peru.

Rick received a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Organizational Behavior from Rider College, Trenton N.J.

Mr. Redding Hobby, SES
Executive Director, Strategic Programs Directorate (J-39)
Defense Logistics Agency

Mr. Redding Hobby, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the executive director of the Strategic Programs Directorate (J-39), Defense Logistics Agency.  J-39 is responsible for all implementation, planning and programming, cross military service coordination and collaboration, execution monitoring, communication, training and on-site assistance actions resulting from the Base Realignment and Closure 2005 Supply & Storage decisions impacting the Agency.

While on active duty as an Army officer, he commanded at platoon, company, battalion and brigade levels. He saw extensive service in tactical-level organizations in Europe, Korea and the United States. He became a logistician in 1984. Hobby's military service culminated in 2002 when he retired as a Colonel of Ordnance and transitioned to civil service. He served as an environmental physical scientist, logistics specialist and Army Senior Executive Service member. He was appointed to the Air Force Senior Executive Service in 2008.

Hobby graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1973, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.  He is a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the Army War College, Carlisle, Pa.  He is a member of the Association of the U.S. Army and holds an Acquisition Certification in Life Cycle Management, Level III.

BG Michael J. Lally
Director, Operations and Plans
U.S. Transportation Command

Brigadier General Michael J. Lally is the Director of Operations and Plans, United States Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.  He is responsible for directing the deployment of forces and the distribution of supplies and equipment for humanitarian, peacetime, and wartime operations for the Department of Defense including joint training, exercises, and war planning.  In addition, he is responsible for force protection for USTRANSCOM and its components, and has operational control of the Defense Courier Service and the Joint Operational Support Airlift Center.  He also provides associated policy guidance.

Brigadier General Lally graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1978 and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Transportation Corps.  He earned a Master of Science Degree in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.  His military education includes the Transportation Officers Basic and Advanced Courses, Fort Eustis, Virginia; the Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

LTC Ralph Riddle
Commander, 832nd Transportation Battalion
Militart Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

LTC Ralph J. Riddle assumes duties as the Commander 832nd Transportation Battalion, Jacksonville, Florida, on 17 July 2008. The com­mand provides global surface deployment and distribution services in support of the nations objec­tives from within its assigned Area of Responsibil­ity which includes South Eastern United States, the Caribbean, and South/Central America.

LTC Riddle entered the U.S. Army at Fort Knox, KY in 1988. He was commissioned an Armor Officer at Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA in 1989. In 1993 he joined the Trans­portation Corps at Fort Eustis, VA. He holds a Bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture from Virginia Tech and an MBA from Touro University International, NY. He has attended the Command and General Staff College and the Army’s Force Management School. In 2004 LTC Riddle completed Training With Industry conducting research and logistics studies with Logistics Manage­ment Institute, Mclean, VA. His previous command assignment was with the 155 Terminal Service Company, 7th Transportation Group, Fort Eustis, VA..

His awards and decorations include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commenda­tion Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service and Expeditionary Medals, Humanitarian Service Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, NATO medal, Parachutist Badge, and Army Staff Identification Badge.

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