The Okinawa Chapter

摘要

NDTA's Okinawa Chapter is charging forward with new programs, professional education and knowledge sharing, with community involvement, mentoring and scholarship as our cornerstones. In just one year, we restarted a floundering chapter with no meetings or bank account, taking it from ground zero to one of the more active NDTA chapters. Under the leadership of President Bob Sherrill and his cohort in crime 1st Vice President James Leavitt, the revitalized and reinvigorated chapter has turned into a viable and enriching professional organization on Okinawa. We have a board of directors of 15 that includes a mix of military, DOD civilian, and commercial partners. The Chapters key partners include: DB Schenker; DHL; Booz Allen Hamilton; GSA; UPS; FedEx; DLA; and Delta Airlines, as well as the Marine Corps Installations Pacific, III Marine Expeditionary Force, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, 1st Marine Air Wing, 18th Wing (Air Force), 10th Regional Support Group (Army) and Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa. While membership is growing slowly, it's growing. As we offer monthly professional programs our name gets out. We've been able to combine with the local Air Force Logistics Officer Association (LOA) and the Japan Chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) for joint meetings and cross pollination between each other's programs.