8 SHILOH, Ill. The U.S. Army Combat Readiness Center will use the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command’s motorcycle safety awareness for non-motorcycle-riders training in next month’s Army-wide Motorcycle Safety Awareness Campaign.
Each year, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration designates May as Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month. This observance coincides with the beginning of riding season for many Soldiers and also serves as an early kickoff for the critical days of summer.
Maj. Gen. Heidi Hoyle, SDDC commanding general, understanding that the Army’s focus concerning motorcycle safety has traditionally been placed on riders and their training, asked her safety office to provide a motorcycle safety awareness for non-motorcycle-riders training packet to the SDDC workforce ahead of the motorcycle riding season.
9 SHILOH, Ill. The Headquarters, Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command senior enlisted leader hosted a three-day professional development forum last week from Scott AFB, Illinois. To ensure maximum participation and to meet COVID-19 restrictions, the event was conducted virtually.
During the forum, subject matter experts from SDDC and the U.S. Army Human Resources Command spoke on topics that were in line with the Army People Strategy’s second line of effort, Develop Talent, by identifying employment, education and training opportunities, closing talent gaps and maximizing military and civilian members’ contributions to the Army. “Senior leaders from around the Army took time out to help us professionally, and we certainly appreciate everyone’s participation, making this event not only noteworthy but something we can learn from, record and playback and get better,” said SDDC’s senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Rocky Carr.