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# Former DLA Distribution commander announced as incoming commander to 8th TSC

By DLA Distribution Public AffairsDLA Distribution Public Affairs

                NEW CUMBERLAND, Pennsylvania  –              
Former Defense Logistics Agency Distribution commander Army Maj.Gen. Susan Davidson has been announced as the incoming commanding general, 8thTheater Sustainment Command, Fort Shafter, Hawaii.

Davidson, currently serving as commanding general, MilitarySurface Deployment and Distribution Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill.,commanded DLA Distribution from June 2012 to May 2014.

During her tenure at DLA Distribution, the organization greatlycontributed to reducing the agency’s storage footprint.  Faced with a goal of returning 2.3 millionsquare feet of storage to lower overhead and maintenance costs, DLADistribution ultimately turned in over 4.1 million square feet of storage space,which included the shift of all operations from its Sharpe, Calif., site toTracy, Calif..

Additionally, the organization implemented a majorinitiative which leveraged government transportation to move materiel to customers.  This initiative saved money by combining governmentshipments and avoiding individual shipments from single vendors to eachcustomer.

Under Davidson’s leadership, Distribution providedhumanitarian relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.  Over 6 million commercial meals, 4,000 casesof Meals-Ready-to-Eat, 96 unitized group rations, 150,000 blankets, 5,000 cots,and 24,000 feet of wire, in addition to lighting kits, cables, and flatware, weredelivered to affected areas of the country within days. 

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